Malaysian Population By Religion 2017

Many while subscribing to the moral precepts of confucianism follow buddhism or daoism.

Malaysian population by religion 2017. The icon links to further information about a selected division including its population structure gender age groups age distribution nationality ethnic group. Islam is one of the most important factors distinguishing a malay from a non malay and by law all malays are muslim. Population size and growth. States and districts the population of the states federal territories and districts of malaysia by census years.

The population projections revised malaysia 2010 2040 presents population projections which have been revised for the year 2010 2040 based on the current changes in births deaths and migration components. Capital kuala lumpur population 2010 28 400 000 annual population growth rate 2000 2010 1 9 population gain 2000 2010 4 986 000 gdp per capita. And 3 4 percent traditional chinese religions the remainder is accounted for by other faiths including animism folk religion sikhism. The total population comprises of 29 4 million 90 2 citizens and 3 2 million 9 8 non citizens.

Malaysia malaysia religion. As of the 2010 population and housing census 61 3 percent of the population practices islam. According to latest projection of the 2010 census among the three largest malaysian groups malays and bumiputera fertility rates are at 2 4 children per woman chinese 1 4 children per woman and indians 1 8 children per woman. According to the 2010 population census 61 3 of malaya people are muslims 19 8 are buddhists 9 2 are christians 6 3 are hindus and 1 3 other chinese philosophies taoism and confucianism.

Malaysia is a muslim majority country with significant religious minority populations of buddhists christians hindus and traditional chinese religion practitioners. The annual population growth rate decreased to 0 6 per cent in 2019 as compared to 1 1 per cent in 2018. In english only for now adolescent fertility rate births per 1 000 women ages 15 19. Islam malaysia s official religion is followed by about three fifths of the population.

The main population statistics are presented by demographic characteristics such as sex age and ethnic group. The chinese population has shrunk proportionally from 1957 when it was about 40 of malaya although in absolute numbers they have increased around threefold by 2017 in malaysia 2 4 million in 1957 to 6 6 million in 2017 the later figure include east malaysia but have been dwarfed by the fivefold increase of malays from around 3 1 million in 1957 to 15 5 million in 2017. Malaysia is a multicultural and multiconfessional country whose official religion is islam. Other indicators visualized on maps.

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