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Source: The World Factbook
| Area: | 329,750 sq km |
| Capital: | Kuala Lumpur |
| Geographic coordinates: | 2 30 N, 112 30 E |
| Climate: | tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons |
| Government: | constitutional monarchy |
| Currency: | ringgit (MYR) |
| Literacy(%): | 88.7 |
| Languages: | Bahasa Melayu (official), English, Chinese dialects (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai; note - in addition, in East Malaysia several indigenous languages are spoken, the largest are Iban and Kadazan |
| Ethnicity/race: | Malay and other indigenous, Chinese, Indian, others |
| Religions: | Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia |
| Population | 23522482[04] |
| Population growth rate(%) | 1.83[04] |
| Net migration rate per 1000 | 0[04] |
| Currency (per US$) | 3.8[03] |
| GDP: purchasing power parity(PPP) (US$ billion) | 207.8[04] |
| GDP growth (annual%) | 5.2[04] |
| GDP - PPP per capita (US$) | 9000[04] |
| Sources: World Factbook, CIA |
| Industries: | rubber and oil palm processing and manufacturing, light manufacturing industry, electronics, tin mining and smelting, logging, petroleum production and processing timber |
| Natural resources: | tin, petroleum, timber, copper, iron ore, natural gas, bauxite |
Trade & Investment Statistics | |
| Foreign direct investment (US$ billion) | 0.55[01] |
| Source: OECD International Direct Investment Database. | |
| Imports (US$ billion) | 74.4[03] |
| Exports(US$ billion) | 98.4[03] |
| Source: CIA World Factbook |
| Imports: | electronics, machinery, petroleum products, plastics, vehicles, iron and steel products, chemicals |
| Import partners: | Japan, US, Singapore, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Germany, Thailand |
| Exports: | electronic equipment, petroleum and liquefied natural gas, wood and wood products, palm oil, rubber, textiles, chemicals |
| Export partners: | US, Singapore, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Thailand |
R&D Output | |
| High technology Exports million dollars | 38335[00] |
| High technology exports % of manufactured exports | 58[02] |
R&D expenditure | |
| GERD as a % of GDP | 0.5[00] |
| GERD (RM million) | 1671.5[00] |
GERD expenditure by sector | |
| Private sector (RM million) | 967.9[00] |
| Government (RM million) | 417.5[00] |
| Institutes of Higher Learning (RM million) | 286.1[00] |
GERD - Source of funds | |
| Own + IRPA(Intensification of Research in Priority Areas) (%) | 42.76[00] |
| Government(%) | 14.21[00] |
| Other funds (local) + other company (local based) (%) | 41.38[00] |
| Other (foreign) + foreign based (%) | 1.65[00] |
BERD & GDP | |
| BERD as a % of GDP | |
| BERD (RM million) | |
R&D Output/Innovation | |
| Patent applications filed by Residents & Non-residents | 6227[00] |
| Patent applications granted by Residents & Non-residents | 405[00] |
| Labor force in million (2004) | 10.26[04] |
| R&D personnel (no of persons) | 23262[00] |
| Business enterprise R&D personnel | 4246[00] |
| Researchers as % of labour force | 15.6[00] |
| Researchers(headcount) | 15022[00] |
| Fixed phones (millions (penetration%)) | 4.57[03] |
| Mobile phone(millions (penetration%)) | 11.12[03] |
| Internet users(millions (penetration%)) | 8.7[03] |
| Internet hosts(million) | 0.11[03] |