One in every 293 babies born in the world today is born in Malaysia. Malaysia has about 450,000 births a year, around 0.3% of all births worldwide.
- Births per year
- 450,000
- Share of world births
- 0.3%
- Birth odds
- 1/293
- Life expectancy
- 76 years
- Risk of dying before age 5
- 0.8%
- Income per person, PPP
- US$33,000
- Children per woman
- 1.6
- Urban population
- 78%
Life expectancy in Malaysia is 76 years, which is 3 years longer than the world average.
Of every 1,000 babies born here, about 8 do not reach their fifth birthday. The world average is 37 per 1,000.
Income per person is about US$33,000 in purchasing power. That is 1.4 times the world average.
On average a woman has 1.6 children in her lifetime. The world average is 2.3.
About 78% of the population lives in cities. A baby born here has roughly a 22% chance of being born in the countryside.
Religious makeup
- Islam63%
- Buddhism18%
- Christianity9%
- Hinduism6%
- Folk beliefs4%
Sample names given to people born in this country in the game
Budi · Rizky · Andi · Joshua · Siti · Putri · Dewi · Angel
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Values are rounded approximations. Sources: UN World Population Prospects 2024, World Bank WDI, Pew Research Center 2020.