Malaysian diaspora
Map of the Malaysian Diaspora in the world | |
| Total population | |
| ~2,000,000 | |
| Singapore | 952,261 |
| Australia | 174,136 |
| United Kingdom | 84,638 |
| United States | 77,647 |
| Brunei | 52,001 |
| Canada | 27,280 |
| China | 26,248 |
| Taiwan | 24,323 |
| New Zealand | 17,464 |
| Saudi Arabia | 17,000 |
| Hong Kong | 16,000 |
| South Korea | 13,443 |
| Indonesia | 12,546 |
| India | 12,228 |
| Japan | 11,471 |
| Libya | 8,404 |
| Netherlands | 6,171 |
| Germany | 5,676 |
| Qatar | 5,000 |
| Ireland | 4,595 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4,500 |
| France | 3,000 |
| Switzerland | 3,000 |
| Egypt | 3,000 |
| Brazil | 2,969 |
| Sweden | 2,000 |
| Italy | 1,000 |
| Argentina | 1,000 |
| Spain | 1,000 |
| Belgium | 1,000 |
| Norway | 1,000 |
| Austria | 1,000 |
| Denmark | 1,000 |
| Thailand | 1,000 |
| South Africa | 1,000 |
| Algeria | 1,000 |
| Sri Lanka | 925 |
| Philippines | 673 |
| Finland | 585 |
| Bahrain | 400 |
| Kuwait | 300 |
| Russia | 8 |
| 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. The population estimates close to two 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.