PUTRAJAYA: 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 the Demographic Statistics released by the Statistics Department Malaysia (DOSM) on Wednesday (Aug 9).
Chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin (pic), in a statement Wednesday, said male babies outnumbered female babies in the second quarter of 2023 with 54,747 births compared to female babies at 51,214 births.
"Selangor recorded the most live births with 20,477 births, while Labuan recorded the lowest at 357 births," he said.
Meanwhile, a total of 50,239 deaths were recorded in the second quarter of 2023, an increase of 0.7% as compared to the second quarter of 2022 when 49,893 deaths were recorded.
Selangor recorded the highest number of deaths in the second quarter of 2023 with 7,765 deaths while Putrajaya had the lowest with 73 deaths, 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
