Malaysia Facts and Figures
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Country Name: |
Malaysia |
Government: |
Constitutional monarchy |
Capital: |
Kuala Lumpur |
Land: |
328,550 sq km |
Natural Resources: |
Tin, petroleum, timber, copper, iron ore, natural gas, bauxite |
Population: |
24,821,286 (July 2007 est.) |
Median Age: |
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24.4 years |
Population Growth Rate: |
1.759% (2007 est.) |
Birth Rate: |
22.65 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
GDP (Purchasing Power Parity): |
$313.2 billion (2006 est.) |
Adult Literacy:
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88.7% |
GDP (Official Exchange Rate): |
$132.3 billion (2006 est.) |
GDP – Real Growth Rate: |
5.9% (2006 est.) |
GDP – Per Capita (PPP): |
$12,800 (2006 est.) |
GDP – Composition by Sector: |
agriculture: 8.8% |
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industry: 47.1% |
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services: 44.1% (2006 est.) |
Labor Force: |
10.68 million (2006 est.) |
Labor Force by Occupation: |
agriculture: 13% |
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industry:36% |
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services:51% (2005 est.) |
Unemployment Rate: |
3.5% (2006 est.) |
Industrial Production Growth Rate: |
5.8% (2006 est.) |
Electricity Production: |
82.36 billion kWh (2005) |
Electricity Consumption: |
78.72 billion kWh (2005) |
Oil Production: |
770,000 bbl/day (2005 est.) |
Oil Consumption: |
515,000 bbl/day (2004 est.) |
Natural Gas Production: |
60.9 billion cu m (2005 est.) |
Natural Gas Consumption: |
31.84 billion cu m (2005 est.) |
Exports: |
$160.8 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.) |
Imports: |
$124 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.) |
Telephone Lines: |
4.342 million (2006) |
Cellular Telephones: |
19,464 (2006) |
Radio Broadcast Stations: |
AM 35, FM 391, shortwave 15 (2001) |
TV Broadcast Stations: |
88 (mainland Malaysia 51, Sabah 16, and Sarawak 21)(2006) |
Internet Hosts: |
337,674 (2007) |
Internet Users: |
11.292 million (2006) |
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