Malay diaspora

Main article: Malay race

Overseas Malays refer to individuals with Malay race (Austronesian people) ancestry[1][2] (inc. Javanese, Malays (ethnic group), Minangkabau, Buginese people) living outside Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei.

Statistics

Asia

• Yunnan of China
• Cambodia

Malays: 15,000

• Myanmar (Burma)

Burmese Malays: 26,000

• Philippines

Malays: 2,000,000

• Singapore[3]

Malays: 600,000 (Local Overseas Malay + Native Orang Laut Population)

• Thailand[4]

Malays: 1,500,000 (Local Overseas Malay Population)

• Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan Malays 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. These are a population of multi-racial ancestry.

Oceania

• Australia

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

• New Zealand

Malays: 2,200

North America

• Canada

Malays: 16,920[5]

• United States

There are over 100,000 Malays living in the United States.

Europe

• United Kingdom

The Malay population in the United Kingdom is 50,000.

See also

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

References

1. Raffles, Sophia (1830). Memoir of the Life and Public Services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. John Murray. p. 360.
2. Reid, Anthony (2001). "Understanding Melayu (Malay) as a Source of Diverse Modern Identities". Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. 32 (3): 295–313. doi:10.1017/S0022463401000157. PMID 19192500. S2CID 38870744.
3. "Malays in Singapore". Minority Rights Group. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
4. "Malay Muslims in Thailand". Minority Rights Group. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
5. "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Canada [Country] and Canada [Country]". 8 February 2017.

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