Short facts about people of Malaysia

Population:

22,229,040 (July 2001 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:  34.5% (male 3,943,324; female 3,724,634) 15-64 years:  61.35% (male 6,828,670; female 6,808,623) 65 years and over:  4.15% (male 404,042; female 519,747) (2001 est.)

Population growth rate:

1.96% (2001 est.)

Birth rate:

24.75 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Death rate:

5.2 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Net migration rate:

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 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 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 (2001 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

20.31 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:  71.11 years male:  68.48 years female:  73.92 years (2001 est.)

Total fertility rate:

3.24 children born/woman (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

0.42% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

49,000 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

1,900 (1999 est.)

Nationality:

noun:  Malaysian(s) adjective:  Malaysian

Ethnic groups:

Malay and other indigenous 58%, Chinese 27%, Indian 8%, others 7% (2000)

Religions:

Islam, Buddhism, Daoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism; 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 of which are Iban and Kadazan

Literacy:

definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  83.5% male:  89.1% female:  78.1% (1995 est.)

Source: World Factbook