THE number of live births in Malaysia increased by 13% to 105,961 in the second quarter of 2023 from 93,799 births in the corresponding period last year according to demographic statistics released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia today. 

Chief Statistician Mohd Uzir Mahidin, in a statement, said there were 54,747 male births and 51,214 female births.  

“Selangor recorded the highest live births with 20,477 births, while Labuan recorded the lowest at 357 births,” he said. 

Meanwhile, 50,239 deaths were recorded in the second quarter of 2023, an increase of 0.7% from 2022’s second quarter figure of 49,893 deaths. 

Selangor recorded the highest number of deaths with 7,765 while Putrajaya had the lowest with 73, he said. 

“Deaths due to Covid-19 decreased 74.4% to 169 deaths in the second quarter of 2023 compared to 660 deaths in the same quarter last year,” he said, adding that deaths due to Covid-19 contributed 0.3% of the total number of deaths in the second quarter of 2023. 

Mohd Uzir said Malaysia’s population in the second quarter of 2023 was estimated at 33.4 million, an increase of 2.1% from 32.7 million in the second quarter of 2022. 

He said the male population increased from 17 million to 17.5 million, while the female population increased from 15.7 million to 15.9 million. 

“The overall sex ratio of the population is 110 males per 100 females while the sex ratio for citizens is 103 males per 100 females,” he said. – Bernama, August 9, 2023.