_#_Infant mortality rate: 29 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: 65 years male, 71 years female (1991)
_#_Total fertility rate: 3.6 children born/woman (1991)
_#_Nationality: noun—Malaysian(s); adjective—Malaysian
_#_Ethnic divisions: Malay and other indigenous 59%, Chinese 32%, Indian 9%
_#_Religion: Peninsular Malaysia—Malays nearly all Muslim, Chinese predominantly Buddhists, Indians predominantly Hindu; Sabah—Muslim 38%, Christian 17%, other 45%; Sarawak—tribal religion 35%, Buddhist and Confucianist 24%, Muslim 20%, Christian 16%, other 5%
_#_Language: Peninsular Malaysia—Malay (official); English, Chinese dialects, Tamil; Sabah—English, Malay, numerous tribal dialects, Mandarin and Hakka dialects predominate among Chinese; Sarawak—English, Malay, Mandarin, numerous tribal languages
_#_Literacy: 78% (male 86%, female 70%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
_#_Labor force: 6,800,000; agriculture 30.8%, manufacturing 17%, government 13.6%, construction 5.8%, finance 4.3%, business services, transport and communications 3.4%, mining 0.6%, other 24.5% (1989 est.)
_#_Organized labor: 660,000, 10% of total labor force (1988)