Malaysia

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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.