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Malaysia People - 2002 https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb2002/malaysia/malaysia_people.html SOURCE: 2002 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Population 22,662,365 (July 2002 est.) Age structure
Population growth rate 1.91% (2002 est.) Birth rate 24.22 births/1,000 population (2002 est.) Death rate 5.16 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.) Net migration rate
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population
Sex ratio
Infant mortality rate 19.66 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.) Life expectancy at birth
Total fertility rate 3.18 children born/woman (2002 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
Ethnic groups Malay and other indigenous 58%, Chinese 24%, Indian 8%, others 10% (2000) Religions Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; 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
NOTE: The information regarding Malaysia on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Malaysia People 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Malaysia People 2002 should be addressed to the CIA. |