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PEOPLE
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Population:
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21,793,293
(July 2000 est.) |
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Age
Structure:
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0-14
years: 35% (male 3,914,112; female 3,697,731)
15-64 years: 61% (male 6,655,506; female 6,642,073)
65 years and over: 4% (male 386,387; female 497,484) (2000
est.) |
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Population
Growth Rate:
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2.01%
(2000 est.) |
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Birth
Rate:
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25.3
births/1,000 population (2000 est.) |
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Death
Rate:
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8.15
deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.) |
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Net
Migration Rate:
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 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:
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at
birth: 1.06 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 (2000 est.) |
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Infant
Mortality Rate:
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20.96
deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.) |
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Life
Expectancy at Birth:
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total
population: 70.83 years
male: 68.22 years
female: 73.63 years (2000 est.) |
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Total
Fertility Rate:
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3.29
children born/woman (2000 est.) |
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Nationality:
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noun:
Malaysian(s)
adjective: Malaysian |
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Ethnic
Groups:
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Malay
and other indigenous 58%, Chinese 26%, Indian 7%, others 9% |
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Religions:
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Islam, Buddhism, Daoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism; note
- in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia |
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Languages:
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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:
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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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