ATLAS · NATIONAL CAPITALS · MALAYSIA
Capital of Malaysia
The capital of Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur. The largest, Kuala Lumpur, has around 9,000,280 residents in the city proper — a giant capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALKuala Lumpur
POPULATION9,000,280
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Kuala Lumpur9,000,280 people
In context
Where Kuala Lumpursits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10MKuala Lumpur is here
1–5M
250k–1M
50–250k
<50k
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