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| Population | 24,821,286 (July 2007 est.) | | | Age structure | 0-14 years: 32.2% (male 4,118,086/female 3,884,403)
15-64 years: 62.9% (male 7,838,166/female 7,785,833)
65 years and over: 4.8% (male 526,967/female 667,831) (2007 est.) | | | Median age | total: 24.4 years
male: 23.8 years
female: 25 years (2007 est.) | | | Population growth rate | 1.759% (2007 est.) | | | Birth rate | 22.65 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | | Death rate | 5.05 deaths/1,000 population (2007 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 (2007 est.) | | | Sex ratio | at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.007 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.789 male(s)/female
total population: 1.012 male(s)/female (2007 est.) | | | Infant mortality rate | total: 16.62 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 19.26 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 13.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) | | | Life expectancy at birth | total population: 72.76 years
male: 70.05 years
female: 75.65 years (2007 est.) | | | Total fertility rate | 3.01 children born/woman (2007 est.) | | People living
with HIV/AIDS | 52,000 (2003 est.) | | | HIV/AIDS - deaths | 2,000 (2003 est.) | | | Nationality | noun: Malaysian(s)
adjective: Malaysian | | | Ethnic groups | Malay 50.4%, Chinese 23.7%, indigenous 11%, Indian 7.1%, others 7.8% (2004 est.) | | | Religions | Muslim 60.4%, Buddhist 19.2%, Christian 9.1%, Hindu 6.3%, Confucianism, Taoism, other traditional Chinese religions 2.6%, other or unknown 1.5%, none 0.8% (2000 census) | | | Languages | Bahasa Malaysia (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai
note: in East Malaysia there are several indigenous languages; most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan | | | Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 88.7%
male: 92%
female: 85.4% (2000 census) | |
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