People Of Malaysia

Population	23,522,482 (July 2004 est.)
Age structure	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.)
Median age	total: 23.8 years male: 23.2 years female: 24.4 years (2004 est.)
Population growth rate	1.83% (2004 est.)
Birth rate	23.37 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate	5.08 deaths/1,000 population (2004 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 (2004 est.)
Sex ratio	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.)
Infant mortality rate	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
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 71.95 years male: 69.29 years female: 74.81 years (2004 est.)
Total fertility rate	3.1 children born/woman (2004 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	0.4% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - 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 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 are Iban and Kadazan
Literacy	conventional long form: none conventional short form: Malaysia former: Federation of Malaysia

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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