Population Growth In Malaysia

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Malaysia’s population has increased steadily due to the improvement and well-developed health care system, women status, literacy, modern infrastructure and having clean water and sanitation as well as many programs introduced to reduce the poverty in the country. Correspond to Malaysia’s rapid urbanization and modernization, the proportion of urban population has seen to increase tremendously. The urbanization process in Malaysia is influenced by natural increase and net migration. Nowadays, more populations in Malaysia are moving to urban areas which results in an increase of demand for more houses, schools and employment. The urban expansion brought about by the increasing economic opportunities attracted migrants into the country which …show more content…

In conjunction with that, the drop in population growth rate is due to more Malaysians are pursuing higher education and are putting more efforts and time in career advancement. The education system in Malaysia has gone through a significant change and transformation. As discussed by Anbalagan Krishnan, Azlin Norhaini Mansor & Selvaraj Grapragasem, (2014), government has implemented the Education Act to ensure that all the people in the societies are make compulsory to have their education. The enrolment rate in tertiary education was also rising sharply. As a result of this policy, women have started switching their traditional roles as mother or housewife to career women. Consequently, societies are delaying their marriage to a later age or not marrying at all. The mean age of marriage in Malaysia has reported to decrease as compared to few years back. Today, the number of women participating in labour markets has increased tremendously and become significant in Malaysia’s economy as a …show more content…

Birth rates and death rates are usually interrelated. In Malaysia, birth rates and death rates are declining gradually. The total fertility rate also shows a decrease from year to year and it has a great impact on the birth rates. This means that the total population growth rate is slowing down. The interplay between mortality rates and population age structure contributes to the mortality population in Malaysia. Admittedly, the low birth rate in Malaysia could be due to a few number of women are in child bearing

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