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Photos of Malaysia

The Strait of Malacca, located between Peninsular Malaysia and the Indonesian island of Sumatra, is one of the most important shipping lanes in the world and serves as the main shipping channel between the Indian and the Pacific Oceans.

Introduction

World Factbook Glyph

Visit the Definitions and Notes page to view a description of each topic.

Geography

Area

comparison ranking: total 68

Area - comparative

Area comparison map:
Area comparison map

People and Society

Languages

Bahasa Malaysia audio sample:

Age structure

2024 population pyramid:
2024 population pyramid

Median age

comparison ranking: total 122

Population growth rate

comparison ranking: 94

Birth rate

comparison ranking: 120

Death rate

comparison ranking: 166

Net migration rate

comparison ranking: 57

Maternal mortality ratio

comparison ranking: 124

Infant mortality rate

comparison ranking: total 164

Total fertility rate

comparison ranking: 156

Tobacco use

comparison ranking: total 68

Education expenditures

comparison ranking: 124

Environment

Revenue from coal

comparison ranking: 45

Government

Economy

Real GDP growth rate

comparison ranking: 94

Real GDP per capita

comparison ranking: 75

Labor force

comparison ranking: 37

Unemployment rate

comparison ranking: 73

Public debt

comparison ranking: 81

Taxes and other revenues

comparison ranking: 168

Current account balance

comparison ranking: 29

Exports

comparison ranking: 33

Imports

comparison ranking: 31

Energy

Communications

Transportation

Airports

comparison ranking: 55

Heliports

comparison ranking: 53

Merchant marine

comparison ranking: total 16

Military and Security

Space

Terrorism

Transnational Issues