Sabah
StateMY-12State of Malaysia.
AsiaCapital: Kota KinabaluLanguage: Malay
Population
3.8M
Metros tracked
1
1.0M in metros (27%)
Composite score
3.1
Sum across tracked metros
Type
State
ISO 3166-2: MY-12
At a glance
- Nickname
- Land Below the Wind
- Established
- 1963
- Demonym
- Sabahan
- Area
- 76,115 km²
- Population density
- 50 /km²
- Legislature
- Sabah State Legislative Assembly
- Human Development Index
- 0.717 (2023)
- Rank in Malaysia
- 9th of 16 by composite score
- Area rank
- 2nd of 16 by area
- Largest tracked metro
- Kota Kinabalu
Civic facts via Wikidata.
Sabah metro footprint
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Global CapitalContinental MetroMajor MetroRegional HubEstablishedEmergingLocal
Polygons shaded by composite tier. Hover for rank, click to open the metro page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted. Some metro footprints may extend beyond the state border where the metropolitan area spans state lines.
1 tracked metro
3.1
1.0MEmerging Metro
| Rank | Metro | Population | Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #653 | Kota Kinabalu★ Capital | 1.0M | 3.1 | Emerging Metro |