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
Yunnan of China
Cambodia
Malays: 15,000
Myanmar (Burma) Burmese Malays: 26,000 Philippines Malays: 2,000,000 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.
