Capital: Kuala Lumpur
Head of state: Mizan Zainal Abidin
Languages: Malay
Population: 28,310,000
Surface area: 329,845 km2
Currency: Ringgit(RM) (MYR)
GDP at current prices(US$ million2008): 222,674
GDP at current prices pet capita(US$2008): 7.992
Growth rate of GDP(at constant prices percent 2008): 4.6

Inflation rate(2008): 4.4
Principle Exports: electronic equipment, petroleum and liquefied natural gas, wood and wood products, palm oil, rubber, textiles, chemicals
Largest companies: Tenaga Nasional Berhad, Malayan Banking Berhad, Sime Darby Berhad, Maybank, Telekom Malaysia Berhad, Berjaya Group Berhad.
Value of exports (US$ million 2008): 194,496
Top business school: University of Malaya, Open University Malaysia,Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
Poverty(% living on <US$2/day): 7.8%
Adult literacy rate percent(2007):
Male: 98.5
Female: 98.5
Human development index (2007): 0.829
Unemployment rate percent(2008): 3.6
Energy consumption: oil, natural gas
Energy sources: oil, natural gas, coal, hydropower ,biomass, and solar oil,oil, natural gas, coal