NationMaster - Malaysian People statistics

Age structure > 0-14 years	33	[90th of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years	62.4	[139th of 226]
Age structure > 65 years and over	4.7 %	[133rd of 225]
Chinese population	5,280,000	[3rd of 127]
Gender development	0.776	[52nd of 141]
Gender empowerment	0.505	[43rd of 65]
Nobel prize laureates	0	[44th of 44]
Percentage living in urban areas	64%	[82nd of 199]
Population in 2015	29,558	[46th of 225]
Projected population growth	93.99%	[42nd of 141]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years	1.01	[103rd of 223]
Urbanization	58	[100th of 204]
Urbanization in 1975	37.7%	[95th of 164]
Urbanization in 2015	66.4%	[74th of 164]
Women > Adult literacy rate females as a % of males	91	[81st of 144]
Women > Contraceptive prevalence %	55	[77th of 170]
Women > Life expectancy females as a % of males	107	[91st of 173]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio > reported	30	[108th of 154]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio adjusted	41	[117th of 166]
Women > Skilled attendant at delivery %	97	[70th of 172]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; University Libraries, Ohio University; Human Development Reports, United Nations 2002; The Nobel Foundation; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002); UN (United Nations). 2002. World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York; UNICEF

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