POPULATION DENSITY AND GROWTH

Population in Malaysia can be divided into 3 main areas:

~ compact population
Have more than 5000 people in a km
Example :
In Peninsular Malaysia
• Kuala Lumpur
• Lembah Klang

In Sabah and Sarawak
• Kuching
• Kota Kinabalu

~ moderate population
Usually stated near by the city
Have population less than the compact area
Example :
In Peninsular Malaysia
• Lembah Sungai Kelantan
• Lembah Sungai Perak

In Sabah and Sarawak
• Sarikei – Bitagor
• Lembah Kinabatangan

~ wide-apart population
In rural areas consist of mountains, thick tropical forest and swamp
Main range areas in Malaysia
• Banjaran Titiwangsa
• Banjaran Crocker
• Banjaran Gunung Tahan

About the pie chart:
The data is taken from 2003 to 2008
The data increases slightly because of the following factors:
~ economic
~ social
~ physical
~ government policy

About the bar graph:
~The data is taken from 2002 to 2008
~The data drops a little for the age < 15 years
~While for the age between 15 until 64 years, the data is rose steadily.
~For the age > 64 years, the population grew slightly except for the year 2005 and 2006 which were unchanged

The conclusion:

~We can se that population in Malaysia increased steadily annually for every stage of ages.
~There may be some economically factors which effect this result.

~In future, the population of Malaysian may increase in the same way too.