France vs. Malaysia
Demographics
| France | Malaysia | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 68,084,217 (July 2021 est.) note: the above figure is for metropolitan France and five overseas regions; the metropolitan France population is 62,814,233 | 33,519,406 (July 2021 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 18.36% (male 6,368,767/female 6,085,318) 15-24 years: 11.88% (male 4,122,981/female 3,938,938) 25-54 years: 36.83% (male 12,619,649/female 12,366,120) 55-64 years: 12.47% (male 4,085,564/female 4,376,272) 65 years and over: 20.46% (male 6,029,303/female 7,855,244) (2020 est.) | 0-14 years: 26.8% (male 4,504,562/female 4,246,681) 15-24 years: 16.63% (male 2,760,244/female 2,670,186) 25-54 years: 40.86% (male 6,737,826/female 6,604,776) 55-64 years: 8.81% (male 1,458,038/female 1,418,280) 65 years and over: 6.9% (male 1,066,627/female 1,184,863) (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 41.7 years male: 40 years female: 43.4 years (2020 est.) | total: 29.2 years male: 28.9 years female: 29.6 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.33% (2021 est.) | 1.06% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 11.77 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 14.72 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 9.58 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 5.66 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 1.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 1.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2020 est.) | at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 3.19 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.57 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) | total: 6.7 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.08 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 82.39 years male: 79.31 years female: 85.61 years (2021 est.) | total population: 75.87 years male: 74.24 years female: 77.62 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.04 children born/woman (2021 est.) | 1.76 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.3% (2019 est.) | 0.4% (2020 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women) adjective: French | noun: Malaysian(s) adjective: Malaysian |
| Ethnic groups | Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities note: overseas departments: Black, White, Mulatto, East Indian, Chinese, Amerindian | Bumiputera 62.5% (Malays and indigenous peoples, including Orang Asli, Dayak, Anak Negeri), Chinese 20.6%, Indian 6.2%, other 0.9%, non-citizens 9.8% (2019 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 190,000 (2019 est.) | 92,000 (2020 est.) |
| Religions | Christian (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic) 63-66%, Muslim 7-9%, Buddhist 0.5-0.75%, Jewish 0.5-0.75%, other 0.5-1.0%, none 23-28% (2015 est.) note: France maintains a tradition of secularism and has not officially collected data on religious affiliation since the 1872 national census, which complicates assessments of France's religious composition; an 1872 law prohibiting state authorities from collecting data on individuals' ethnicity or religious beliefs was reaffirmed by a 1978 law emphasizing the prohibition of the collection or exploitation of personal data revealing an individual's race, ethnicity, or political, philosophical, or religious opinions; a 1905 law codified France's separation of church and state | Muslim (official) 61.3%, Buddhist 19.8%, Christian 9.2%, Hindu 6.3%, Confucianism, Taoism, other traditional Chinese religions 1.3%, other 0.4%, none 0.8%, unspecified 1% (2010 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | <500 (2019 est.) | 2,000 (2020 est.) |
| Languages | French (official) 100%, declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish, Occitan, Picard); note - overseas departments: French, Creole patois, Mahorian (a Swahili dialect) major-language sample(s): The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. | Bahasa Malaysia (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai; note - Malaysia has 134 living languages - 112 indigenous languages and 22 non-indigenous languages; in East Malaysia, there are several indigenous languages; the most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan major-language sample(s): Buku Fakta Dunia, sumber yang diperlukan untuk maklumat asas. (Bahasa Malaysia) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Major infectious diseases | note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout France; as of 19 July 2021, France has reported a total of 5,753,579 cases of COVID-19 or 8,846.3 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 169.92 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 19 July 2021, 55.97% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine | degree of risk: intermediate (2020) food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea vectorborne diseases: dengue fever water contact diseases: leptospirosis |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 16 years (2018) | total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2017) |
| Education expenditures | 5.5% of GDP (2017) | 4.2% of GDP (2019) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 81.2% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 0.67% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) | urban population: 77.7% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 1.87% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 89.3% of population total: 96.7% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 11.7% of population total: 3.3% of population (2017 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 98.7% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 1.3% of population total: 0% of population (2017 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 11.079 million PARIS (capital), 1.734 million Lyon, 1.614 million Marseille-Aix-en-Provence, 1.068 million Lille, 1.037 million Toulouse, 980,000 Bordeaux (2021) | 8.211 million KUALA LUMPUR (capital), 1.045 million Johor Bahru, 828,000 Ipoh (2021) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 8 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) | 29 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 11.3% (2018) | 3.8% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 3.27 physicians/1,000 population (2018) | 1.54 physicians/1,000 population (2015) |
| Hospital bed density | 6 beds/1,000 population (2017) | 1.9 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 21.6% (2016) | 15.6% (2016) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 78.4% (2010/11) | 52.2% (2014) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 62.4 youth dependency ratio: 28.7 elderly dependency ratio: 33.7 potential support ratio: 3 (2020 est.) | total dependency ratio: 44.2 youth dependency ratio: 33.8 elderly dependency ratio: 10.4 potential support ratio: 9.7 (2020 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
