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People
Population: 17,510,546 (July 1990), growth rate 2.3% (1990).
Birth rate: 29 births/1,000 population (1990).
Death rate: 6 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
Infant mortality rate: 30 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
Life expectancy at birth: 65 years male, 71 years female (1990).
Total fertility rate: 3.5 children born/woman (1990).
Nationality: noun--Malaysian(s); adjective--Malaysian.
Ethnic divisions: 59% Malay and other indigenous, 32% Chinese,
9% Indian.
Religion: Peninsular Malaysia--Malays nearly all Muslim,
Chinese predominantly Buddhists, Indians predominantly Hindu;
Sabah--38% Muslim, 17% Christian, 45% other; Sarawak--3
5% tribal religion, 24% Buddhist and Confucianist, 20% Muslim,
16% Christian, 5% other.
Language: Peninsular Malaysia--Malay (official); English,
Chinese dialects, Tamil; Sabah--English, Malay, numerous
tribal dialects, Mandarin and Hakka dialects predominate
among Chinese; Sarawak--English, Malay, Mandarin, numerous
tribal languages.
Literacy: 65.0% overall, age 20 and up; Peninsular Malaysia--
80%; Sabah--60%; Sarawak--60%.
Labor force: 6,800,000; 30.8% agriculture, 17% manufacturing,
13.6% government, 5.8% construction, 4.3% finance, 3.4%
business services, transport and communications, 0.6% mining,
24.5% other (1989 est.).
Organized labor: 660,000, 10% of total labor force (1988).