General information : Capital : Surface area : Official language : Population : Exchange rate : Recent economic indicators . GDP (US$bn) (current prices) : GDP PPP (US$bn) (c) : GDP per capita (US$) : GDP per capita PPP (US$) (c) : Real GDP growth (% change YOY) : Current account balance (US$m) : Current account balance (% GDP) : Goods & services exports (% GDP) : Inflation (% change YOY) : Australia's merchandise trade with Malaysie A$m 8,000 6,000 - 4,000 - 2,000 - 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Exports 2006 Kuala Lumpur 330 thousand sq km Malay 26 .4 million  (2006) A$1 = 2 .7349 Ringgit (Feb 2007) Malaysia's global merchandise trade relationships : MALAYSIA Real GDP growth Fact sheets are updated biannually,  May and September Head of State : H .M .  The Yang Di-Pertuan Agong XIII AI-Wathiqu Billah Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Ibni AI-Marhum Sultan Mahmud AI-Muktafi Billah Shah Head of Government: Prime Minister YAB Dato' Seri Abdullah bin  Haji Ahmad Badawi Australia's merchandise exports to Malaysia ASm 1,200 - 1,000 - 800 - 600 - 400 - 200 - 134 Primary STMs ETMs 2001 E 2006 Other Fact Sheet Compiled by the Market Information and Analysis Section, DFAT, using the latest data from the ABS, the IMF and various international sources. (a) All recent data subject to revision,  (b)  IMF/EIU forecast;  (c)  PPP is   purchasing power parity, (d) Total may not add due to rounding . 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006(a) 2007(b) 95 .3 104 .0 118 .5 130 .8 150 .9 160.6 223 .9 241 .2 266 .0 288 .2 313 .0 337.7 3,884 4,161 4,651 5,042 5,718 5,982 9,129 9,651 10,445 11,105 11,858 12,582 4 .4 5 .5 7 .2 5 .2 5 .9 5.5 8,025 13,207 14,872 19,902 23,782 24,599 8 .4 12 .7 12 .6 15 .2 15 .8 15.3 113 .6 114 .0 121 .1 123 .4 122 .2 116.4 1  .8 1 .1 1  .4 3 .0 3 .6 2 .6 Malaysia's principal export destinations, 2006 : Malaysia's principal import sources, 2006 : 1 United States 18 .8% 1 Japan 13 .2% 2 Singapore 15 .4% 2 United States 12 .5% 3 Japan 8 .9% 3 China 12 .1% 10 Australia 2 .8% 12 Australia 1 .8% Australia's trade relations hip with Malaysia (d) : Australian merchandise trade with Malaysia, 2006 : Exports to Malaysia (A$m) : Imports from Malaysia (A$m) : Total trade (exports + imports) (A$m) : Total share : Rank: 2,834 1 .7% 13th 6,707 3 .8% 7th 9,541 2 .8% 12th Growth (yoy) : 12 .8% 10 .4% 11 .1% Major Australian exports, 2006 (A$m) : Major Australian imports, 2006 (A$m) : Copper 497 Crude petroleum 2,052 Aluminium 300 Computers 1,076 Coal 197 Telecommunications equipment 227 Ferrous waste & scrap 168 Integrated circuits 222 'Includes A$459m of confidential items, mainly wheat and sugar,  16% of total exports. Australia's trade in services with Malaysia, 2006 : Exports of services to  Malaysia (A$m) : Imports of services from Malaysia (A$m) : Total share : 1,201 2 .7% 865 2 .0% Major Australian service exports, 2006 (A$m) : Major Australian service imports, 2006 (A$m) : Education-related travel 618 Transportation 452 Personal travel excl .   education 227 Personal travel excl .   education 270