Malaysie

It consists o thirteen states a three federal territories an haes a tot landmass o 330,803 km (127,724 mi). The kintra is separated bi the Sooth Cheenae Sea intae twa regions, Peninsular Malaysie an Malaysien Borneo (cried Wast an Aest Malaysie respectively an aa) an haes maritime boundaries wi Singapore, Vietnam, an the Philippines. The caipital ceety is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat o the federal govrenment. The population staunds at ower 28 million.

Malaysie
Banner Coat o airms
Motto: "Bersekutu Bertambah Mutu" "Unity Is Strength"
Anthem: Negaraku Ma Kintra
Location o Malaysie (dark green) in ASEAN (licht green) an Asie.
Caipital and largest city	Kuala Lumpur Putrajaya (admeenistrative) 3°08′N 101°42′E / 3.133°N 101.700°E / 3.133; 101.700
Offeecial leids	Malaysie
Offeecial script	Malay (Laitin) alphabet
Recognised leids	Inglis
Ethnic groups ()	50.1% Malay 22.6% Cheenese 11.8% Indigenous  6.7% Indian  8.8% ither
Releegion	61.3% Sunni Islam 21.1% Buddhism an Cheenese releegion 9.2% Christianity 6.3% Hinduism 3.2% ither
Demonym(s)	Malaysie
Govrenment	Federal pairlamentary constitutional monarchy, Elective monarchy
• King	Abdullah al-Haj
• Prime Meenister	Anwar Ibrahim
Legislatur	Pairlament
• Upper house	Dewan Negara
• Lower house	Dewan Rakyat
Unthirldom  frae the Unitit Kinrick
• Unthirldom o the Federation o Malaya	31 August 1957
• Unthirldom o Sarawak	22 Julie 1963
• Self-govrenment o North Borneo	31 August 1963
• Federation o Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak, Singapore	16 September 1963
Aurie
• Total	330,803 km2 (127,724 sq mi) (67th)
• Water (%)	0.3
Population
• 2024 estimate	34,660,000 (42nt)
• 2010 census	28,334,135
• Density	92/km2 (238.3/sq mi) (116t)
GDP (PPP)	2014 estimate
• Total	$746.821 billion (28t)
• Per capita	$24,520.784 (42nt)
GDP (nominal)	2014 estimate
• Tot	$336.913 billion (35t)
• Per capita	$11,062.043 (65t)
Gini (2009)	46.2 heich · 36t
HDI (2013)	0.773 heich · 62nd
Currency	Ringgit (RM) (MYR)
Time zone	UTC+8 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+8 (not observed)
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy
Drivin side	left
Cawin code	+60
ISO 3166 code	MY
Internet TLD	.my

Malaysia haes its oreegins in the Malay Kinricks present in the aurie which, frae the 18t century, became subject tae the Breetish Empire. The first Breetish territories wur kent as the Straits Settlements. Peninsular Malaysie, then kent as Malaya, wis first unified unner the commonweel in 1946, afore becomin the Federation o Malaya in 1948. In 1963, Malaya unified wi Sabah, Sarawak, an Singapore. In 1965, Singapore co-optit oot o the federation an became an independent ceety state. Syne its unthirldom, Malaysie haes haed ane o the best economic records in Asie, wi GDP growin an average 6.5% for the first 50 year o unthirldom.

Malaysia's heid o state is the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, conventionally referred tae as "the Head" or "the Agong". The Agong is an electit monarch chosen frae ane o the sultans frae the Malaysien states. The heid o govrenment is the Prime Meenister. The govrenment is closely modelled on the Westminster parliamentary seestem.

Malaysie, which, in Tanjung Piai, can claim the soothmaist pynt o continental Eurasie, is locatit near the equator an haes a tropical climate. It haes a biodiverse range o flora an fauna, an is considered ane o the 17 megadiverse countries. It is a foondin member o the Association o Southeast Asian Nations an the Organisation o the Islamic Conference, an a member o Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation an the Non-Aligned Movement.