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DEMOGRAPHY IN MALAYSIA ~Birth Rate~

About Malaysia
Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia. It consists of thirteen states and three federal territories and has a total landmass of 329,847 square kilometres (127,350 sq mi) separated by the South China Sea into two similarly sized regions, Peninsular Malaysia and Malaysian Borneo. As of the 2010 census, the population of Malaysia was 28,334,135, making it the 43rd most populated country. The population of Malaysia consists of many ethnic groups. Malays make up 50.4 per cent of the population, while other bumiputra make up another 11 per cent. The Malaysian constitution guarantees freedom of religion while making Islam the state religion.According to the Population and Housing Census 2010 figures, ethnicity and religious beliefs correlate highly. Approximately 61.3% of the population practice Islam, 19.8% practice Buddhism, 9.2% Christianity, 6.3% Hinduism and 1.3% practice Confucianism, Taoism and other traditional Chinese religions.0.7% declared no religion and the remaining 1.4% practised other religions or did not provide any information.

Birth Rate
The birth rate is typically the rate of births in a population over time.The rate of births in a population is calculated in several ways: live births from a universal registration system for births, deaths, and marriages; population counts from a census, and estimation through specialized demographic techniques. The birth rate (along with mortality and migration rate) are used to calculate population growth. The crude birth rate is the number of births per 1,000 people per year. Another term used interchangeably with birth rate is natality. When the crude death rate is subtracted from the crude birth rate, the result is the rate of natural increase (RNI). This is equal to the rate of population change (excluding migration).

Country

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 25.3 24.75 24.22 23.7 23.37 23.07 22.86 22.65 22.44 22.24 21.41 21.08 20.74

Malaysia

Crude birth rate


The Birth rate; crude (per 1;000 people) in Malaysia was last reported at 20.27 in 2010, according to a World Bank report published in 2012. Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.This page includes a historical data chart, news and forecasts for Birth rate; crude (per 1;000 people) in Malaysia. Malaysia is a rapidly developing economy in Asia. Malaysia, a middle-income country, has transformed itself since the 1970s from a producer of raw materials into an emerging multi-sector economy. The Government of Malaysia is continuing efforts to boost domestic demand to wean the economy off of its dependence on exports. Nevertheless, exports - particularly of electronics - remain a significant driver of the economy.

Crude birth rate in Malaysia

Factors affecting birth rate


Government population policy, such as pronatalist or antinatalist policies (for instance, a tax on childlessness Availability of family planning services, such as birth control and sex education Availability and safety of abortion and the safety of childbirth Infant mortality rate: A family may have more children if a country's infant mortality rate is high, since it is likely some of those children will die. Existing age-sex structure Typical age of marriage

Social and religious beliefs, especially in relation to contraception and abortion Industrialization: In a preindustrial agrarian economy, unskilled (or semiskilled) manual labor was needed for production; children can be viewed as an economic resource in developing countries, since they can earn money. As people require more training, parents tend to have fewer children and invest more resources in each child; the higher the level of technology, the lower the birth rate (the demographic-economic paradox). Economic prosperity or economic difficulty: In difficult economic times, couples delay (or decrease) childbearing. Poverty levels Urbanization Pension availability Conflict

Illiteracy and unemployment

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