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Malaysia
Malaysia
- Capital
- Kuala Lumpur
- Continent
- Asia
- Currency
- Ringgit
- Languages
- Malay (Bahasa Melayu)
- People
- About 3.4 crore
- Size
- About 3.3 lakh km²
- Leader
- Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim
- Free since
- 31 August 1957
- About the capital
- Government offices are in Putrajaya.
- Time
- 2½ hours ahead of India: at 12 noon in India, it is 2:30 pm in Kuala Lumpur
⭐ Nine sultans take turns to be king of Malaysia, each for five years.
Your Malaysia stamp
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Malaysia
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Malaysia
Turn the globe with your finger. Malaysia has 3 neighbours on land: tap one to visit it.
Compare with India
Malaysia and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale.
- SizeIndia is about 10 times the size of Malaysia.
- PeopleIndia has about 43 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 3.4 crore in Malaysia.
- DistanceKuala Lumpur is about 3,800 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeMalaysia is 2½ hours ahead of India. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 2:30 pm in Kuala Lumpur.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Malaysia, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Malaysia
- A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Malaysia's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Malaysia back on the map
Malaysia and its neighbours have fallen off the map. Can you put all 5 back?
Big neighbours stop at the edge of this map. Places too tiny to see are shown as circles.
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Malaysia worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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