Sabah @ a Glance
| | | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | | Area (km2) | 73,631 | Population (million)
| | | | | | | Total | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.3p | 3.4p | | | Male | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7p | 1.8p | | | Female | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6p | 1.6p | | Average Annual Population Growth Rate (%) | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.7p | 1.7p | Birth and Death ( per 1,000 population )
| | | | | | | Crude Birth Rate | 17.5 | 16.6 | 15.8p | 16.0e | | | Crude Death Rate | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.4p | 2.4e | | Total Fertility Rate | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.7p | 1.8e | | Life Expectancy (years)* | | | | | | | Male | 76.4 | 76.5p | 76.6e | 76.9e | | | Female | 79.1 | 79.3p | 79.5e | 79.5e | Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
| | | | | | | GDP at constant 2000 prices (RM million)
| 30,841 | 31,567
| | | | | GDP per capita at current prices (RM)
| 14,829 | 17,242 | | | | | GDP Growth (%) | 3.8 | 2.4 | | | Employment
| | | | | | | Labour Force ('000) | 1,345.3 | 1,480.7 | 1,538.8 | 1,579.8 | | | Employed ('000) | 1,270.6 | 1,398.6 | 1,452.7 | 1,494.5 | | | Unemployed ('000) | 74.6 | 82.1 | 86.1 | 85.3 | | | Labour Force Participation Rates, LFPR (%) | 65.1 | 65.9 | 67.0 | 67.4 | | | Unemployment Rate (%) | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.4 | | | | | | Notes: | | 1. 2009: Intercensal Population Estimates based on the adjusted Population and Housing Census of Malaysia 2000 and 2010. | | 2. 2010 - 2012: Population Estimates based on the adjusted Population and Housing Census of Malaysia 2010. | | 3. 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. | | 4. p Preliminary. | | 5. e Estimate. | | 6. The added total may differ due to rounding. | | | | | |
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Location:
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
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