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Malaysian People

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Population: 25,715,819 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 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) (2009 est.)

Median age: total: 24.9 years male: 24.3 years female: 25.6 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.723% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 5.02 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: NA note: does not reflect net flow of an unknown number of illegal immigrants from other countries in the region (2009 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 (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 15.87 deaths/1,000 live births male: 18.32 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 73.29 years male: 70.56 years female: 76.21 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.95 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.5% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 80,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: 3,900 (2007 est.)

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 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)

Languages: 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

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 88.7% male: 92% female: 85.4% (2000 census)