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Malaysia: Statistics

People [1]

People

Population 33,938,221 (2022)
Population Growth Rate 1.079 annual % (2022)
Age Dependency Ratio 43.216 % of working-age population (2022)
Urban Population 78.214 % of total (2022)
Infant Mortality Rate 6.5 per 1,000 live births (2021)
Life Expectancy at Birth 74.884 years (2021)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2022)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 165 billion kWh (2021) #27
Consumption 150.76 billion kWh (2021) #26
Exports 1.69 billion kWh (2021) #54
Imports 0.04 billion kWh (2021) #111
Renewable Electricity Generation 29.88 billion kWh (2021) #36

Oil

Ranking
Production 610.95 thousand bbl/day (2021) #28
Consumption 683.1 thousand bbl/day (2021) #28
Exports (Refined) [3] 299.1 thousand bbl/day (2013) #26
Imports (Refined) [3] 180.2 thousand bbl/day (2013) #32
Proved Reserves (Crude) 3.6 billion bbl (2021) #26

Natural Gas

Ranking
Production (Gross) 2,762.798 billion cu ft (2015) #15
Consumption (Dry) 1,282.26 billion cu ft (2021) #29
Exports (Dry) 1,245.02 billion cu ft (2021) #10
Imports (Dry) 131.37 billion cu ft (2021) #44
Proved Reserves 42 trillion cu ft (2021) #25

Other [3]

Technology

Airports 114 (2013)
Cellular Telephones 42,413,400 (2018 est.)
Highways 144,403 km (2010)
Internet Users 24,384,952 (2016 est.)
Railways 1,851 km (2014)
Telephones 6,433,300 (2018 est.)

Geography & Environment

LocationSoutheastern Asia, peninsula bordering Thailand and northern one-third of the island of Borneo, bordering Indonesia, Brunei, and the South China Sea, south of Vietnam
Total Area329,847 sq. km
Land Area328,657 sq. km
Water Area1,190 sq. km
Coastline4,675 km
Climatetropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons
Terraincoastal plains rising to hills and mountains
Lowest PointIndian Ocean 0 m
Highest Point Gunung Kinabalu 4,095 m

Sources

  1. The World Bank Date Accessed: 9/11/2023
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 5/9/2020