Motivation: The national source reports national population from 1963, but at an annual frequency.

Response: For international consistency, Moody’s Analytics estimates population for Malaysia at a quarterly frequency.

Properties:

• Measurement: Thousands of individuals (Ths. #), seasonally adjusted (SA)
• Geography coverage: National
• Frequency: Quarterly
• Start date: 1963Q2

The series resides in the historical catalog (Malaysia » Demographics » Population » Moody’s Analytics Estimated) and is:

• RPOPQ.IMYS = National population, (Ths. #, SA)

Because catalog locations are subject to change, the upper-right search box on DataBuffet.com provides a "find in catalog" mode that accepts a mnemonic.

Method: Please see the background in Mnemonic 411.

References

• Department of Statistics Malaysia » Population quick info

See also

• Data Change: Malaysia - Vital statistics (Jun 2011)