| Population (million) | 28.73 [2011] |
| Urban population (%) | 72.00 [2010] |
| Labor force (million) | 12.200 [2010] |
| ICT sector workforce (million) |   |
| Median age (years) | 26.8 [2011] |
| GDP (PPP) USD billion | 416.70 [2010] |
| GDP - per capita (PPP) USD | 14,700 [2010] |
| Exchange rates (1 USD = ) | 3.040 ringgits (MYR) [2010] |
| Electricity - consumption (billion kWh) | 93.8 [2009] |
| Telecommunication services revenue |   |
| Trade in ICT goods |   |
| ICT industry Revenue |   |
| ICT investment |   |
| R&D expenditure by ICT industries |   |
| Telephones - main lines (million) | 4.312 [2009] |
| Telephones - mobile cellular (million) | 30.379 [2009] |
| Internet hosts (million) | 0.344 [2010] |
| Internet users (million) | 15.355 [2009] |
| Broadband Users (million) |   |
| Fixed Internet subscribers (million) | 5.592 [2009] |
| Broadband subscribers (fixed&mobile) (million) | 9.019 [2009] |
| Business use of broadband |   |
| Personal Computers (million) | 6.040 [2006] |
| Households with a home computer (million) |   |
| Area (sq km) | 329,847 |
| Climate | tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons |
| 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) |