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Malaysia People 2000 Population: 21,793,293 (July 2000 est.) Age structure:
Population growth rate: 2.01% (2000 est.) Birth rate: 25.3 births/1,000 population (2000 est.) Death rate: 5.25 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.) Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
Infant mortality rate: 20.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.) Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 3.29 children born/woman (2000 est.) Nationality:
Ethnic groups: Malay and other indigenous 58%, Chinese 26%, Indian 7%, others 9% Religions: Islam, Buddhism, Daoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism; 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:
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