Item type |
Country Statement |
Subjects |
300 Social sciences > 303 Social processes |
Division/Agency |
LPPKN - National Population and Family Development Board, Malaysia: Population and Family Research Division |
Keywords |
UNCPD, ICPD programme of action, Malaysia, population, total fertility rate |
Additional Information |
Statement by Mr Abdul Shukur Abdullah, Director General of National Population and Family Development Board representative of Malaysia at the 52nd session of the Commission on Population and Development : general debate on review and appraisal of the programme of action of the international conference on population and development and its contribution to the follow-up and review of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development |
Abstract |
The population of Malaysia has increased more than three-fold from 10.5 million in 1970 to about 33 million today. the population was growing around 2.5 percent per annum for the period 1970-2000 but it has declined to 1.7 percent between 2010 and 2018. |