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TheMalay 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 inBorneo, stretching out to Eastern Sumatra, before expanding into modern day Malaysia and Singapore.
Malays: 15,000
Burmese Malays: 26,000
Malays: 2,000,000
Malays: 600,000 (Local Overseas Malay + Native Orang Laut Population)
Malays: 1,500,000 (Local Overseas Malay Population)
Sri Lankan Malays are also known as Ja-minissu: 50,000
Malays: 12,000
There are 253,000Cape Malays living in South Africa. These are a population of multi-racial ancestry.
Australia's ethnic Malay population number around 10,000 people.
Malays: 2,200
Malays: 16,920[3]
There are over 100,000 Malays living in the United States.
The Malay population in the United Kingdom is 50,000.
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