Overseas Malays
Overseas Malays refer to individuals with ethnic Malay or Malay race ancestry living outside Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, South Thailand and neighbouring Malay home areas.
Statistics
Asia
Migration northwards from South East Asia populated southern China before populating the whole of East Asia [1]
Malays: 15,000
- Myanmar (Burma)
Malays: 26,000
Malays: 2,000,000
Malays in Sri Lanka also known as Ja-minissu: 50,000
Malays: 12,000
Africa
There are 253,000 Cape Malays living in South Africa.
Oceania
Australia's ethnic Malay population number around 10,000 people.
Malays: 2,200
North America
Malays: 2,600[2]
There are 9,000 Malays living in the United States.
Europe
The Malay population in the United Kingdom is 49,000.
See also
- Overseas Indonesian
- Overseas Minangkabau
- Cape Malays
- Cocos Malays
- Malays in Singapore
References
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