330,803 km²
A federation with 13 states 911 in Peninsular and 2 in Malaysia Borneo and 3 federal territories.
As a federation, the governance of the country is divided between the federal and the state government.
Parliamentary Democracy with Constitutional Monarch
34.1 million
Bahasa Malaysia (official), English, Chinese, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai
note: in East Malaysia there are several indigenous languages; most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan
34.1 million
103 per sq.km.
1.725%
78.72%
95.97%
RM 1.8 trillion
5.90%
RM 50,664
2.5%
16 million
3.4%
RM 1.426 trillion
RM 1.212 trillion