Malaysia

MALAYSIA

AREA

329,847 sq.km. (67^th)

POPULATION

30,073,353 (July 2014) (44^th)

PLATFORM DATA

National

Demography

0 – 24yrs: 45.7 %

25 – 64yrs: 48.8 %

65yrs and over: 5.3 %

Life

Expectancy

74.52 yrs

Youth Development Index

152/170 (Medium)

National

G.D.P

$525 billion (2013 est.) (30^th)

Per Capital

Income

$17,500 (79^th)

Currency

ringgits (MYR)

Economic

Drivers

semiconductors and electronic equipment, palm oil, petroleum and liquefied natural gas, wood and wood products, palm oil, rubber, textiles, chemicals, solar panels, light manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, medical technology, electronics and semi-conductors

Official

Languages

Bahasa Malaysia

Other Local

Languages

English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai

note: in East Malaysia there are several indigenous languages; most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan

Climatic

Zone

tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons

Religious

Expression

Muslim (official) 61.3%, Buddhist 19.8%, Christian 9.2%, Hindu 6.3%, Confucianism, Taoism, other traditional Chinese religions 1.3%, other 0.4%, none 0.8%, unspecified 1% (2010 est.)

Christian Umbrella

Organization(s)

Christian Federation of Malaysia

Mr. Tan Kong Beng,

The Executive Secretary,

CCM Ecumenical Centre, Level 2,

No. 26 Jalan Universiti, 46200 Petaling Jaya,

Selangor DE, MALAYSIA.

Tel / Fax : + 60 3 7957 1457

Emails : cfm.exesec08@gmail.com (ES)

cfmsia@yahoo.co.uk (general)

Website: www.cfmmsia.org