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Population:
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23,522,482 (July 2004 est.)
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 33.3% (male 4,033,037; female 3,806,451)
15-64 years: 62.1% (male 7,326,068; female 7,289,783)
65 years and over: 4.5% (male 469,499; female 597,644) (2004 est.)
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Median age:
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total: 23.8 years
male: 23.2 years
female: 24.4 years (2004 est.)
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Population growth rate:
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1.83% (2004 est.)
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Birth rate:
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23.37 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Death rate:
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5.08 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Net migration rate:
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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 (2004 est.)
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Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 18.35 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 15.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 21.23 deaths/1,000 live births
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 71.95 years
male: 69.29 years
female: 74.81 years (2004 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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3.1 children born/woman (2004 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.4% (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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52,000 (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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2,000 (2003 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 24%, Indian 8%, others 10% (2000)
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Religions:
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Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; 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 are Iban and Kadazan
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Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 88.7%
male: 92%
female: 85.4% (2002)
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