_#_Climate: tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons
_#_Terrain: coastal plains rising to hills and mountains
_#_Natural resources: tin, crude oil, timber, copper, iron ore, natural gas, bauxite
_#_Land use: arable land 3%; permanent crops 10%; meadows and pastures NEGL%; forest and woodland 63%; other 24%; includes irrigated 1%
_#_Environment: subject to flooding; air and water pollution
_#_Note: strategic location along Strait of Malacca and southern South China Sea
_*People #_Population: 17,981,698 (July 1991), growth rate 2.4% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 30 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 6 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)