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Malaysia and the United States Today

Malaysia	United States
Population
21,793,293 (July 2000 est.)	275,562,673 (July 2000 est.)
annual growth rate: 5% (1999 est.)	annual growth rate: 4.1% (1999 est.)
life exp. 70.83years (2000 est.)	77.12 years (2000 est.)
infant mortality: 20.96/1,000 (2000 est.)	6.82/1,000 (2000 est.)
birth rate 25.3/1,000 (2000 est.)	14.2/1,000 (2000 est.)
minorities %(1999)	16.6% (1999)
urban population: 47% (2000)	76% (2000)
Density(people/km sq)  (2000)	31 (2000)
% < age 15      35% (2000)	21.25% (2000)
% > age 65      4% (2000)	12.64% (2000)

                                                                           

Total Area
329,750 sq km	9,629,091 sq km
cultivated   15%	19%
forest    68%	30%
pasture  0%	25%

 

Health Care
1 physician/ people(1999)	1 physician/404 people (1999)
1 hospital bed/ people (1999)	1 hospital bed/198 people(1999)

                                                                                     

Indicators of Living Standards
per capita GDP: $10,700 (1999 est.)	per capita GDP: $33,900 (1999 est.)
1 telephone/5.5people	1 telephone/1.3 people
1 television/4.7people	1 television/1.2 people
cars:	cars: 143 million
literacy: 83.5	literacy: 97%
daily newspapers sold: 163/1000 people (1999)	daily newspapers sold: 255/1000 people (1999)
Motor vehicles per 1000 people 641	767

Economic Measures
GDP $229.1 billion	U.S. GDP: $9.255 trillion (1999 est.)
1990-99  average annual growth rate:	1990-99 average annual growth rate: 3.3%
defense spending as a share of GDP 3.0%	defense spending share of GDP: 3.1%
defense share of gov't   spending: 18.5%	defense share of gov't spending: 15.9%

Source: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ http://www.worldbank.org/data/countrydata/countrydata.html http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm
Dori, John. U.S. And Asian Statistical Handbook 1999-2000. The Heritage Foundation

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Last Updated on 7/26/01