Malaysia 
Facts
Population: 24,821,286 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 32.2% (male 4,118,086/female 3,884,403)
15-64 years: 62.9% (male 7,838,166/female 7,785,833)
65 years and over: 4.8% (male 526,967/female 667,831) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 1.759% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 22.65 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 5.05 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: does not reflect net flow of an unknown number of illegal immigrants from other countries in the region (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.007 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.789 male(s)/female
total population: 1.012 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 16.62 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 19.26 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 13.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 72.76 years
male: 70.05 years
female: 75.65 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 3.01 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.4% (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 52,000 (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 2,000 (2003 est.).
Nationality: noun: Malaysian(s)
adjective: Malaysian.
Ethnic groups: Malay 50.4%, Chinese 23.7%, indigenous 11%, Indian 7.1%, others 7.8% (2004 est.).
Religions: Muslim 60.4%, Buddhist 19.2%, Christian 9.1%, Hindu 6.3%, Confucianism, Taoism, other traditional Chinese religions 2.6%, other or unknown 1.5%, none 0.8% (2000 census).
Languages: Bahasa Malaysia (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai
note: in East Malaysia there are several indigenous languages; most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan.
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 88.7%
male: 92%
female: 85.4% (2000 census).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $313.8 billion (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 5.9% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $12,900 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 8.3%
industry: 48.1%
services: 43.6% (2006 est.).
Labor force: 10.73 million (2006 est.).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 13%
industry: 36%
services: 51% (2005 est.).
Population below poverty line: 5.1% (2002 est.).
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.4%
highest 10%: 39.2% (2003 est.).
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.8% (2006 est.).
Unemployment rate: 3.5% (2006 est.).
Budget: revenues: $31.63 billion
expenditures: $37 billion; including capital expenditures of $9.4 billion (2006 est.).
Agriculture - products: Peninsular Malaysia - rubber, palm oil, cocoa, rice; Sabah - subsistence crops, rubber, timber, coconuts, rice; Sarawak - rubber, pepper, timber.
Industries: Peninsular Malaysia - rubber and oil palm processing and manufacturing, light manufacturing, electronics, tin mining and smelting, logging, timber processing; Sabah - logging, petroleum production; Sarawak - agriculture processing, petroleum production and refining, logging.
Industrial production growth rate: 5.8% (2006 est.).
Electricity - production: 78.24 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 72.71 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - exports: 50 million kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2004).
Exports: $158.7 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Exports - commodities: electronic equipment, petroleum and liquefied natural gas, wood and wood products, palm oil, rubber, textiles, chemicals.
Exports - partners: US 19.7%, Singapore 15.6%, Japan 9.3%, China 6.6%, Hong Kong 5.8%, Thailand 5.4% (2005).
Imports: $127.3 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Imports - commodities: electronics, machinery, petroleum products, plastics, vehicles, iron and steel products, chemicals.
Imports - partners: Japan 14.6%, US 13%, Singapore 11.8%, China 11.6%, Taiwan 5.6%, Thailand 5.3%, South Korea 5%, Germany 4.5% (2005).
Debt - external: $57.77 billion (30 June 2006 est.).
Currency (code): ringgit (MYR).
Exchange rates: ringgits per US dollar - 3.6683 (2006), 3.8 (2005), 3.8 (2004), 3.8 (2003), 3.8 (2002).
Fiscal year: calendar year.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
Press
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(Independent), Kuala Lumpur
http://www.bharian.com.my
(State-controlled news agency), Kuala Lumpur
http://www.bernama.com
(Independent, English-language), Kuala Lumpur
http://www.btimes.com.my/
Harakah
(Opposition), Kuala Lumpur
(Online newspaper), Kuala Lumpur
http://www.malaysiakini.com/I
(Conservative, English-language), Kuala Lumpur
http://www.nstpi.com.my
Sin Chew Jit Poh
Antananarivo
Malaysia in the News
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Malaysia's Nov. 29 general elections resulted in a strong win for Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and his National Front Coalition. But the victory was not a watershed, as Mahathir now faces more opposition that at any time in his 18-year rule.
In evaluating Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's cabinet changes,
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