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Malaysia

LOCATION & GEOGRAPHY

Malaysia lies at the heart of South East Asia and is made up of the mainland and Borneo Island. Peninsular Malaysia has a land frontier with Thailand in the North. In the South, it is linked to Singapore by a causeway. To the West, across the Straits of Melaka, lies the Indonesian Island of Sumatra. The Philippine Islands lie to the North-east of Sabah. There are two regions separated by the South China Sea: Peninsular Malaysia extending from Kra Isthmus to the Straits of Johor, and Sabah and Sarawak on the North-western coast of the island of Borneo. Primary forests cover 60 percent of Malaysia and contain a variety of lush and tropical vegetation. The country is subjected to maritime influences and the interplay of wind systems, which originate in the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. The climate is tropical and humidity is high due to rainfall.

Malaysia

Language

Malay

Currency

Ringgit (MYR)

GDP

364.702 Billion USD (2019)

Exports (Product)

$273B (2019)

Exports (Service)

$36.8B (2018)

Chambers

Imports (Product)

$207B (2019)

 

Chambers Names

National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCIM) of Malaysia

Capital

Kuala Lampur

 

Total Area

329,847 km²

Imports (Service)

$44B (2018)

 

Population in thousands

31,950

Source of Data

OEC – World Bank – Wikipedia