Pahang @ a Glance
| | | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | | Area (km2) | 36,137 | | Population (million)
| | | | | | | Total | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5p | | | | Male | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8p | | | | Female | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7p | | | Average Annual Population Growth Rate (%) | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5p | | Birth and Death ( per 1,000 population )
| | | | | | | Crude Birth Rate | 17.6 | 16.9p | | | | | Crude Death Rate | 5.0 | 5.1p | | | | Total Fertility Rate | 2.4 | - | | | | Life Expectancy (years) | | | | | | | Male | 70.5 | 70.5p | 70.7e | 70.8e | | | Female | 75.5 | 75.6p | 75.7e | 75.8e | Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
| | | | | | | GDP at constant prices (RM million)
| 23,743 | 24,807
| | | | | GDP per capita at current prices (RM)
| 19,690 | 22,743
| | | | | GDP Growth (%) | -1.2 | 4.5 | | | | Employment | | | | | | | Labour Force ('000) | 622.3 | 608.4 | 621.4 | 645.8 | | | Employed ('000) | 603.7 | 591.0 | 605.1 | 627.9 | | | Unemployed ('000) | 18.6 | 17.5 | 16.2 | 18 | | | Labour Force Participation Rates, LFPR (%) | 62.2 | 62.3 | 62.3 | 63.5 | | | Unemployment Rate (%) | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.8 | | | | | | Notes: | | 1. 2008-2009: Intercensal Population Estimates based on the adjusted Population and Housing Census of Malaysia 2000 and 2010 . | | 2. 2010-2011: Population Estimates based on the adjusted Population and Housing Census of Malaysia 2010. | | 3. Crude Birth Rate, Crude Death Rate and Total Fertility Rate 2008 and 2009 are final data. | | 4. 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. | | 5. p Preliminary. | | 6. e Estimate. | | 7. The added total may differ due to rounding. | | | | |
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Location:
Pahang is located in the east of Peninsular Malaysia and bounded:
i. Kelantan in the north;
ii. Perak, Selangor and Negeri Sembilan in the west;
iii. Johor in the south and
iv. Terengganu and the South China Sea in the east
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