Area : 329,847 sq.km.
Capital City : Kuala Lumpur
Population : 32.7 Million (2021)
Average Annual Population Growth rate : 0.2% (2020)
Labour Force : 16.08 Million (2021)
Literacy (age 15 and above can read & write) : 94.85% (2020)

A federation with 13 states (11 in peninsular Malaysia and 2 in Malaysian Borneo) and 3 federal territories. As a federation, the governance of the country is divided between the federal and the state governments.

Bahasa Malaysia (official language), English, Mandarin, Tamil

Islam, Budhism, Christianity, Hinduism

GMT +8 hours US Eastern Standard Time +13 hours

Tropical – warm and sunny throughout the year. Daily temparatures range from 33°C (90°F) in the afternoon to 22°C (70°F) during the night.

Ringgit Malaysia (RM)

The ringgit exchange rate operates on a managed-float regime against a trade-weighted basket of currencies.