Demographics of Malaysia

The Demographics of Malaysia is highly complex and difficult. The country of Malaysia comprises many ethnic groups besides the politically dominant Malays making up the majority.

The term Malaysians means a person with citizenship in Malaysia, the adjective is " Malaysian". The term, however, Malaysians referred belonging to a specific ethnic group. The adjective is " Malay ".

2008 Malaysia had 27.2 million inhabitants, of which about 5 million in the two eastern states of Sarawak and Sabah. The Malaysian population growth rate is relatively constant at a value of 2.4% annually. Malaysia is in his public profile a young country: about 34 % of the population are under 15 years old.

Malays

There to the Malays in Malaysia a Constitution Definition: in accordance with Article 160 of the Malaysian Constitution they are Muslims. These people will, together with indigenous peoples Austronesian origin ( Kadazandusun, Dayak, Melanau and other, mainly living in Sabah and Sarawak peoples, as well as the Orang Asli ), Bumiputra called " sons of the earth."

The indigenous people who are not ethnic Malays make up more than 50 % of the population of Sarawak and more than 66 % of the population of Sabah. They are divided into dozens of ethnic groups, but they have some general patterns of life and culture together. Until the 20th century they practiced animist indigenous beliefs, but most have become Christians or Muslims.

Minorities

The second largest ethnic group are the Chinese, the historical play an important role in trade and commerce. Ethnic Indians make up the third largest ethnic group.

There is a small minority that are grouped in the state categorization and is known as the " other" category. This includes Malaysians, which ( among other things ) European descent, or are derived from the Middle East.

The population distribution is uneven: with about 20 million inhabitants, the majority concentrated in geographically small plains of the narrow peninsula Malaya. The rest of the population lives in North Borneo in the Malaysian states of Sarawak and Sabah in much lower population density.

There is no agreement on the ethnicity of children of different ethnic parents. Some children choose to belong to the father's ethnicity, while others think they just fell into the " Other " category. The majority chooses to identify themselves as Malaysians, as long as one of the parents is Malay, mainly due to the legal definition and preference of the Bumiputra.

Sino-Indian children from mixed marriages are called " Chindians " means. Although this is not an official category in the state census, this is a growing number of people, especially in urban settings.

In Malacca is home to a small community of descendants of the Portuguese colonialists, the Catholic and an archaic form of the Portuguese speaking ( according to own data they can easily communicate with Brazilians ).

In the border areas with Thailand, there are Buddhist ethnic Thais, southern Thailand Muslim Malay. The limit does not represent the limit of settlement areas

Orang Asli

The native population of the Malaya peninsula known as Orang Asli, which literally means " original man " is a generic term and is responsible for a variety of original people. They are among about 60,000 people. 60 percent of them live in rural areas and 40 percent in urban areas. They were the first inhabitants of the Malaya Peninsula. Most of them are called Negritos and are related to the inhabitants of Papua New Guinea and possibly also with the Aborigines in Australia and peoples in East Africa. They came to the peninsula approximately 8,000 years ago; they lived nomadic. The next largest group are the Senoi who immigrated 6,000 to 8,000 years ago. They resemble mountains tribes in Cambodia and Vietnam; they are migrant farmers. The rest are Proto - Malay of Sumatra who migrated about 4,000 years ago. They resemble the Malays. Many of them moved to the cities and knew with the Malays to assimilate by marriage.

Total population

29,179,952 (July 2012 est.)

Age structure 0-14 years: 29.6% (male 4,132,009 4.374.495/weiblich )
15-64 years: 65.4 % (male 9,253,574 9.539.972/weiblich )
65 years and over: 5% ( male 672.581/weiblich 755 976 ) (2011 est.)

Statistics

Growth rate: 1.54% (2011 est.)
Birth rate: 20.74 births / 1,000 population (2011 est.)
Mortality rate: 4.95 deaths / 1,000 population (2011 est.)
Net migration rate: -0.37 migrant ( s ) / 1,000 population (2012 est.) Note: these figures indicate no net outflow of the unknown number of illegal immigrants from other regions again

Birth: 1:07 male / female
Under 15 years: 1:06 male / female
15-64 years old: 1:03 male / female
65 years and over: 0.89 male / female
Total population: 1:01 male / female (2011 est.)

Total population: 74.04 years
Male 71.28 years (2012 est.)
Female: 76.99 years (2012 est.)

Nationality

Name: Malaysian
Adjective: Malaysian

Ethnic Groups

Ancestors, named by Malay Malaysians

Malay Malaysians are of different origin. Up to 40% of the Malays in Malaysia have Arab ancestors, followed by ancestors from neighboring Indonesia ( about 30%), South Asian and some Malays have even Chinese and European ancestry ( Portuguese, Armenians ).

Religions

Islam ( see Islam in Malaysia), Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhs; Note - Additional: Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia.

Languages

Malay ( official), English, Chinese dialects ( Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Hakka, Teochew, Hainan, Foochow ), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Thai.

Note, Additional: in East Malaysia several indigenous languages are spoken, the most widespread are Iban and Kadazan.

The English language in official correspondence and tests based on British English, although there is also a American influence as a result of television. In any event, the English that is spoken in Malaysia, is changing and is called " Manglish ". " Manglish " is the " Singlish " very similar to the English, which is spoken in Singapore, although some slang expressions differ.

Alphabetization

Definition: 15 years old and older people can read and write.
Total population: 88.7 %
Men: 92%
Women: 85.4 % (2002 )

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