Malay diaspora


The Malay diaspora consists of Malay people who live outside of their native homeland of Malaysia, Indonesia & Brunei. These countries are known to be areas of where the Malay Diasporas originally came from. Singapore and Parts of Southern Thailand also belongs to the Malay Peninsular, as they share historical ties and migration patterns with these three countries. Originally, the Malay ethnic group are thought to have started in, stretching out to Eastern Sumatra, before expanding into modern day Malaysia and Singapore.

Statistics

Asia

Malays: 15,000
Burmese Malays: 26,000
Malays: 2,000,000
Malays: 600,000
Malays: 1,500,000
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
There are over 100,000 Malays living in the United States.

Europe

The Malay population in the United Kingdom is 50,000.