1 malaysia i country background capital kuala lumpur land area 329 735 sq km location situated in the malay peninsula south of thailand plus sabah and sarawak states on north coast island borneo separated from by china sea is bordered to republic singapore indonesian sumatera across straits malacca west constituting non peninsular are brunei darussalam with philippines indonesia east climate & weather tropical high temperatures humidity average daily temperature 21 32 degrees centigrade lowlands 18 24 hill resorts gmt local time difference 8 hrs currency malaysian ringgit rm us 3 80 year 2001 bank negara main international airport klia ii selected economic indicators 1998 1999 2000 2001f population total population2 22 mil 7 23 p growth rate 2 0 4 6 labour force1 848 mil2