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location:
southeastern asia. peninsula bordering thailand and northern one-third of the island of borneo. bordering indonesia. brunei. and the south china sea. south of vietnam
geographic coordinates:
2 30 n. 112 30 e
map references:
southeast asia
area:
total: 329.750 sq km land: 328.550 sq km water: 1.200 sq km
area - comparative:
slightly larger than new mexico
land boundaries:
total: 2.669 km border countries: brunei 381 km. indonesia 1.782 km. thailand 506 km
coastline:
4.675 km (peninsular malaysia 2.068 km. east malaysia 2.607 km)
maritime claims:
territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation; specified boundary in the south china sea
climate:
tropical; annual southwest (april to october) and northeast (october to february) monsoons
terrain:
coastal plains rising to hills and mountains
elevation extremes:
lowest point: indian ocean 0 m highest point: gunung kinabalu 4.100 m
natural resources:
tin. petroleum. timber. copper. iron ore. natural gas. bauxite
land use:
arable land: 5.48% permanent crops: 17.61% other: 76.91% (2001)
irrigated land:
3.650 sq km (1998 est.)
natural hazards:
flooding. landslides. forest fires
environment - current issues:
air pollution from industrial and vehicular emissions; water pollution from raw sewage; deforestation; smoke/haze from indonesian forest fires
environment - international agreements:
party to: biodiversity. climate change. climate change-kyoto protocol. desertification. endangered species. hazardous wastes. law of the sea. marine life conservation. ozone layer protection. ship pollution. tropical timber 83. tropical timber 94. wetlands
geography - note:
strategic location along strait of malacca and southern south china sea
population:
23.953.136 (july 2005 est.)
age structure:
0-14 years: 33% (male 4.067.006/female 3.837.758) 15-64 years: 62.4% (male 7.488.367/female 7.447.047) 65 years and over: 4.6% (male 490.334/female 622.624) (2005 est.)
median age:
total: 23.92 years male: 23.32 years female: 24.54 years (2005 est.)
population growth rate:
1.8% (2005 est.)
birth rate:
23.07 births/1.000 population (2005 est.)
death rate:
5.06 deaths/1.000 population (2005 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 (2005 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 (2005 est.)
infant mortality rate:
total: 17.7 deaths/1.000 live births male: 20.49 deaths/1.000 live births female: 14.71 deaths/1.000 live births (2005 est.)
life expectancy at birth:
total population: 72.24 years male: 69.56 years female: 75.11 years (2005 est.)
total fertility rate:
3.07 children born/woman (2005 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.)
major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea. hepatitis a. and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria are high risks in some locations (2004)
nationality:
noun: malaysian(s) adjective: malaysian
ethnic groups:
malay 50.4%. chinese 23.7%. indigenous 11%. indian 7.1%. others 7.8% (2004 est.)
religions:
muslim. buddhist. daoist. hindu. christian. sikh; note - in addition. shamanism is practiced in east malaysia
languages:
bahasa melayu (official). english. chinese (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:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 88.7% male: 92% female: 85.4% (2002)
country name:
conventional long form: none conventional short form: malaysia former: federation of malaysia
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