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The five top natural disasters in Malaysia from 1980 to 2009 were all flood and storm events. Also floods were causing the highest economic damage followed by tsunami and wild fires. Photo credit: Serena Fortuna
Assessment of Capacity Gaps and Needs of South East Asia Countries in Addressing Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Variability and Climate Change RESEARCH SYNTHESIS ON MALAYSIA COUNTRY ATTRIBUTES In the following presented country characteristics cover country information concerning Malaysia’s geographical, social, economic and climatic risk situations. An overview table on the country’s characteristics is given below in Table 16. Geographical Situation Malaysia is located in Southeastern Asia, and its land is divided into the Malaysian peninsula and the northern of the island of Borneo (one-third corresponds to the country), bordering with Brunei (381 km), Indonesia (1,782 km), Thailand (506 km), Singapore, and the South China Sea in the south of Viet Nam (UNDP, 2009). From its total land area of about 329847 km2, approximately 63.6% is tropical forest, much of it on a central mountain range. Coastal plains dominate the Borneo states and the interior is mountainous. It lowest point is the Indian Ocean (0m) while its highest point is Gunung Kinabalu (4,100m). It has a total coastal line of 4, 675 km, of which 2,068km are in Peninsular Malaysia and 2,607km in East Malaysia. Socio-Economic Status According to the UN data, the population of Malaysia is 26.6 million inhabitants, resulting with 80.6 people per square kilometre (UN data, 2009). The population growth rate per annum between 2005 and 2010 was about 1.7%. Malaysia’s age structure for 2008 was 29.8% of inhabitants are less than 15 years of age, 45.5% are between 15–60 years of age, and 15.7% are 60 and older. Around 69.6% of the Malay population lived in urban areas. According to the country profile, Malaysia has a multiethnic and multicultural population composed of Malays (50.4%), Chinese (23.7%), Indian (7.1%), other indigenous peoples (11%) and others (7.8%). The Table_16 Malaysia country profile overview Country level information (UNdata, 2009; WB, 2009, UNDP, 2009; indexmundi, 2009) Surface area (km2) 329,847 Bordering countries Population growth rate, 2005-2010 (% per annum) Forested area (% of total area) Brunei, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore 1.7 63.6 Agricultural land (% of total area) 2005 GDP, nominal, 2007 (million USD) 186,720 Contribution of agricultural sector to GDP, 2007 (%) Contribution of industrial sector to GDP, 2007 (%) Contribution of service sector to GDP, 2007 (%) Percentage of population, 2007 (%) in - rural areas % - urban areas % Poor population (2002 est.) (% of households) Infant mortality rate, 2005-2010 (per 1 000 live births) Adult literacy rate, 2008 (% of people ages 15 and above) 10 48 42 30.4 69.6 5.1 8.9 92 139
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