KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 — The World Bank Group has called for urgent action to save lives as more than half the population of Gaza is on the brink of famine including children and the elderly.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 14 — The population of Malaysia was estimated at 33.7 million in the fourth quarter of last year, marking a 2 per cent increase from 33 million during the same period the previous year.

KOTA KINABALU, Dec 24 — The crocodile population in the rivers of Sabah is believed to be still at a healthy level despite the current measure by the authorities to cull large-sized crocodiles for safety purposes, according to a zoologist from Universiti Malaysia Sabah’s (UMS) Institute of Tropical Biology and Conservation.

SHAH ALAM, Nov 29 — The Women, Family, and Community Development Ministry (KPWKM) is encouraging people in the country to marry and start families at a young age.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 7 — The number of live births in Malaysia has decreased by 2.8 per cent in the third quarter (Q3) of 2023 to 110,354 from 113,506 births in the corresponding period last year, according to the Demographic Statistics released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) today.

CANBERRA, Sept 14 — High overseas migration has driven Australia's rate of population growth to its highest level in over a decade.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 30 — The Petaling district in Selangor has the highest population in 2023 with 2.3 million, according to the Current Population Estimates, Administrative Districts released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) yesterday.

TRENTON, March 23 — Canada’s population, spurred by immigration, jumped by over 1 million last year, the largest increase since the Second World War baby boom, Statistics Canada (StatCan) reported on Wednesday (March 22).

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 9 — Malaysia’s population in the fourth quarter of 2022 was estimated at 33 million, an increase of 1.3 per cent as compared to 32.6 million recorded in the same period of 2021, according to the latest demographic statistics released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

ISTANBUL, Jan 17 — China, the world's most populous country, has seen negative growth in 2022, a historic drop in population in more than six decades, according to national data released on Tuesday.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 8 — The number of live births in the second quarter of 2022 increased by 0.2 per cent from 110,657 births recorded in the second quarter of 2021 to 110,858, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia's (DOSM) latest demographic statistics.

BANGKOK, July 1 —The Asia-Pacific population is ageing faster than any other region in the world and there are now 630 million people aged 60 years or over, representing 60 per cent of the world’s older persons.

SHAH ALAM, Feb 14 — Based on the 2020 Population and Housing Census, Malaysia's population is 32.4 million, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 — A total of 22,901,050 individuals or 97.8 per cent of of the adult population in the country have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR,  Jan 13 (Bernama) -- Some 97.8 per cent of the adult population in the country, or  22,893,234 individuals, have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — A total of 25,529,153 individuals, or 97.4 per cent of the adult population in the country, have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 14 — Some 97.3 per cent or 22,788,835 individuals of the adult population in the country have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 — A total of 22,707,144 individuals or 97 per cent of the adult population in the country have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2 — A total of 22,698,593 individuals or 97 per cent of the adult population in the country have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 — A total of 22,665,493 individuals or 96.8 per cent of the adult population in Malaysia have completed the Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday.