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Communication Communication
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Malaysia - Asia



Population  PopulationTop of page
InhabitantsLife expectancy
24,821,286 (July 2007 est.)total population: 72.76 years
male: 70.05 years
female: 75.65 years (2007 est.)
Ethnic groupsReligions
Malay 50.4%, Chinese 23.7%, indigenous 11%, Indian 7.1%, others 7.8% (2004 est.)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)
LanguagesLiteracy
Bahasa Melayu (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 88.7%
male: 92%
female: 85.4% (2002)


Government  GovernmentTop of page
Government typeCapital
constitutional monarchy
Kuala Lumpur
IndependanceNational day
31 August 1957 (from UK)Independence Day/Malaysia Day, 31 August (1957)
ConstitutionLegal system
31 August 1957; amended 16 September 1963based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court at request of supreme head of the federation; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; Islamic law is applied to Muslims in matters of family law and religion


Economy  EconomyTop of page
GDP (purchasing power parity)Growth rate
$131.8 billion (2006 est.)5.5% (2006 est.)
GDP per inhabitantUnemployment rate
$12,700 (2006 est.)3.5% (2006 est.)
Population below poverty lineInflation rate
5.1% (2002 est.)3.8% (2006 est.)
ExportsImports
$158.7 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)$127.3 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Reserves of foreign exchange and goldCurrency
$82.3 billion (2006 est.)ringgit (MYR)
Military expenditures
2.03% (2005 est.)


Geography  GeographyTop of page
LocationArea
Southeastern Asia, peninsula bordering Thailand and northern one-third of the island of Borneo, bordering Indonesia, Brunei, and the South China Sea, south of Vietnam 329,750 sq km
ClimateNatural resources
tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoonstin, petroleum, timber, copper, iron ore, natural gas, bauxite


Communication  CommunicationTop of page
CellularsInternet code
19.545 million (2005).my
Internet hostsInternet users
158,650 (2006)11.016 million (2005)


Transportation  TransportationTop of page
AirportsRailways (in km)
117 (2006)1,890 km
Roadways (in km)Pipelines (in km)
98,721 km condensate 282 km; gas 5,372 km; oil 1,715 km; oil/gas/water 19 km; refined products 114 km (2006)