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Malaysia

2.5N 112.5E · 22 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
FORMATION OF MALAYSIA · 16 SEP 1963
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1970 – present · The New Economic Policy, Mahathir and Modern Malaysia
5 EVENTS
1971 · The New Economic Policy 2 REFS
9 May 2018 · 1MDB scandal ends Barisan Nasional rule 2 REFS
1961 – 1969 · The Formation of Malaysia and Singapore's Separation
4 EVENTS
16 Sep 1963 · Formation of the Federation of Malaysia 2 REFS
1963–1966 · Indonesian Confrontation (Konfrontasi) 2 REFS
1941 – 1957 · Occupation, the Emergency and Merdeka
4 EVENTS
15 Feb 1942 · Japanese occupation and the fall of Singapore 2 REFS
31 Aug 1957 · Merdeka: independence of Malaya 2 REFS
1511 – 1941 · European Powers and the Making of British Malaya
4 EVENTS
1511 · Portuguese capture of Malacca 2 REFS
1641 · Dutch conquest of Malacca 1 REF
c. 1400 – 1511 · The Malacca Sultanate, Islam and the Spice Trade
3 EVENTS
c. 1400 · Founding of Malacca by Paramesvara 2 REFS
early 15th c. · Malacca, Islam and ties with Ming China 2 REFS
c. 7th – 14th century CE · Early Malay Polities and the Srivijaya Maritime Realm
2 EVENTS
c. 7th century CE · Rise of the Srivijaya thalassocracy 2 REFS
1025 · Chola naval raid weakens Srivijaya 1 REF
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Kuala Lumpur
Population
31 m
Area
330,803 km²
Region
South-Eastern Asia
Languages
English, Malay
Currency
Malaysian ringgit (RM)
Demonym
Malaysian
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$472 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$13,125’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
5.2%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
1.4%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
136.4%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
36 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
76.8 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
77.4%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
1.5’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
95.8%’22 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
54.6’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
72.5’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
69.1’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
65.6’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
62.9’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
57.9’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
4.0%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
2.34’23 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
8.3’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
96.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
94.7%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
95.8%’22 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
3.5%’23 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
90.4%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
80.3%’24 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
38.5%’24 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
1.0%’22 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
1,218’22 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
98.0%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
140’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
58.6%’24 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
328,550 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
57.7%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
26.1%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
8.3’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
7.5%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
6.9%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
1.8%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
1.7%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI
Rare earths
110 t’25 USGS-MCS

Military

Military burden
1.0%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$4.3 B’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
136,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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