Census 2020: Over four million population in Johor, more males than females, says Statistics Dept chief

ISKANDAR PUTERI: Johor has more males than females in its over four million population according to the 2020 Malaysia Census report.

Statistics Department chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said based on the 2020 Malaysia Census, the population of Malaysia was at 32.4 million people with Johor recording a population of 4.01 million.

“The state's population growth increased at a rate of 2.2% for the period from 2010 to 2020. Johor also recorded the number of males exceeding females with a gender ratio of 115 males for every 100 females,” he added.

Mohd Uzir said this in a statement after presenting the 2020 Malaysia Census and Johor 2021 economic performance to state assemblymen and government officials at Bangunan Sultan Ismail in Kota Iskandar here on Tuesday (July 26).

He added that the graduate labour force participation rate has also increased to 85.3% in 2020 compared with

84.2% in 2019.

“Labour force among male graduates in Johor is 229,700 compared with 187,600 female graduates,” he said, adding that 45.1% of the total population in the state were youth between the ages of 15 and 40.

Mohd Uzir said Johor Baru was the main focal point that offered job opportunities for this group especially in the service and manufacturing sector.

He added the service sector provided employment for 60% of the population workforce in Johor while manufacturing contributed to 24.1% in 2021.

Mohd Uzir also said the majority of working youth in the state has secondary education with 60.6% while those with tertiary education was at 31.7%.

He said the composition of the elderly population, 65 years and over in Johor, was at 6.1%, which is lower than the national rate of 6.8%.

“Based on findings from the 2020 Malaysia Census, it is expected that the country will achieve the status of ageing country in 2030, which is when 15% of its population is 60 years and above.

“Demographic transition is a slow process of changing the structure of the population where the population moves from a high level of fertility and mortality to a low fertility and mortality and significant changes in population age distribution.

“Malaysia's demographic transition in 2020 shows the crude birth rate (CBR) decreased to 14.4 per thousand population and the crude death rate (CDR) also fell to 5.1 per thousand population,” he added.

Mohd Uzir said the birth rate for Johor is 15.1 per thousand population while death is 5.5 per thousand population in 2020.