Malaysia People:
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)
Median age:
total: 23.92 years
male: 23.32 years
female: 24.54 years (2005)
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 (2005 est.)
note: Does not reflect net flow of an unknown number of illegal immigrants from other countries in the region
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 17.7 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 14.71 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 20.49 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 72.24 years (2005 est.)
male: 69.56 years
female: 75.11 years
Total fertility rate:
3.07 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
0.4% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
52,000 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS — deaths:
2,000 (2003 est.)
Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: 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%, Indigenous 11%, Indian 7.1%, others 7.8% (2004)
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)
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