Malaise

Exact population: 24,385,858 (July 2006 est.)
Literacy: Total population: 88.7%; male: 92%; female: 85.4%
Ethnicities: Malay 50.4%, Chinese 23.7%, Indigenous 11%, Indian 7.1%, others 7.8% (2004 est.)
Land boundaries: Total: 2,669 km; border countries: Brunei 381 km, Indonesia 1,782 km, Thailand 506 km
Terrain: Coastal plains rising to hills and mountains
Extremes: Lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m; highest point: Gunung Kinabalu 4,100 m
Imports: Japan 16.1%, US 14.6%, Singapore 11.2%, China 9.9%, Thailand 5.6%, Taiwan 5.5%, South Korea 5%, Germany 4.5%, Indonesia 4% (2004)
Exports: US 18.8%, Singapore 15%, Japan 10.1%, China 6.7%, Hong Kong 6%, Thailand 4.8% (2004)
Industries: Peninsular Malaysia - rubber and oil palm processing and manufacturing, light manufacturing industry, electronics, tin mining and smelting, logging and processing timber; Sabah - logging, petroleum production; Sarawak - agriculture processing, petroleum production and refining, logging

Source: CIA World Factbook