The People in Malaysia
| Population: |
23,092,940 (July 2003 est.) |
| Age structure: |
0-14 years: 33.7% (male 4,001,507; female 3,777,896)
15-64 years: 61.9% (male 7,163,252; female 7,131,745)
65 years and over: 4.4% (male 447,230; female 571,310) (2003 est.) |
| Median age: |
total: 23.6 years
male: 23 years
female: 24.3 years (2002) |
| Population growth rate: |
1.86% (2003 est.) |
| Birth rate: |
23.7 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
5.12 deaths/1,000 population (2003 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 (2003 est.) |
| Sex ratio: |
at birth: 1.07 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 (2003 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: |
total: 19 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 15.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
male: 21.97 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 71.67 years
male: 69.01 years
female: 74.51 years (2003 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: |
3.13 children born/woman (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.4% (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
42,000 (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
2,500 (2001 est.)
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| Nationality: |
noun: Malaysian(s)
adjective: Malaysian |
| Ethnic groups: |
Malay and other indigenous 58%, Chinese 24%, Indian 8%, others 10% (2000) |
| Religions: |
Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia |
| Languages: |
Bahasa Melayu (official), English, Chinese Mandarin, Chinese dialects (Cantonese, 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: 88.9%
male: 92.4%
female: 85.4% (2003 est.) |
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