Demography of Population
The Malaysian population consists of people of different races, religions and race. The largest group of Malaysians consist of three main races, namely the Malays, Chinese and Indians. Orang Asli are the natives in Peninsular Malaysia and is generally divided into three major groups, namely the Negrito, Senoi and Proto-Malay. Sabah’s population consists of 32 ethnic groups and the major ethnic is Kadazandusun while Sarawak population consists of 27 ethnic groups and Iban is the major ethnic group. In 2015, the prefix data of Malaysian population is 30,995,700 and the divisions by ethnics are as follow: Bumiputera - 19,150,900 (61.8%); Chinese - 6,620,300 (21.4%); Indian - 1,988,600 (6.4%); Others - 270,700 (0.9%) and Non-Malaysian Resident - 2,965,300 (9.6%). Live births in 2015 recorded a decrease of 1.4% compared to 2014. Population in the age group 0 to 14 in 2015 is 24.9%; 15 to 64 years is 69.2% and 65 years and above is 5.8%.
Source: Malaysia 2016 (Department of Information)
