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Chinese Malaysians, also commonly called locally as Malaysian Chinese, are Malaysian citizens of Han Chinese ethnicity. They form the second-largest ethnic group, after the Malay majority, and are 22.8% of the Malaysian population.
As of July 2023, 70.1 percent of the Malaysian population were classified as Bumiputera, 22.6 percent were classified as ethnic Chinese, and 6.6 percent as ethnic Indians.
Chinese Population in Malaysia. There are around 6.7 million Chinese in Malaysia (2021). They make up approximately 22.4 percent of Malaysia’s population and account for the second largest population of Chinese outside mainland China and Taiwan behind Thailand. These numbers do not always reflect the full extent of Chinese presence.
In the 2010 census, 68.8 per cent of the population were considered bumiputera, 23.2 per cent Malaysian Chinese, and 7 per cent Malaysian Indian. In 2021 these figures were 69.7 per cent bumiputera, 22.5 per cent Chinese, and 6.8 per cent Indian. Distribution of the Bumiputera and Chinese population in Malaysia
All ethnic groups ('overall'), Malay ('bumi_malay'), other Bumiputera ('bumi_other'), Chinese ('chinese'), Indian ('indian'), other citizens ('other_citizen'), or non-citizen residents ('other_noncitizen').
Population Pyramid, Age Structure, Sex Ratio (Males to Females), Life Expectancy, Dependency Ratio of Malaysia.
May 6, 2024 · Among the three major ethnic groups in Malaysia, the Bumiputera have the highest fertility rates, at nearly 2,000 births per 1,000 women, compared to 787 per 1,000 women for the Chinese...
