MALAYSIA

Population	Latest population up until 21st of May 2013 is 29,704,029 ** Information is from the Department of Statistics Malaysia (www.Statistics.gov.my)
Population growth rate	1.542% (2012 est.)
Urbanization	Urban population: 72% of total population (2010) Rate of urbanization: 2.4% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Climate	Tropical; Sunny with the occasional showers – Annual southwest(April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons
Time Zone	GMT +8 hours
Capital City	KUALA LUMPUR
Major cities	Kuala Lumpur; Selangor, Penang, Johor Bahru; Ipoh, Alor Star, Kuantan, Malacca, Klang, Kota Bahru
Nationality	noun:Malaysian(s) adjective: Malaysian
Ethnic groups	Malay 50.4%, Chinese 23.7%, indigenous 11%, Indian 7.1%,others 7.8% (2004 est.)
Religions	Islam (official) 60.3%, Buddhist 21.2%, Christian 8.2%, Hindu 6.3%, Confucianism, Taoism, other traditional Chinese religions 2.6%,other or unknown 1.5%, none 0.8% (2000 census)
Languages	Bahasa Malaysia (official), English, Chinese (Hokkien, Mandarin,Cantonese, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam,Punjabi, Thai and Malay dialects spoken in different statesnote: in East Malaysia there are several indigenous languages;most widely spoken are Iban, Melanau and Kadazan
Infrastructure & Facilities	Malaysia has great infrastructure and facilities and foreigners areallowed to own properties, has no inheritance tax, and places no tax on income repatriated from overseas. The infrastructure of Malaysia is one of the most developed in Asia
Ports	The country has seven international ports, the major one being the Port Klang
Highways	Malaysia has 1,821 kilometres (1,132 mi) of highways. The longest highway of the country, the North-South Highway covers over 850 kilometres between the Thai border and Singapore
Airports	Malaysia has 118 airports, of which 38 are paved