Overseas Malays
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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.
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[edit] Statistics
[edit] 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
[edit] Africa
There are 253,000 Cape Malays living in South Africa.
[edit] Oceania
Australia's ethnic Malay population number around 10,000 people.
Malays: 2,200
[edit] North America
Malays: 2,600 Canada Malay Association
There are 9,000 Malays living in the United States.
[edit] Europe
The Malay population in the United Kingdom is 49,000.
[edit] See also
- Overseas Indonesian
- Overseas Minangkabau
- Malays (ethnic group)
- Cape Malays
- Cocos Malays
- Malays in Singapore
- Canada Malays
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