Population
21,793,293 (July 2000 est.)

Estimated Population in 2050
43,122,397

Languages
Bahasa Melayu (Official), English, Chinese dialects (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Punjabi; 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, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia

Life Expectancy
68.22 male, 73.63 female (2000 est.)

Government Type
Constitutional Monarchy

Currency
1 Ringgit (M$) = 100 sen

GDP (per capita)
$10,700 (1999 est.)

Labor Force (by occupation)
Manufacturing 27%, Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries 16%, Local trade and tourism 17%, Services 15%, Government 10%, Construction 9% (1999 est.)

Industry
Rubber, Oil Palm processing and manufacturing, Light manufacturing industry, Electronics, Tin mining and Smelting, Logging and Processing Timber, Petroleum production and Refining, Agriculture processing

Agriculture
Rubber, Palm Oil, Rice, Subsistence Crops, Rubber, Timber, Coconuts

Arable Land
3%

Exports
Electronic Equipment, Petroleum and Liquefied Natural Gas, Chemicals, Palm Oil, Wood and Wood Products, Rubber, Textiles

Imports
Machinery and Equipment, Chemicals, Food, Fuel and Lubricants

Natural Resources
Tin, Petroleum, Timber, Copper, Iron Ore, Natural Gas, Bauxite

Telephones (main lines in use)
4.4 million (1998)

Telephones (mobile cellular)
2.17 million (1998)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
8 (1999)