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City profile · Malaysia · Asia

Sungai Petani

Kedah · Malaysia
City population
544,851
#14
in Malaysia
#2
in Kedah
#1,028
worldwide
Kuala LumpurSungai Petani
5.647, 100.488 · 309 km from Kuala Lumpur
City population
544,851
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Malaysia
#14
of 350 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#1,028
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Malaysia
1.5%
of the national population

About Sungai Petani

At 1.5% of Malaysia's national population, Sungai Petani holds a modest share despite ranking 14th among the country's listed cities. The city proper has 544,851 residents and sits 309 km from Kuala Lumpur at low elevation in Kedah, where it ranks second by population. Sungai Lalang lies 7 km away with 34,947 people, while Kota Kuala Muda, nearly equal in size at 544,984 residents, stands 14 km distant.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Malaysia
#14of 350
LargestSmallest
Position in Kedah
#2of 28
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Malaysia
Region
Kedah
Rank in region
#2of 28
Distance to capital
309 km
to Kuala Lumpur
Elevation
17 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
Coordinates
5.647, 100.488
Record updated
2025-11-03
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 350 in Malaysia

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

14KMKota Kuala Muda545K people15KMKampong Sidam61K people16KMKepala Batas17K people17KMPadang Serai51K people19KMTasek Glugor136K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Sungai Petani545K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Sungai Petani compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Sungai Petani545K

Sungai Petani Population FAQ

What is the population of Sungai Petani?

Sungai Petani has a city population of 544,851. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Sungai Petani?

Sungai Petani is in Kedah, Malaysia, 309 km from the capital, Kuala Lumpur. Its coordinates are 5.647, 100.488.

How big is Sungai Petani compared with other cities in Malaysia?

It is the 14th largest of the 350 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Malaysia, holding 1.5% of the national population.

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