| People | Malaysia |
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Population:
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28,728,607 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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88 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 72% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 2.4% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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KUALA LUMPUR (capital) 1.493 million; Klang 1.071 million; Johor Bahru 958,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 29.6% (male 4,374,495/female 4,132,009)
15-64 years: 65.4% (male 9,539,972/female 9,253,574)
65 years and over: 5% (male 672,581/female 755,976) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 26.8 years
male: 26.7 years
female: 27 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.576% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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21.08 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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4.93 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: does not reflect net flow of an unknown number of illegal immigrants from other countries in the region (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.069 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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31 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 15.02 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 17.37 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 73.79 years
male: 71.05 years
female: 76.73 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.67 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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8% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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0.941 physicians/1,000 population (2008) |
Hospital bed density:
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1.82 beds/1,000 population (2009) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 99% of population
total: 100% of population
unimproved:
urban: 0% of population
rural: 1% of population
total: 0% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 96% of population
rural: 95% of population
total: 96% of population
unimproved:
urban: 4% of population
rural: 5% of population
total: 4% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.5% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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100,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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5,800 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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void |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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16.3% (2006) |
Nationality:
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noun: Malaysian(s)
adjective: Malaysian |
Ethnic groups:
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Malay 50.4%, Chinese 23.7%, Indigenous 11%, Indian 7.1%, others 7.8% (2004 est.) |
Religions:
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Muslim (or Islam - official) 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:
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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:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 88.7%
male: 92%
female: 85.4% (2000 census) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2008) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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4.1% of GDP (2008) |
People - note:
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void |
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