| Population: |
22,229,040 (July 2001 est.)
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| Age structure: |
0-14 years:
34.5% (male 3,943,324; female 3,724,634)
15-64 years:
61.35% (male 6,828,670; female 6,808,623)
65 years and over:
4.15% (male 404,042; female 519,747) (2001 est.)
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| Population growth rate: |
1.96% (2001 est.)
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| Birth rate: |
24.75 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Death rate: |
5.2 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Net migration rate: |
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
note:
does not reflect net flow of an unknown number of illegal immigrants from other countries in the region
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| Sex ratio: |
at birth:
1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.78 male(s)/female
total population:
1.01 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
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| Infant mortality rate: |
20.31 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
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| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population:
71.11 years
male:
68.48 years
female:
73.92 years (2001 est.)
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| Total fertility rate: |
3.24 children born/woman (2001 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.42% (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
49,000 (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
1,900 (1999 est.)
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| Nationality: |
noun:
Malaysian(s)
adjective:
Malaysian
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| Ethnic groups: |
Malay and other indigenous 58%, Chinese 27%, Indian 8%, others 7% (2000)
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| Religions: |
Islam, Buddhism, Daoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia
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| Languages: |
Bahasa Melayu (official), English, Chinese dialects (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai; note - in addition, in East Malaysia several indigenous languages are spoken, the largest of which are Iban and Kadazan
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| Literacy: |
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
83.5%
male:
89.1%
female:
78.1% (1995 est.)
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