Malaysia People 1997

Population 20,491,303 (July 1997 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 36% (male 3,776,400; female 3,587,445)
15-64 years: 60% (male 6,153,173; female 6,171,287)
65 years and over: 4% (male 350,523; female 452,475) (July 1997 est.)

Population growth rate 2.15% (1997 est.)

Birth rate 26.94 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Death rate 5.43 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Net migration rate 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth : 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female
total population : 1.01 male(s)/female (1997 est.)

Infant mortality rate 23.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population : 70.06 years
male: 67.08 years
female: 73.22 years (1997 est.)

Total fertility rate 3.4 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Nationality
noun: Malaysian(s)
adjective: Malaysian

Ethnic groups Malay and other indigenous 58%, Chinese 26%, Indian 7%, others 9%

Religions Peninsular Malaysia - Muslim (Malays), Buddhist (Chinese), Hindu (Indians);Sabah - Muslim 38%, Christian 17%, other 45%; Sarawak - tribal religion 35%,Buddhist and Confucianist 24%, Muslim 20%, Christian 16%, other 5%

Languages Peninsular Malaysia - Malay (official), English, Chinese dialects, Tamil;Sabah - English, Malay, numerous tribal dialects, Chinese (Mandarin and Hakkadialects predominate); Sarawak - English, Malay, Mandarin, numerous triballanguages

Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 83.5%
male: 89.1%
female : 78.1% (1995 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Malaysia on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Malaysia People 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Malaysia People 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.