MALAYSIA MALAYSIA REGION ASIA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE AUGUST 31 1957 FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION AUGUST 31 1957 POPULATION 21376066 1999 EST AREA 127584 SQ MI CAPITAL KUALA LUMPUR FORM OF GOVERNMENT CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY NATURAL RESOURCES TIN OIL TIMBER COPPER IRON ORE NATURAL GAS BAUXITE MAIN INDUSTRIES RUBBER PALM OIL PROCESSING ELECTRONICS TIN MINING AND SMELTING TIMBER PETROLEUM PROCESSING FOOD PROCESSING AGRICULTURE RUBBER PALM OIL RICE TIMBER COCONUTS PEPPER CURRENCY RINGGIT GDP 215.4 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 10300 1998 EST LANGUAGES MALAY OFFICIAL ENGLISH CHINESE DIALECTS TAMIL OTHER ASIAN DIALECTS RELIGIONS ISLAM BUDDHISM HINDUISM CHRISTIANITY TRADITIONAL ASIAN BELIEF SYSTEMS LITERACY RATE 84 LIFE EXPECTANCY 68 YEARS MALE 74 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 26 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 5 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
