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Location:
Locatedbetween2and7degreesnorthoftheEquator,PeninsularMalaysiais
separatedfromthestatesofSabahandSarawakbytheSouthChinaSea.Tothe
northofPeninsularMalaysiaisThailandwhileitssouthernneighbouris
Singapore.SabahandSarawakareboundedbyIndonesiawhileSarawakalsosharesaborderwith
Brunei.

Malaysia@aGlance

Area(km2)*
Population(million)

Total

Male

Female
AverageAnnualPopulationGrowth
Rate(%)
BirthandDeath(per1,000population
)

CrudeBirthRate

CrudeDeathRate
TotalFertilityRate
LifeExpectancy(years)

Male

Female
GrossDomesticProduct(GDP)

GDPatcurrentprices(RMmillion)
GDPatconstant2010prices(RM

million)

GDPGrowth(%)
GDPpercapitaatcurrentprices

(RM)
Employment2

LabourForce('000)

Employed('000)

Unemployment('000)
LabourForceParticipationRates,

LFPR(%)

Total

Male

Female

UnemploymentRate(%)
Indices
ProducerPriceIndex(2010=100)

LocalProduction

ConsumerPriceIndex(2010=100)
IndexofIndustrialProduction

(2010=100)
ExternalTrade(RMmillion)

Imports

0.Foods
1.BeveragesandTobacco

2012
330,290

29.52
15.22
14.30

2013
330,396

30.21
15.60
14.61

2014
330,323

30.71
15.87
14.84

2015
330,323

31.19
16.11
15.07

2016

1.6

2.4

1.6

1.5

1.5e

17.8
4.7
2.2

72.2
76.9

971,252

16.7
16.7p
16.9e
4.7
4.8p
4.8e
2.0
2.0p
2.0e

p
72.3
72.4
72.4
76.9
77.0
77.1p

e
p
1,018,614 1,106,466 1,157,139

72.6e
77.2e

912,261

955,080 1,012,506e 1,062,805p

31.66e
16.36e
15.30e

5.5

4.7

6.0e

5.0p

32,913

33,714

36,031e

37,104p

13,221.7
12,820.5
401.2

13,980.5
13,545.4
435.1

14,263.6
13,852.6
411.1

14,518.0
14,067.7
450.3

65.6
80.5
49.5
3.0

67.3
81.0
52.6
3.1

67.6
80.6
53.7
2.9

67.9
80.6
54.1
3.1

111.8

108.8

110.4

102.2

104.9

107.1

110.5

112.8

106.7

110.3

116.0

121.2

685,778.44
606,676.90 648,694.90 682,937.10
36,090.50 38,857.40 42,642.60 45,343.47
3,780.10
4,069.30
4,049.30
4,547.66

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2.CrudeMaterials,Inedible
24,886.90
3.MineralFuels,Lubricants,and
86,047.00
Other
4.Oils&AnimalandVegetablefats
9,748.70
5.MaterialsChemistry
54,547.50
6.ManufacturedGoods(including
75,196.50
tin)
7.MachineryandTransport
266,469.90
Equipment
8.MiscellaneousManufactured
37,414.20
Articles
9.MiscellaneousTransactionsand
12,495.80
Commodities

Exports
702,641.20
0.Foods
20,691.90
1.BeveragesandTobacco
3,725.90
2.CrudeMaterials,Inedible
20,609.70
3.MineralFuels,Lubricants,and
143,388.10
Other
4.Oils&AnimalandVegetablefats 63,393.70
5.MaterialsChemistry
46,101.60
6.ManufacturedGoods(including
63,624.00
tin)
7.MachineryandTransport
266,684.80
Equipment
8.MiscellaneousManufactured
68,704.40
Articles
9.MiscellaneousTransactionsand
5,717.30
Commodities

23,888.20

21,991.60

22,487.63

105,022.40 114,876.50

85,148.12

4,117.10
59,415.60

4,521.10
65,992.50

6,970.92
69,736.03

85,373.80

87,418.90

89,629.33

276,278.00 285,547.60 297,067.38

37,085.90

41,774.00

50,447.30

14,587.20

14,123.00

14,400.60

719,992.40 765,416.90 777,355.08

22,100.50 25,646.70 27,369.90
3,883.90
4,079.40
4,606.36
19,491.60 17,164.30 21,210.04

160,347.70 168,624.10 125,875.51

49,019.20 50,490.60 47,863.48

51,761.40 56,574.60 60,673.88

67,700.50

67,819.00

75,145.28

273,675.90 296,735.40 326,094.79

67,318.70

73,716.90

84,485.29

4,693.00

4,566.00

4,030.55

Notes:
1.20122015:PopulationEstimatesbasedontheadjustedPopulationandHousingCensusof
Malaysia2010.
2.Starting2011,thelabourforcestatisticsareestimatedbasedonthelatestcurrentpopulation
estimates.Thereforetheannuallystatisticslabourforcetimeseriesisupdated.
3.pPreliminary.
4.eEstimate.
5.Theaddedtotalmaydifferduetorounding.
6.GroupofclassificationforexternaltradeproductisbasedontheStandardInternationalTrade
Classification(SITC).
7.*Source:DepartmentofSurveyandMappingMalaysia
Updated:14October2016

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