Overseas Malays

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Overseas Malays refer to individuals with Malay race ancestry (inc. Javanese, Malays (ethnic group), Minangkabau, Buginese people [1] [2] ) living outside of Indonesia [3] , Malaysia and Brunei. Singapore [4] , parts of Myanmar [5] and parts of Southern Thailand [6] 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.

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Statistics

Asia

Malays: 15,000

Burmese Malays: 26,000

Malays: 2,000,000

Malays: 600,000 (Local Malay Population)

Malays: 1,500,000 (Local Malay Population)

Sri Lankan Malays 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 [9]

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

Europe

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

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