People, Population in Malaysia

Age structure:
0-14 years: 31.4% (male 4,153,621/female 3,914,962)
15-64 years: 63.6% (male 8,210,373/female 8,143,043)
65 years and over: 5% (male 569,245/female 724,575) (2010 est.)

Median age:
total: 26.5 years
male: 26.4 years
female: 26.7 years (2010 est.)

Population growth rate:
1.609% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 76

Ethnic groups:
Malay 50.4%, Chinese 23.7%, indigenous 11%, Indian 7.1%, others 7.8% (2004 est.)

Religions:
Muslim 60.4%, Buddhist 19.2%, Christian 9.1%, Hindu 6.3%, Confucianism, Taoism, other traditional Chinese religions 2.6%, other or unknown 1.5%, none 0.8% (2000 census)


Source:
URL: http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/malaysia/pro-people.htm [Access: 2012, April 14th].