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

• Yunnan of China
• Cambodia

Malays: 15,000

• Myanmar (Burma)

Malays: 26,000

• Philippines

Malays: 2,000,000

• Sri Lanka

Malays in Sri Lanka are also known as Ja-minissu: 50,000

• Japan

Malays: 12,000

Africa

• South Africa

There are 253,000 Cape Malays living in South Africa.

Oceania

• Australia

Australia's ethnic Malay population number around 10,000 people.

• New Zealand

Malays: 2,200

North America

• Canada

Malays: 2,600

• United States

There are 9,000 Malays living in the United States.

Europe

• United Kingdom

The Malay population in the United Kingdom is 49,000.

See also

• Overseas Indonesian
• Overseas Minangkabau
• Cape Malays
• Cocos Malays
• Malays in Singapore