Malaysia

    Religious Affiliation
    Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
    Total Population
    32,042,458 1
    Urban
    76.0% 1
    Rural
    24.0% 1
    Immigrants as % of Population
    10.7% 2
    Homicides
    0.72 per 100,000 people (global median: 5.8) 3
    Level of Public Corruption
    50 (100 is very clean, 0 is highly corrupt) 4
    Fertility Rate
    1.80 live births per woman 5
    Under-Five Mortality Rate
    8.00 deaths per 1,000 live births 5
    Life Expectancy at Birth
    75 years 5
    Adult Literacy Rate
    93.12% 6
    Male Youth Literacy Rate (15-24 years)
    97% 5
    Female Youth Literacy Rate (15-24 years)
    97% 5
    Internet Users
    97% 6
    GDP per Capita
    US$11,414 5
    Population Living Below US$2.15 per Day
    0.0% 7
    Gender Gap Ranking based on economy, health, education, and politics
    102 (146 is the lowest ranked country; 1 is the highest ranked country) 8
    Religious Freedom: Government Restrictions Index (GRI)
    7.7 - Very High
    Religious Freedom: Social Hostilities Index (SHI)
    3.3 - Moderate

    These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

    Baptized Catholics
    1,275,000
    Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
    3.90
    Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
    9,290
    Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
    9,385
    First Communions per Year
    11,546
    Confirmations per Year
    14,513
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
    78,870
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
    65,178
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
    69
    Church Marriages per Year
    4,814
    Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
    3,459
    Priests
    312
    Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
    488
    Catholics per Priest
    4,086
    Parishes
    158
    Mission Stations (no resident priests)
    1,314
    Catholic Hospitals
    3
    Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
    11