Overseas Malays

Overseas Malays refers to individuals with Malay race ancestry (inc. Javanese, Minangkabau, Baweanese, Bugis, Batak, Banjarese, Acehnese and even Orang Laut) living outside of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. Singapore, parts of Myanmar, East Timor, the Philippines and Southern Thailand are not considered to be Malay countries at present time, due to geopolitical reasons. Albeit being an overseas community, this does not change the fact that they are still a part of the Malay archipelago, and share common ancestral and historical ties together.

Statistics

Asia

• Yunnan of China
• Cambodia

Malays: 15,000

• Myanmar (Burma)

Burmese Malays: 26,000

• Philippines

Malays: 2,000,000

• Singapore

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

• Thailand

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

• 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

References

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