| Population :
| 23,522,482 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Age structure 0-14 % :
| 33,30%.
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| Age structure 0-14.m :
| 4 033 037.
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| Age structure 0-14.f :
| 3 806 451.
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| Age structure 15-64 % :
| 62,10%.
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| Age structure 15-64.m :
| 7 326 068.
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| Age structure 15-64.f :
| 7 289 783.
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| Age structure 65 % :
| 4,50%.
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| Age structure 65.m :
| 469 499.
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| Age structure 65.f :
| 597 644.
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| Age structure est :
| 2004 est..
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| Median age total :
| 23.8 years .
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| Median age male :
| 23.2 years .
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| Median age female :
| 24.4 years (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate :
| 1.83% (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate note :
| .
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| Birth rate :
| 23.37 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Death rate :
| 5.08 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Net migration rate :
| 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population .
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| Sex ratio at birth :
| 1.07 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio under 15 :
| 1.06 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 15-64 :
| 1.01 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 65 :
| 0.79 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio total :
| 1.01 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Infant mortality rate male :
| 21.23 deaths/1,000 live births .
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| Infant mortality rate female :
| 15.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) .
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| Life expectancy at birth total :
| 71.95 years .
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| Life expectancy at birth male :
| 69.29 years .
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| Life Expectancy at birth female :
| 74.81 years (2004 est.) .
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| Total fertility rate :
| 3.1 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| hiv aids :
| 0.4% (2003 est.) .
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| hiv aids people :
| 52,000 (2003 est.) .
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| hiv aids deaths :
| 2,000 (2003 est.) .
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| Nationality noun :
| Malaysian(s) .
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| Nationality adjective :
| Malaysian .
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| Ethnic groups :
| Malay and other indigenous 58%, Chinese 24%, Indian 8%, others 10% (2000) .
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| Religions :
| Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; 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 are Iban and Kadazan .
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| Literacy definition :
| age 15 and over can read and write .
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| Literacy total :
| 88,70%.
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| Literacy male :
| 92%.
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| Literacy female :
| 85.4% (2002) .
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| Government type :
| constitutional monarchy .
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| Independence :
| 31 August 1957 (from UK) .
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| National holiday :
| Independence Day/Malaysia Day, 31 August (1957) .
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| Suffrage :
| 21 years of age; universal .
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| Economy overview :
| Malaysia, a middle-income country, transformed itself from 1971 through the late 1990s from a producer of raw materials into an emerging multi-sector economy. Growth was almost exclusively driven by exports - particularly of electronics. As a result Malay.
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| Population below poverty line :
| 8% (1998 est.) .
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| Labor force by occupation :
| agriculture 14.5%, industry 36%, services 49.5% (2000 est.) .
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| Agriculture products :
| Peninsular Malaysia - rubber, palm oil, cocoa, rice; Sabah - subsistence crops, rubber, timber, coconuts, rice; Sarawak - rubber, pepper; timber .
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| Industries :
| Peninsular Malaysia - rubber and oil palm processing and manufacturing, light manufacturing industry, electronics, tin mining and smelting, logging and processing timber; Sabah - logging, petroleum production; Sarawak - agriculture processing, petroleum production and refining, logging .
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| Exports commodities :
| electronic equipment, petroleum and liquefied natural gas, wood and wood products, palm oil, rubber, textiles, chemicals .
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| Exports partners :
| US 19.5%, Singapore 16.1%, China 10.4%, Japan 9.4%, Hong Kong 4.3% (2003 est.) .
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| Imports commodities :
| Independence Day/Malaysia Day, 31 August (1957) .
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| Imports partners :
| Independence Day/Malaysia Day, 31 August (1957) .
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| Internet users :
| 8,692,100 (2003) .
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| Hymne :
| Negaraku
Tanah tumpahnya darahku
Rakyat hidup
Bersatu dan Maju
Rahmat Bahagia
Tuhan kurniakan
Raja Kita
Selamat bertahta.
Rahmat Bahagia
Tuhan kurniakan
Raja Kita
Selamat bertahta..
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