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Malaysia
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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 Detail Information:
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