Malaysia Country Info - Asia

Description and Basic Information

Malaysia with its capital Kuala Lumpur is located in Asia (Southeastern Asia, peninsula bordering Thailand and northern one-third of the island of Borneo). It covers some 329,751 square kilometres (slightly larger than New Mexico) with 25,259,000 citizens. Malay (generic), English, Chinese, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi and Thai are the languages used by people in Malaysia (consider regional differences). Brunei, Thailand and Indonesia are bordering countries.

Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia, located partly on a peninsula of the Asian mainland and partly on the northern third of the island of Borneo. Malaysia is a mix of the modern world and a developing nation. With its investment in the high technology industries and moderate oil wealth, it has become a rich nation in Southeast Asia. Malaysia, for most visitors, presents a happy mix: there is high-tech infrastructure and things generally work well and more or less on schedule, but prices remain more reasonable than, say, Singapore.

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About Malaysia

The topography features coastal plains rising to hills and mountains. The average density of population is about 76 per km². The climate in Malaysia can be described as tropical with annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons. Potential natural disasters are flooding or landslides or forest fires.

To reach someone in Malaysia dial +60 prior to a number. There are 4,312,000 installed telephones. And there are 30,379,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 MHz and 3G. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".my". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 240V - 50Hz. The following list are the 16 regions/states in Malaysia we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Malaysian population grew at a rate of 1.7% (or by 445,771 citizens). With 131,324 deaths and 577,095 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 1.7%. 0 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Malaysia: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.