Region · Malaysia

Sabah

Malaysia

Cities listed

2.03M

combined population

Kota Kinabalu

largest city

19 listed cities in Sabah

Share of country

5.6%

Of Malaysia's listed city population

Median city

39,300

People, half are smaller

Above 100,000

of 19 listed

Smallest listed

15,716

Kinarut

Cities in Sabah

All 350 in Malaysia

Sortable and searchable. Ranks are within the whole country, not the region. This is not a complete list of settlements — only places GeoNames lists at 15,000 or more.

19 cities

cities table, sortable

18	Kota Kinabalu	500,421	1.4%
21	Sandakan	439,050	1.2%
29	Tawau	372,615	1.0%
76	Lahad Datu	105,622	0.3%
99	Putatan	78,340	0.2%
100	Donggongon	78,086	0.2%
101	Keningau	77,650	0.2%
118	Semporna	62,641	0.2%
135	Bandar Labuan	54,752	0.2%
175	Sipitang	39,300	0.1%
188	Petagas	35,844	0.1%
203	Kudat	32,393	0.1%
211	Bandar Nabawan	31,807	0.1%
228	Tambunan	29,294	0.1%
258	Kuala Penyu	24,200	0.1%
304	Ranau	19,294	0.1%
305	Papar	19,278	0.1%
342	Beaufort	15,855	0.0%
343	Kinarut	15,716	0.0%

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