Overseas Malays

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

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: 16,920

• United States

There are over 95,000 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