Overseas Malays
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Overseas Malays refer to individuals with Malay race ancestry (inc. Javanese, Malays (ethnic group), Minangkabau, Buginese people) living outside Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, South Thailand and neighbouring Malay home areas.
Statistics
[edit]Asia
[edit]Malays: 15,000
- Myanmar (Burma)
Burmese Malays: 26,000
Malays: 2,000,000
Malays: 600,000 (Local Overseas Malay + Native Orang Laut Population)
Malays: 1,500,000 (Local Overseas Malay Population)
Sri Lankan Malays are also known as Ja-minissu: 50,000
Malays: 12,000
Africa
[edit]There are 253,000 Cape Malays living in South Africa. These are a population of multi-racial ancestry.
Oceania
[edit]Australia's ethnic Malay population number around 10,000 people.
Malays: 2,200
North America
[edit]Malays: 16,920[3]
There are over 95,000 Malays living in the United States.
Europe
[edit]The Malay population in the United Kingdom is 49,000.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Malays in Singapore". Minority Rights Group. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ "Malay Muslims in Thailand". Minority Rights Group. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Canada [Country] and Canada [Country]". 8 February 2017.
External links
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