Overseas Malays


Overseas Malays refer to individuals with Malay ancestry 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.

Oceania

Australia's ethnic Malay population number around 10,000 people.
Malays: 2,200

North America

Malays: 16,920
There are over 95,000 Malays living in the United States.

Europe

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