MALAYSIA

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MEANING OF FLAG

The flag of Malaysia also known as the Jalur Gemilang (Malay for "Stripes of Glory"), comprises a field of 14 alternating red and white stripes along the fly and a blue canton bearing a crescent and a 14-point star known as the Bintang Persekutuan (Federal Star). The 14 stripes, of equal width, represent the equal status in the federation of the 13 member states and the federal government, while the 14 points of the star represent the unity between these entities. The crescent represents Islam, the country's official religion; the blue canton symbolizes the unity of the Malaysian people; the yellow of the star and crescent is the royal colour of the Malay rulers.

LOCATION OF MALAYSIA

LAND STATICS•

Coastline 2,905 miles (4,675 km)

Land Areas

(land) 126,854 sq miles (328,550 sq km)

(water) 463 sq miles (1,200 sq km)

(TOTAL) 127,317 sq miles (329,700 sq km)

Landforms Malaysia consists of the Peninsular Malaysia, which is part of mainland Southeast Asia, and the states of Sabah and Sarawak on the northern edges of the island of Borneo.

In essence, the coastal plains here (in some areas rather wide) rise gently into hills and mountains, all covered by dense rain forest.

Countrywide, elevations average between 3,500 to 6,000 feet, with the major exception being Mt. Kinabalu (at near 14,000 ft.) in the State of Sabah.

Off its coastlines, Malaysia includes hundreds of very small islands (dots on a sea of blue).

Over two dozen rivers of size flow from the mountains, with the Pahang, Rajang and Sugut the most significant.

Highest Point Gunung Kinabalu -13,451 ft. (4,100 m)

Lowest Point South China Sea - (0 ft.) (0 m)

Land Divisions 13 states, including: Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Pulau Pinang, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor, and Terengganu; and one federal territory (wilayah persekutuan) with three components, the cities of Kuala Lumpur, Labuan, and Putrajaya.

A Brief Description In the country of Malaysia, archaeological evidence indicates that human beings began inhabiting the general area well-over 40,000 years ago. The Europeans arrived on the Malay Peninsula in the 17th century, as the Dutch established trading posts along the coastlines. It was the British that recognized the strategic position of the Malay states and their abundance of natural resources, subsequently colonizing and controlling the region for over 150 years. During World War II, the Japanese invaded, and occupied the area for over three years, until that bloody war finally ended in 1945. In 1948, the British-ruled territories on the Malay Peninsula (southern parts of Burma (Myanmar), Thailand and the Peninsular Malaysia) formed the Federation of Malaya, and in 1957, after a decade of intense negotiations, it gained independence from Britain. Malaysia itself was formed in 1963 when Singapore and the states of Sabah and Sarawak joined the Peninsular Malaysia Federation; Singapore left in 1965 to become a separate nation. Located In Southeast Asia, just north of the Equator, the exotic, tropical islands and lands of Malaysia contain some of the most beautiful beaches on the planet and a collection of unrivaled rainforests and national parks

DEMOGRAPHICS OF MALAYSIA

• Malaysia's population, as of September 2008, is estimated to be 27,730,000, which makes it the 43rd most populated country in the world.

• 5.44 million Malaysians live in East Malaysia and 21.2 million live in Peninsular Malaysia.

• Malaysian population continues to grow at a rate of 2.4% per annum.

• About 34% of the population is under the age of 15. • Malays and other Bumiputera groups make up 65% of the

population, Chinese 26%, Indians 8% and other unlisted ethnic groups 1%.

ETHNICITY

• People of Austronesian origin make up the majority of the population, and are known as the Bumiputras. Large minorities of other ethnicities also exist in Malaysia.

• Austronesian The Austronesian peoples are a population in Oceania and Southeast Asia that speaks languages of the Austronesian family. Austronesian peoples include: Taiwanes aborigines; the majority ethnic groups of East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei, Madagascar.

• Bumiputras are divided into Malays, who make up the majority of the Malaysian population at 50.4%; and other bumiputra, who make up 14% of the Malaysian population

RELIGION

• Islam is the largest and official religion of Malaysia.• Malaysian constitution guarantees religious freedom. • 61.4 percent of the population practiced Islam.• 19.8 percent Buddhism.• 9.1 percent Christianity.• 7.3 percent Hinduism. • The majority of Malaysian Indians. follow Hinduism

(84.5%), with a significant minority identifying as Christians (7.7%), Muslims (3.8%) and over 150,000 Sikhs.

LANGUAGES• The official language of Malaysia is known as Bahasa Malaysia, a

standardized form of the Malay language• English was, for a protracted period, the de facto, administrative

language of Malaysia, though its status was later rescinded.• Despite that, English remains an active second language in

many areas of Malaysian society and is compulsory, serving as the medium of instruction for Maths and Sciences in all public schools per the PPSMI policy (which is pending reversal in 2012).

• Many businesses in Malaysia conduct their transactions in English, and it is sometimes used in official correspondence.

• Examinations are based on British English, although there has been much American influence through television.

AGE DISTRIBUTIONYEAR <15 YEARS (%) 15-64

YEARS(%)>64 YEARS (%) POPULATION

IN MILLIONS2003 33.5 62.5 4.0 24.53

2004 33.2 62.7 4.1 25.05

2005 32.9 62.9 4.2 25.58

2006 32.6 63.1 4.3 26.13

2007 32.4 63.3 4.3 26.64

2008 32.2 63.4 4.4 27.17

2009 32.0 63.5 4.5 27.73

KEY DEMOGRAPHIC RATES

• Population growth rate is 1.78%AGE STRUCTURE– 0–14 years: 32.2% (male 4,118,086/female

3,884,403)– 15–64 years: 62.9% (male 7,838,166/female

7,785,833)– 65 years and over: 4.8% (male 526,967/female

667,831)

Malaysia foreign trade

Malaysia total tradeCOUNTRY 2009

(RM Billion)Share (%)

People's Republic Of China 127.90 12.9

Singapore 125.31 12.7

United States Of America 109.22 11.1

Japan 108.71 11.0

Thailand 56.16 5.7

Republic Of Korea 41.23 4.2

Indonesia 40.32 4.1

Hong Kong 39.66 4.0

Germany 33.25 3.4

Taiwan 32.90 3.3

Others 273.58 27.7

TOTAL TRADE 988.24 100.0

Malaysia’s export marketsCOUNTRY 2009

(RM Billion)Share(%)

Singapore 77.20 14.0

People Republic Of China 67.24 12.2

United States Of America 60.58 11.0

Japan 54.42 9.8

Thailand 29.85 5.4

Hong Kong 28.85 5.2

Republic Of Korea 21.10 3.8

Australia 20.00 3.6

Netherlands 18.42 3.3

Indonesia 17.29 3.1

Others 158.34 28.6

TOTAL EXPORTS 553.30 100.0

Malaysia’s import originsCOUNTRY 2009

(RM Billion)Share(%)

People's Republic Of China 60.66 14.0

Japan 54.29 12.5

United States Of America 48.64 11.2

Singapore 48.12 11.1

Thailand 26.31 6.1

Indonesia 23.03 5.3

Republic Of Korea 20.12 4.6

Taiwan 18.47 4.3

Germany 18.42 4.2

Hong Kong 10.81 2.5

Others 106.08 24.4

TOTAL IMPORTS 434.94 100.0

Malaysia’s top 10 export productsDescription 2009

(RM Billion)Share(%)

Transistors, valves, etc 92.97 16.8Fixed veg. Fats,oils,crude, refined not soft

34.72 6.3

Automatic data processing equipment

33.98 6.1

Parts & acc., for office machine 32.53 5.9

Natural gas 31.20 5.6Petroleum oils, crude 25.57 4.6Petroleum products 19.40 3.5Telecomm. equipment parts nes 16.82 3.0

Electrical switcher relays,circuits nes

11.53 2.1

Television receivers etc 10.28 1.9Others 244.30 44.2

TOTALEXPORTS 553.30 100

Malaysia top 10 import productsDescription 2009 Share

Transistors,valves,etc. 78.37 18.0Parts & accessories for office machines 20.45 4.7

Telecommunication equiptment parts nes 16.40 3.8

Petroleum oils, crude 14.88 3.4Petroleum products 14.40 3.3Electrical switcher relays,circuits nes 13.87 3.2

Electrical machinery & apparatus nes 10.79 2.5

Automatic data processing equipment 7.36 1.7

Measuring, analysing, and controlling instrument, etc. parts 6.93 1.6

Gold, non monetary excl. ores 6.85 1.6Others 244.63 56.2

TOTAL IMPORTS 434 100.0

S.No. \Year 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010

1. EXPORT 1,161.86 1,305.22 2,575.26 3,419.97 2,835.41

2. %Growth   12.34 97.31 32.80 -17.09

3. India's Total Export 103,090.53 126,414.05 163,132.18 185,295.36 178,751.43

4. %Growth   22.62 29.05 13.59 -3.53

5. %Share 1.13 1.03 1.58 1.85 1.59

6. IMPORT 2,415.61 5,290.31 6,012.90 7,184.78 5,176.78

7. %Growth   119.01 13.66 19.49 -27.95

8. India's Total Import 149,165.73 185,735.24 251,654.01 303,696.31 288,372.88

9. %Growth   24.52 35.49 20.68 -5.05

10. %Share 1.62 2.85 2.39 2.37 1.80

11. TOTAL TRADE 3,577.47 6,595.53 8,588.16 10,604.75 8,012.19

12. %Growth   84.36 30.21 23.48 -24.45

13. India's Total Trade 252,256.26 312,149.29 414,786.19 488,991.67 467,124.31

14. %Growth   23.74 32.88 17.89 -4.47

15. %Share 1.42 2.11 2.07 2.17 1.72

16. TRADE BALANCE          

17. India's Trade Balance -46,075.20 -59,321.19 -88,521.83 -118,400.95 -109,621.45

Malaysia’s trade with India (Values in US $ Millions)

Comparison between Indian and Malaysian economy

Statistics

GDP$381.1 billion (2009 est.)Rank: 30

GDP growth -2.2% (2009 est.)

GDP per capita $14,800 (2009 est.)

GDP by sectoragriculture: 10.1% industry: 42.3% services: 47.6% (2009 est.)

Inflation (wpi) 0.4% (august 2010.)

Populationbelow poverty line 3.5% (2010)

Labour forceby occupation

agriculture: (13%), industry: (36%), services: (51%) (2005)

Unemployment 5% (2009 est.)

Main industries

Peninsular Malaysia- rubber and palm oil processing and manufacturing, light manufacturing industry, electronics, tin mining and smelting, logging and processing timber, tourism, petroleum production and refining, logging

Ease of Doing Business Rank 23rd

MalaysiaStatistics

GDP US$1.250 trillion (nominal: 11th; 2009)US$3.526 trillion (PPP: 4th; 2009)

GDP growth 8.8% (2010, Q1)

GDP per capita US$1,031 (nominal: 139th; 2009)US$2,941 (PPP: 128th; 2009)

GDP by sector agriculture (18%), industry (22%), services (60%) (2009)

Inflation (wpi) 8.5% (August 2010)

Populationbelow poverty line 37% (2010)

Labour force 467 million (2nd; 2009)

Labour forceby occupation

agriculture (52%), industry (14%), services (34%) (2009 est.)

Unemployment 10.7% (2010 est.)

Main industries

telecommunications, textiles, chemicals, food processing, steel, transportation equipment, cement, mining, petroleum, machinery, information technology pharmaceuticals

Ease of Doing Business Rank 133rd

India

External

Exports US$176.5 billion (18th; 2009)

Export goods

software, petroleum products, textile goods, gems and jewelry, engineering goods, chemicals, leather manufactures

Main export partners US 12.3%, UAE 9.4%, China 9.3% (2008)

Imports US$287.5 billion (15th; 2009)

Import goods crude oil, machinery, gems, fertilizer, chemicals

Main import partnersChina 11.1%, Saudi Arabia 7.5%, US 6.6%, UAE5.1%, Iran 4.2%, Singapore 4.2%, Germany 4.2% (2008)

External

Exports $156.4 billion (2009 est.)

Export goods

electronic equipment, petroleum and liquefied natural gas, wood and wood products, palm oil, rubber, textiles, chemicals

Main export partners

Singapore 13.9%, China 12.2%, United States 10.9%, Japan 9.8%, Thailand 5.4%, Hong Kong 5.2% (2009 est.)

Imports $119.5 billion (2009 est.)

Import goodselectronics, machinery, petroleum products, plastics, vehicles, iron and steel products, chemicals

Main import partners

China 13.9%, Japan 12.5%, Singapore 11.1%, Thailand 6%, Indonesia 5.3%, South Korea 4.6%, Taiwan 4.2%, Germany 4.2% (2009 est.)

India Malaysia

Public financesRevenues $61.6 billion (2009 est.)Expenses $60.72 billion (2009 est.)Economic aid $31.6 million (2005)Foreign reserves $98.02 billion (aug 2010)

Public financesPublic debt 58% of GDP (2009 est.)Revenues US$129.8 billion (2009 est.)Expenses US$214.6 billion (2009 est.)Economic aid US$1.724 billion (2005)Foreign reserves US$282.84 billion (Aug 2010)

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