Malaysian diaspora

Overseas Malaysian

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	2,608[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]