| People | Malaysia |
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Population:
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25,715,819 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 70% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 3% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
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79 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 31.4% (male 4,153,621/female 3,914,962)
15-64 years: 63.6% (male 8,210,373/female 8,143,043)
65 years and over: 5% (male 569,245/female 724,575) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 24.9 years
male: 24.3 years
female: 25.6 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.723% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
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22.24 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
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5.02 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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NA
note: does not reflect net flow of an unknown number of illegal immigrants from other countries in the region (2009 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.07 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 (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 15.87 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 18.32 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 13.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 73.29 years
male: 70.56 years
female: 76.21 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.95 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
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% (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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80,000 (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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3,900 (2007 est.) |
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 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 (2005) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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6.2% of GDP (2004) |
People - note:
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void |
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