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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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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.

    References

    Overseas Malays Wikipedia
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