List of cities and towns in Malaysia by population
Populations by cities and towns proper
The following is a list of 50 largest cities and towns, based on the populations within the local government areas according to the 2010 National Census.

List of cities and towns in Malaysia by population

Section Title: Populations by cities and towns proper
Table Section Text: The following is a list of 50 largest cities and towns, based on the populations within the local government areas according to the 2010 National Census.

Rank	Local government area	State	Total population	Status	Notes	Urban area

1	Kuala Lumpur	Federal Territory (Malaysia) Federal Territories	1,588,750	City	Federal capital of Malaysia	Greater Kuala Lumpur (Klang Valley)

2	Seberang Perai	Penang Penang	818,197	Municipality	Includes Butterworth, Bukit Mertajam, Batu Kawan and Nibong Tebal.	Greater Penang

3	Kajang	Selangor Selangor	795,522	Municipality	Greater Kuala Lumpur (Klang Valley)

4	Klang	Selangor Selangor	744,062	Municipality	Greater Kuala Lumpur (Klang Valley)

5	Subang Jaya	Selangor Selangor	708,296	Municipality	Part of Petaling District	Greater Kuala Lumpur (Klang Valley)

6	George Town	Penang Penang	708,127	City	Capital of Penang	Greater Penang

7	Ipoh	Perak Perak	657,892	City	Capital of Perak	Kinta Valley

8	Petaling Jaya	Selangor Selangor	613,977	City	Part of Petaling District	Greater Kuala Lumpur (Klang Valley)

9	Selayang	Selangor Selangor	542,409	Municipality	Greater Kuala Lumpur (Klang Valley)

10	Shah Alam	Selangor Selangor	541,306	City	Capital of Selangor	Greater Kuala Lumpur (Klang Valley)

11	Iskandar Puteri	Johor Johor	529,074	City	Western Johor Bahru District, including Skudai	Iskandar Malaysia

12	Seremban	Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan	515,490	City	Capital of Negeri Sembilan and includes Nilai

13	Johor Bahru	Johor Johor	497,067	City	Capital of Johor	Iskandar Malaysia

14	Melaka City	Malacca Melaka	484,855	City	Capital of Melaka

15	Ampang Jaya	Selangor Selangor	468,961	Municipality	Greater Kuala Lumpur (Klang Valley)

16	Kota Kinabalu	Sabah Sabah	452,058	City	Capital of Sabah	Greater Kota Kinabalu

17	Sungai Petani	Kedah Kedah	443,488	Municipality	Greater Penang

18	Kuantan	Pahang Pahang	427,515	Municipality	Capital of Pahang

19	Alor Setar	Kedah Kedah	405,523	City	Capital of Kedah

20	Tawau	Sabah Sabah	397,673	Municipality

21	Sandakan	Sabah Sabah	396,290	Municipality

22	Kuala Terengganu	Terengganu Terengganu	337,553	City	Capital of Terrenganu

23	Kuching	Sarawak Sarawak	325,132	City	Capital of Sarawak	Greater Kuching

24	Kota Bharu	Kelantan Kelantan	314,964	Municipality	Capital of Kelantan

25	Kulim	Kedah Kedah	281,260	Municipality	Greater Penang

26	Padawan	Sarawak Sarawak	273,485	Municipality	Part of Kuching Division	Greater Kuching

27	Taiping	Perak Perak	245,182	Municipality

28	Miri	Sarawak Sarawak	234,541	City

29	Kulai	Johor Johor	234,532	Municipality	Iskandar Malaysia

30	Kangar	Perlis Perlis	225,590	Municipality	Capital of Perlis

31	Kuala Langat	Selangor Selangor	220,214	District

32	Kubang Pasu	Kedah Kedah	214,479|	Municipality

33	Bintulu	Sarawak Sarawak	212,994	Development Board

34	Manjung	Perak Perak	211,113

35	Batu Pahat	Johor Johor	209,461

36	Sepang	Selangor Selangor	207,354	Municipality	Greater Kuala Lumpur (Klang Valley)

37	Kuala Selangor	Selangor Selangor	205,257	District

38	Muar	Johor Johor	201,148	Municipality

39	Lahad Datu	Sabah Sabah	199,830|	District

40	Hulu Selangor	Selangor Selangor	194,387

41	Kinabatangan	Sabah Sabah	182,328

42	Pasir Mas	Kelantan Kelantan	180,878

43	Penampang	Sabah Sabah	176,667	Greater Kota Kinabalu

44	Alor Gajah	Malacca Melaka	173,712	Municipality

45	Keningau	Sabah Sabah	173,130

46	Kluang	Johor Johor	167,833	Iskandar Malaysia

47	Kemaman	Terengganu Terengganu	166,750

48	Sibu	Sarawak Sarawak	162,676

49	Temerloh	Pahang Pahang	158,724

50	Ketereh	Kelantan Kelantan	153,474	District

Sentence(s)

Kuantan is one of the largest cities in Malaysia based on the 2010 population.

final_sentence: Kuantan is one of the largest cities in Malaysia based on the 2010 population.