Diaspora Malaysia | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 1,860,000[1] | |
 Singapore | 952,261[2][1] |
 Australia | 174,136[1] |
 United Kingdom | 84,638[1] |
 United States | 77,647[3][1] |
 Brunei | 52,001[4][5][1] |
 Canada | 27,280[6] |
 China | 26,248[7][1] |
 New Zealand | 17,464[1] |
 India | 12,228[1] |
 Japan | 10,561[8][9] |
 Libya | 8,404[1] |
 Germany | 5,676[1] |
 Ireland | 4,595[1] |
 Netherlands | 6,171[1] |
 Brazil | 2,969[10] |
 Indonesia | 12,546[1] |
 United Arab Emirates | 4,500 |
| Languages | |
| Malay, Languages of Malaysia and various languages of the countries they inhabit | |
| Religion | |
| Religion in Malaysia | |
The Malaysian diaspora are Malaysian emigrants from Malaysia and their descendants that reside in a foreign country. Population estimates vary from seven hundred thousand to one million, both descendants of early emigrants from Malaysia, as well as more recent emigrants from Malaysia. The largest of these foreign communities are in Singapore, Australia, Brunei and the United Kingdom.
Emigration from Malaysia is a complex demographic phenomenon existing for decades and having a number of reasons, with institutional racism being one of the major factors. The process is the reverse of the immigration to Malaysia. Malaysia does not keep track of emigration, and counts of Malaysians abroad are thus only available courtesy of statistics kept by the destination countries. As of 2019, according to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the population of the Malaysian diaspora stands at 1,730,152.[1]
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Figures includes Malaysians in UN member nations
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- ^ "Immigrant status and period of immigration by place of birth and citizenship: Canada, provinces and territories and census metropolitan areas with parts". Statistics Canada. Statistics Canada Statistique Canada. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
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- ^ Statistical table of foreign resident statistics (formerly registered foreign national statistics)
- ^ "在留外国人統計（旧登録外国人統計） 在留外国人統計 月次 2022年6月 | ファイル | 統計データを探す".
- ^ Immigrants in Brazil (2024, in Portuguese)