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GeographyLocation: Southeastern Asia, peninsula and northern one-third of the island of Borneo bordering the Java Sea and the South China Sea, south of Vietnam
Area: Land boundaries: total 2,669 km, Brunei 381 km, Indonesia 1,782 km, Thailand 506 km Coastline: 4,675 km
PeoplePopulation: 19,723,587 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 2.24% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 27.95 births/1,000 population Death rate: 5.56 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 24.7 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 3.47 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Malay and other indigenous 59%, Chinese 32%, Indian 9% Religions: Languages:
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
Government
Names:
Type: constitutional monarchy Capital: Kuala Lumpur Independence: 31 August 1957 (from UK) Constitution: 31 August 1957, amended 16 September 1963
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $166.8 billion National product real growth rate: 8.7% National product per capita: $8,650 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.7% Unemployment rate: 2.9%
Electricity:
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