马来西亚华人一直以来从未多过马来人。
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Demographics[edit]
Whole country[edit]
An early census of ethnic groups in the British Malay states, conducted by the British in 1835, showed that ethnic Chinese constituted 8 percent of the population and were mainly found in the
Straits Settlements, while the Malays and Indians made up 88 percent and 4 percent of the population respectively.
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Malaya's population quickly increased during the 19th and 20th centuries, although the majority of Chinese immigrants were males rather than females.
[54] By 1921, Malaya's population had swollen to nearly three million, and the Chinese constituted just under 30 percent while the Malays constituted 54.7%, the population growth being fuelled by immigrants from neighbouring
Indonesia (the Indians made up most of the remainder). While the Chinese population was largely transient, and many coolies returned to China on a frequent basis, 29 percent of the Chinese population were local-born, most of whom were the offspring of first-generation Chinese immigrants.
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The British government began to impose restrictions on migration during the 1930s, but the difference between the number of Chinese and Malays continued to decrease even after World War II. The 1947 census indicated that the Malays constituted 49.5% of the population, compared to the Chinese at 38.4%, out of a total population of 4.9 million.
[56] According to Lete, the population of Chinese were 38% out of total Malayan population of 6.3 million in 1957.
[57] The Malaysian population however have declined percentage-wise from the mid-20th century, down to 24.6% in the 2010 census, or around 6.4 million out of a total Malaysian population of 28.3 million.
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The Chinese population is primarily urban, the 2010 census shows that around 90% of Malaysian Chinese live in the urban area.
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Historical table[edit]
Historical demographics of Chinese in Malaya/Malaysia
Year 1835 1911[59] 1931[60] 1947[61] 1957[61] 1970[61] 1980 1991 2000[62] 2010[63][64] 2016[2]
Population 1,285,000 1,871,000 2,398,000 3,274,000 4,623,900 5,691,900 6,400,000 6,650,000
Percentage 8.0% 29.6% 33.9% 38.4% 37.6% 35.8% 33.9% 28.1% 26.1% 24.6% 23.4%