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Malaysia

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Capital:	Kuala Lumpur
Area size (Land only):	328550 sq. km Slightly larger than Poland
Time zone:	GMT +8
Currency:	Ringgit
Area code:	(+) 60
Driving:	Left
Climate description:	Tropical. There is rain in all seasons and temperatures are generally high with little variation throughout the year.

People

Standard of living

Economy & aid

Health

Disasters, conflict & migration

Language
Bahasa Malaysia (Malay) is the official language, but Chinese languages, Tamil, English and local indigenous languages are also used.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2009	27.5 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007	26.4 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	26.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	25.7 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	25.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	24.7 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	24.3 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	23.8 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	23.3 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
39.7 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
Bumiputera (Malays) and other indigenous peoples 56 percent, Chinese 33 percent, Indians 11 percent
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Islam, the official religion, is practiced by about half of the population. There are also Buddhists (17 percent), Taoists (11 percent), Hindus, Christians and followers of indigenous religious beliefs.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	69.3 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	68.3 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	67.3 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	66.3 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	65.2 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	64.1 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	63.0 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	61.8 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1957
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
No data available (2007)

Percentage of population under 15

2005	31.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	32.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	33.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	33.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	33.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	34.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Average life expectancy

2005	73.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	73.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	73.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	73.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	72.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	72.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male

2005	71.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	71.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	70.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	70.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	70.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	70.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female

2005	76.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	75.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	75.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	75.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	75.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	75.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality

2007	10 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	10 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	10 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	10 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	7 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	8 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	8 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	8 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2007	11 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	12 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	12 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	12 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	7 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	8 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	9 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Births attended by skilled personnel

1997-2005	97 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1996-2004	97 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1995-2003	97 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	97 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001	96 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000	96 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Maternal mortality

2005	62 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000	41 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)

2005	63	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	61	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	61	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	59	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	58	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	59	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)

2000-2007	8 percent	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2000-2006	8 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
1996-2005	11 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
1996-2004	11 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
1995-2003	12 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	12 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001	18 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000	No data available percent

Percentage of undernourished population

2003-2005	<5 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2008
2002-2004average	3 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average	3 percent	FAO 2006
1999-2001	No data available percent
1998-2000average	No data available percent

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water

2006	99 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	99 percent	UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002	95 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	No data available percent

Population with access to improved sanitation

2006	94 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	94 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Literacy - average

2004	88.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	88.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	88.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	87.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	87.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male

2004	92.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	92 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	92.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	91.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	91.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - female

2004	85.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	85.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	85.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	84.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	83.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Landlines telephones

2008	159 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	164 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	166 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	170 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	177 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	185 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	193 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	198 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	199 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Cellular telephone subscribers

2008	1004 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	879 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	746 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	763 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	580 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	450 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	373 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	311 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	220 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Internet users

2008	625 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	557 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	522 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	492 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	427 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	354 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	327 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	270 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	216 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)

2008	47 (joint)	Transparency International 2008
2007	43 (joint)	Transparency International 2007
2006	44	Transparency International
2005	39	Transparency International
2004	39 (joint)	Transparency International
2003	37 (joint)	Transparency International
2002	33 (joint)	Transparency International
2001	36	Transparency International
2000	36	Transparency International

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
No (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day

1990-2005	2.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004	2.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	<2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1990-2002	<2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2001	<2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2007	6420 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	5710 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	5200 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	4740 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	4160 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	3780 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	3540 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	3450 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2007	186.7 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	156.4 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	138.0 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	124.7 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	110.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	100.8 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	92.8 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	93.8 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Annual GDP growth

2006	5.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	5.0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	6.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	5.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	4.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	0.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	8.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation

2007	5.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	3.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	4.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	6.0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	3.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	3.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	-1.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	8.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
1.7 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
38.4 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Physicians

2000-2004	70 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004	70 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	68 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002	68 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)

2007	0.5 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2006	0.5 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2005	0.5 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2004	0.4 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2003	0.4 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008

Malaria
Limited risk only in the deep hinterland from P.falciparum, resistance to chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine reported. Urban and coastal areas are free from malaria.
Source: WHO

TB cases

2007	103 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2006	104 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2005	105 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2004	106 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2003	107 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2002	108 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2001	108 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2000	109 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here

2008	608	UNHCR
2007	615	UNHCR
2006	584	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005	394	UNHCR
2004	292	UNHCR
2003	239	UNHCR
2002	119	UNHCR
2001	79	UNHCR
2000	82	UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here

2008	36088	UNHCR
2007	32243	UNHCR
2006	37170	UNHCR
2005	33693	UNHCR
2004	24905	UNHCR
2003	7424	UNHCR
2002	50612	UNHCR
2001	50466	UNHCR
2000	50487	UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

	No data available

No data available

Landmine casualties per year

2004	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military

2005	2.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	2.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	2.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	6.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2002-2004	8.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2000-2002	8.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001	7.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000	6.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	2.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004	2.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	2.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	2.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	1.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

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