Chinese Population In Malaysia By State
The largest group of malaysians consist of three main races namely the malays chinese and indians.
Chinese population in malaysia by state. The population share of these states to the total population of malaysia was 42 4 per cent. Currently the chinese is said to comprise of 23 4 of the population. George town ipoh and iskandar puteri are chinese majority cities while penang was the only state in malaysia with a non bumiputera majority population until 2017. Putrajaya 72 413 and w p.
Malaysia population density is 98 5 people per square kilometer 255 0 mi 2 as of november 2020. The least populated states were w. In terms of cultural impact it honestly depends on how the incoming chinese population behave in a social setting. Malaysian chinese people or chinese malaysians chinese.
Population distribution by state indicated that selangor was the most populous state 5 46 million followed by johor 3 35 million and sabah 3 21 million. A sin chiew daily report last year even says the gomen estimates the chinese population to fall to 19 6 in 2030 and. The current population estimates malaysia 2019 presents mid year population estimates of malaysia and state for the year 2018 2019. George town is the capital of the state of penang in malaysia.
The chinese 55 are the majority of the population at over a million with malays 33 and indians 11 perak the second largest state in peninsula malaysia it was once the richest state during the tin boom and ipoh was known as the city of millionaires. Another group might outnumber the chinese as the 2nd largest ethnic. Orang cina malaysia are a local ethnic group in malaysia the group is defined as malaysian citizens of chinese han chinese ethnicity today they form the second largest ethnic group after the malay majority. Density of population is calculated as permanently settled population of malaysia divided by total area of the country.
In school we were always taught that malays chinese and indians are the 3 main races in malaysia but soon that might need rewriting. The population estimates provided are based on population and housing census 2010 which has taken into accounts births deaths and migration components. Orang asli are the natives in peninsular malaysia and is generally divided into three major groups namely the negrito senoi and proto malay. The malaysian population consists of people of different races religions and race.
The state occupies an island and a part of the mainland.