Where is Malaysia?
About Malaysia
The Land
The People
Life and Death
Health, Energy and the Environment
Education and Work
Travel, Communication and the Media
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Malaysia is a large country made up of land on the island of Borneo and land on the Asian mainland.
Malaysia has a border on the South China Sea.
The land is a mixture of coastal plains and inland hills and mountains.
The geographical coordinates for the centre of Malaysia, also known as lines of latitude and longtitude, are:-
Latitude - 2 30N
Longitude - 112 30E
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Check the weather in Kuala Lumpur now.
This is the time in Kuala Lumpur now
The Malaysian flag is 14 equal horizontal stripes of red, at the top,
and white. In the top quarter on the flag pole side there is a blue rectangle containing a yellow crescent and a yellow 14-pointed star. The stripes and the star represent
the 13 member states plus the federal government. The crescent is a traditional Islamic symbol while blue is for the unity of the Malay people and yellow the colour of the Malayan rulers.
The capital of Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysia is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The Head of State is the Sultan. This post is rotated among the nine Sultans of the nine Malay kingdoms. The head of government is the prime minister.
In elections everyone over the age of 21 can vote.
The currency in Malaysia is the ringgit. Malaysia is a member of the Commonwealth.
Bahasa Malaysian is the official language. Malaysia has 134 living languages.
Hear the National Anthem
These are the anthem words
Malaysia is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The Head of State is the Sultan. This post is rotated among the nine Sultans of the nine Malay kingdoms. The head of government is the prime minister.
In elections everyone over the age of 21 can vote.
The currency in Malaysia is the ringgit. Malaysia is a member of the Commonwealth.
Bahasa Malaysian is the official language. Malaysia has 134 living languages.
Hear the National Anthem
These are the anthem words
We have already written our own history of England but are asking schools in Malaysia to provide us with a detailed history of
their own country. Check how here.
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The total land area of Malaysia is 328,657 sq kms which is the 19th largest in Asia.
Malaysia has lakes, rivers and canals which total 1,190 sq kms.
Malaysia has boundaries with 3 countries
- Indonesia 1,881kms
- Thailand 595 kms
- Brunei 266 kms
Malaysia has a coastline of 4,675 kms which is the 8th longest in Asia.
The highest point in Malaysia is Gunung Kinabalu 4,095 metres.
The pie chart below shows how the land is split between agricultural land (crops and pastures), forests and other, which can be towns, villages, desert or frozen waste called tundra.
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The total population of Malaysia is 30.95 million people, making it the 17th largest country in Asia by population.
Of this number 15.26 million are females and 15.69 million are males.
A person from Malaysia is called a Malaysian.
To be a citizen of Malaysia, one of your parents must be a citizen of Malaysia. It is not sufficient to be born in Malaysia. You have to live in Malaysia for
10 out of the preceding 12 years before you can begin to apply for citizenship.
The largest five cities in Malaysia, by population are:-
- Kota Bharu 1,459,994 people
- Kuala Lumpur 1,453,975
- Klang 879,867
- Kampung Baru Subang 833,571
- Johor Bahru 802,489
For each country we will give you a diagram showing the population density. This is the average number of people for each square kilometre.
Each little Owlbut is 1 person and
the big yellow rectangle is 1 sq km. After a while you can compare countries and see which ones are the most crowded. Remember it is only an average as
more people live closer together in towns and cities than in villages out in the country.
74.7% of the people live in cities or towns.
Each little Owlbut is 1 person and
the big yellow rectangle is 1 sq km. After a while you can compare countries and see which ones are the most crowded. Remember it is only an average as
more people live closer together in towns and cities than in villages out in the country.
74.7% of the people live in cities or towns.
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The birth rate in Malaysia is 19.4 births per 1,000 of population
The death rate in Malaysia is 5.1 deaths per 1,000 people.
Check this against the birth rate. If the death rate is higher than the birth rate then
the population will decrease unless immigrants arrive in the country.
There are 10.8 deaths of girls under 1 year per 1,000 of births and 14.9 deaths of boys.
The median age for females is 28.8 and for males is 28.2. The median age is that age which divides the population exactly in half so there are the same number
of people above the median age as below it.
We have no information for the average age of a woman when she has her first child.
The elderly dependency ratio is 8.5. This is the number of elderly people (ages 65+) per 100 people of working age (ages 15-64).
The potential support ratio is 11.8. This is the number of working-age people (ages 15-64) per one elderly person (ages 65+). As a population ages, the potential support ratio tends to fall, meaning there are fewer potential workers to support the elderly.
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Malaysia spends 4.2% of its total income on health care.
There are 1.20 doctors per 1,000 people.
There are 1.9 hospital beds per 1,000 people.
15.6% of the population are estimated as obese.
100% of the urban population and 93.% of the rural population have drinking water that is either piped into their home or they have access to a public tap, a protected borehole, well, spring or
protected rainwater collection facility.
96.1% of the urban population and 95.9% of the rural population have access to a flushing toilet that is connected to a sewer. a pit latrine (that is a
permanent hole in the ground that is looked after) or a composting toilet.
Malaysia releases 208.0 million metric tons of carbon dioxide by burning fossil fuels in the process of producing and consuming energy. This puts it as the 14th highest in Asia.
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Malaysia spends 5.0% of its total income on education.
Children usually start school at age 6 in Malaysia. Primary education is for six years until age 12. That is the end of compulsory education. Lower secondary
education can continue till 15 and higher secondary education goes on till 18. This may be followed
by further education at a university or college.
Generally the school year consists of 2 terms and starts at the beginning of January and finishes in the third week of November. There is usually a 2 week
break at the end of May, and a one week break in the middle of each term in March and August.
93.2% of females and 96.2% of males are able to read and write by the age of 15.
10.5% of all people aged between 16 and 24 are not in work. Among females 11.4% are unemployed while with males 9.8% can't find work.
The total number of people available for work in Malaysia is 14.94 million.
They work in the following sectors.
- Agriculture includes farming, fishing and forestry work
- Industry includes mining, manufacturing, construction and energy workers
- Services is everything else
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There are 39 paved airports in Malaysia, which is the 17th highest number in Asia.
There are 1,851 kilometres of railways in Malaysia, the 22nd longest in Asia.
There are 116,169 kilometres of roads in Malaysia, which means Malaysia is in 11th place for the most kilometres of roads in Asia.
There are 4 major national newspapers in Malaysia.
There are 43.91 million mobile phone users.
15% of the people have a fixed landline.
24.38 million people have access to the internet at home via any device (computer or mobile).
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