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Demography : (Bentong)

Updated: Feb 13, 2020

Demography in Bentong :

Bentong District is a district located in western Pahang, Malaysia. Bentong covers an area of 1,831 km² and includes the hill resort of Genting Highlands.


Bentong District is divided into 3 townships which are:

  • Bentong (68,904 Ha) (Capital)

  • Sabai (57,157 Ha)

  • Pelangai (57,058 Ha)


Other than modern housing areas, there are 55 traditional villages, 8 Federal land development Authority Villages, 15 newer villages, and 14 native villages. In Bentong based on 2010 statistics, 53.9% of the gender are male and 46.1% are female. Age groups from 0-14 years are 25.7%, 15-64 years are 68.6%, and 65+ are 5.7%. The highest age distribution in Bentong people between 20-29 years and the lowest people are in 70+ years. Also, the highest number of nationalities in Bentong are Malaysians and they cover 94.4% others nationalities are 5.6%. Furthermore, in Bentong there are 3 main ethnic groups which are Malay & other indigenous (Bumiputera) and they cover 57. 3%, Chinese 33.3%, Indian 9.1 % and other groups 0.3%.





- The following is based on Department of Statistics Malaysia 2010 census :


Table (1) shows the percentage of the Malaysian locals to internationals in Bentong:






 

Table (2) shows the percentage of the ethnic groups in Bentong:









 

Table (3) shows the percentage of both genders in Bentong:




 

Table (4) shows the percentage of the age groups in Bentong:








 

Table (5) shows the age distribution in Bentong:












 

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