KUALA LUMPUR: A lower fertility rate and higher death rate among Indians have resulted in the community recording a drop in population to 7.5%, according to the Malaysian Statistics Department.
However, in absolute numbers the community recorded an increase from 1.696 million to 1.807 million between 2000 and this year, said the department.
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