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People
28,274,729 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
43
0-14 years: 31.4% (male 4,153,621/female 3,914,962)
15-64 years: 63.6% (male 8,210,373/female 8,143,043)
65 years and over: 5% (male 569,245/female 724,575) (2010 est.)
total: 26.5 years
male: 26.4 years
female: 26.7 years (2010 est.)
1.609% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 76
21.41 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 84
4.92 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 190
-0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population
country comparison to the world: 139
note: does not reflect net flow of an unknown number of illegal immigrants from other countries in the region (2009 est.)
urban population: 70% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 3% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.069 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 (2010 est.)
total: 15.5 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 121
male: 17.92 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 73.55 years
country comparison to the world: 112
male: 70.81 years
female: 76.48 years (2010 est.)
2.7 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 78
0.5% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 77
80,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 50
3,900 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 52
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds
(2009)
noun: Malaysian(s)
adjective: Malaysian
Malay 50.4%, Chinese 23.7%, indigenous 11%, Indian 7.1%, others 7.8% (2004 est.)
Muslim 60.4%, Buddhist 19.2%, Christian 9.1%, Hindu 6.3%, Confucianism, Taoism, other traditional Chinese religions 2.6%, other or unknown 1.5%, none 0.8% (2000 census)
Bahasa Malaysia (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai
note: in East Malaysia there are several indigenous languages; most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 88.7%
male: 92%
female: 85.4% (2000 census)
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2007)
4.5% of GDP (2007)
country comparison to the world: 90
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