Sabah

 

Sabah is located on the north of the island of Borneo and bounded:
i. South China Sea in the north, east and west; 
ii. Indonesia in the south; and 
iii. Sarawak and W.P. Labuan in the southwest
 

Sabah @ a Glance
		2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Area (km2)*		73,904	73,904
Population (million)
	Total	3.80	3.86	3.90	3.90e
	Male	1.99	2.01	2.04	2.04e
	Female	1.82	1.84	1.86	1.86e
Average Annual Population Growth Rate (%)		1.5	1.4	1.1	0.1e
Birth and Death ( per 1,000 population )
	Crude Birth Rate*	13.7	13.6
	Crude Death Rate	3.4	3.6
Total Fertility Rate #		1.4	1.4
Life Expectancy at birth (years)6
	Male	72.7	72.6	72.7	72.7p	73.0e
	Female	76.2	76.4	76.2	76.2p	76.0e
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
	GDP at constant 2015 prices (RM million)	77,518	83,744e	84,960p
	GDP per capita at current prices (RM)	21,169	24,636e	25,861p
	GDP Growth (%)	5.1	8.0e	1.5p
Employment 2
	Labour Force ('000)	1,927.1	1,903.8	1,937.6	2,025.7
	Employed ('000)	1,823.7	1,796.3	1,825.5	1,908.6
	Unemployed ('000)	103.3	107.5	112.2	117.1
	Labour Force Participation Rates, LFPR (%)
	Total	70.8	68.4	68.2	70.0
	Male	85.4	84.8	85.0	85.9
	Female	54.7	50.1	49.7	52.5
	Unemployment Rate (%)	5.4	5.6	5.8	5.8

Note:

1. 2015 - 2019: Population Estimates based on the adjusted Population and Housing Census of Malaysia 2010.
2. Employment data in 2010 and 2011 has been revised based on the latest population estimates from the Census of Population and Housing 2010, which was adjusted for under-enumeration.
3. ^# Total Fertility Rate: The rate per woman aged 15-49 years.
4. ^p Preliminary.
5. ^e Estimate.
6. Includes W.P. Labuan.
7. The added total may differ due to rounding.
8. * Source: Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia