Malaysia

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 billion416.70 [2010]
GDP - per capita (PPP) USD14,700 [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
Climatetropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons
Ethnic groupsMalay 50.4%, Chinese 23.7%, indigenous 11%, Indian 7.1%, others 7.8% (2004 est.)
ReligionsMuslim 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)

Note: PPP - Purchasing Power Parity;
Source: The World Factbook; UNCTAD; INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION;


Source: The World Factbook