Overseas Malays

Overseas Malays refers to individuals with Malay race ancestry (inc. Javanese, Minangkabau, Baweanese, Bugis, Batak, Banjarese, Acehnese and even Orang Laut  ) living outside of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. Singapore, parts of Myanmar, East Timor, the Philippines and Southern Thailand are not considered to be Malay countries at present time, due to geopolitical reasons. Albeit being an overseas community, this does not change the fact that they are still a part of the Malay archipelago, and share common ancestral and historical ties together.

Asia
Malays: 15,000 Burmese Malays: 26,000 Malays: 2,000,000 Malays: 600,000 (Local Overseas Malay + Native Orang Laut Population) Malays: 1,500,000 (Local Overseas Malay Population) Sri Lankan Malays are also known as Ja-minissu: 50,000 Malays: 12,000
 * Yunnan of China
 * Cambodia
 * Myanmar (Burma)
 * Philippines
 * Singapore
 * Thailand
 * Sri Lanka
 * Japan

Africa
There are 253,000 Cape Malays living in South Africa. These are a population of multi-racial ancestry.
 * South Africa

Oceania
Australia's ethnic Malay population number around 10,000 people. Malays: 2,200
 * Australia
 * New Zealand

North America
Malays: 16,920 There are over 95,000 Malays living in the United States.
 * Canada
 * United States

Europe
The Malay population in the United Kingdom is 49,000.
 * United Kingdom