Overseas Malays

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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[]

Malays: 15,000

Malays: 26,000

Malays: 2,000,000

Malays in Sri Lanka are also known as Ja-minissu: 50,000

Malays: 12,000

Africa[]

There are 253,000 Cape Malays living in South Africa. These are a population of multi-racial ancestry.

Oceania[]

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

Malays: 2,200

North America[]

Malays: 16,920[1]

There are over 95,000 Malays living in the United States.

Europe[]

The Malay population in the United Kingdom is 49,000.

See also[]

References[]

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