Ethnic Groups In Malaysia

There are three major ethnic groups in west malaysia the part of malaysia on the asian mainland.

Ethnic groups in malaysia. The chinese constitute the country s largest minority at approximately 24 per cent. Malay today the malays malaysia s largest ethnic group make up more than 50 of the population although this drops to less than 25 in east malaysia. About half of the population six million people is malay most of whom are muslims. The third largest single ethnic group in malaysia is the indians who make up about 7 of the total population.

Malaysia is a southeastern asian country that is multiracial with many different ethnic groups living in the country. Forming the largest indigenous group in sabah accounting for approximately 28 of the population the kadazan dusun are just one of several ethnic groups and subgroups in east malaysia once practising animism british missionaries converted many to christianity in the 20th century. Malaysia malaysia people. When the british empire was at its height in the late 19th and early 20th.

The population shows great ethnic linguistic cultural and religious diversity. Orang asli are the natives in peninsular malaysia and is generally divided into three major groups namely the negrito senoi and proto malay. Malaysia is ethnically diverse as a result of the long established human presence in the region as well as its location as a passage for people moving south from ancient times. Within this diversity a significant distinction is made for administrative purposes between indigenous peoples including malays collectively.

This is a category about malaysians by ethnic groups or ancestry as well ethnic groups sub ethnic groups that live in malaysia. 50 1 of the population are malay 22 6 are chinese 11 8 are indigenous bumiputra groups other than the malays 6 7 are indian and. Wikimedia commons has media related to ethnic groups in malaysia. The demographics of malaysia are represented by the multiple ethnic groups that exist in the country malaysia s population according to the 2010 census is 28 334 000 including non citizens which makes it the 42nd most populated country in the world.

The people of malaysia are unevenly distributed between peninsular and east malaysia with the vast majority living in peninsular malaysia. These include malays chinese indians and other indigenous bumiputra groups. The largest group is malays the indigenous people. The demographic composition in the country are as follows.

In sabah and sarawak there are a myriad of indigenous ethnic groups with their own unique culture and heritage. Sabah s population consists of 32 ethnic groups and the major ethnic is kadazandusun while sarawak population consists of 27 ethnic groups and iban is the major ethnic group. There are many mosques in malaysia. The official language of malaysia is bahasa malaysia the language of.

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