 | Country (long form) | none | | Capital | Kuala Lumpur | | Total Area | 127,317.19 sq mi
329,750.00 sq km
(slightly larger than New Mexico) | | Population | 22,229,040 (July 2001 est.) | | Estimated Population in 2050 | 43,122,397 | | 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 | 83.5% total, 89.1% male, 78.1% female (1995 est.) | | Religions | Islam, Buddhism, Daoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism;
note: in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia | | Life Expectancy | 68.48 male, 73.92 female (2001 est.) | | Government Type | constitutional monarchy | | Currency | 1 ringgit (M$) = 100 sen | | GDP (per capita) | $10,300 (2000 est.) | | Industry | Peninsular Malaysia - rubber and oil palm processing and manufacturing, light manufacturing industry, electronics, tin mining and smelting, logging and processing timber;
Sabah - logging, petroleum production;
Sarawak - agriculture processing, petroleum production and refining, logging | | Agriculture | Peninsular Malaysia - rubber, palm oil, cocoa, rice;
Sabah - subsistence crops, rubber, timber, coconuts, rice;
Sarawak - rubber, pepper; timber | | Arable Land | 3% | | Natural Resources | tin, petroleum, timber, copper, iron ore, natural gas, bauxite |
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