Population: | 23,953,136 (July 2005 est.) |
Age structure: | 0-14 years: 33% (male 4,067,006/female 3,837,758)
15-64 years: 62.4% (male 7,488,367/female 7,447,047)
65 years and over: 4.6% (male 490,334/female 622,624) (2005 est.) |
Median age: | Total: 23.92 years
Male: 23.32 years
Female: 24.54 years (2005 est.) |
Population growth rate: | 1.8% (2005 est.) |
Birth rate: | 23.07 births/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
Death rate: | 5.06 deaths/1,000 population (2005 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 (2005 est.) |
Sex ratio: | 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 (2005 est.) |
Infant mortality rate: | Total: 17.7 deaths/1,000 live births
Male: 20.49 deaths/1,000 live births
Female: 14.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth: | Total population: 72.24 years
Male: 69.56 years
Female: 75.11 years (2005 est.) |
Total fertility rate: | 3.07 children born/woman (2005 est.) |
Major infectious diseases: | Degree of risk: high
Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
Vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria are high risks in some locations (2004) |
Nationality: | Noun: Malaysian(s)
Adjective: Malaysian |
Ethnic groups: | Malay 50.4%, Chinese 23.7%, Bumiputera 11%, Indian 7.1%, others 7.8% (2004 est.) |
Religions: | Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia |
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 are Iban and Kadazan |
Literacy: | Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
Total population: 88.7%
Male: 92%
Female: 85.4% (2002) |
