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Country (long form)	none
Capital	Kuala Lumpur
Total Area	127,317.19 sq mi 329,750.00 sq km (slightly larger than New Mexico)
Population	22,229,040 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050	43,122,397
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 of which are Iban and Kadazan
Literacy	83.5% total, 89.1% male, 78.1% female (1995 est.)
Religions	Islam, Buddhism, Daoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism; note: in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia
Life Expectancy	68.48 male, 73.92 female (2001 est.)
Government Type	constitutional monarchy
Currency	1 ringgit (M$) = 100 sen
GDP (per capita)	$10,300 (2000 est.)
Industry	Peninsular Malaysia - rubber and oil palm processing and manufacturing, light manufacturing industry, electronics, tin mining and smelting, logging and processing timber; Sabah - logging, petroleum production; Sarawak - agriculture processing, petroleum production and refining, logging
Agriculture	Peninsular Malaysia - rubber, palm oil, cocoa, rice; Sabah - subsistence crops, rubber, timber, coconuts, rice; Sarawak - rubber, pepper; timber
Arable Land	3%
Natural Resources	tin, petroleum, timber, copper, iron ore, natural gas, bauxite