The population of Sabah

20 10 Sabah population 3 120040 is the third most populous state in Malaysia, next only to Selangor and Johor. Sabah has become one of the states with the highest population growth rate in Malaysia due to a large number of illegal immigrants from the southern provinces of the Philippines. Its ethnic structure is as follows: Dushun: 17.8% Malays: 13.5% Chinese:1.2% Bayao: 13.4%.

Other residents are 665,438+00,000 foreigners (including 230,000 workers with legal documents and 365,438+00,000 people who have entered and stayed without legal documents, etc.). ). Sabah people are divided into 32 officially recognized ethnic groups. The largest non-indigenous ethnic group is Chinese (13.2%). Hakka dialect is the main Chinese dialect in Sabah, followed by Cantonese and Min dialect. Chinese in Sabah are mostly concentrated in big cities and towns, namely Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan and Douhu. The largest indigenous people are Dushun people, followed by Bayao people and Murut people. /kloc-A large number of Chinese immigrated here in the 20th century, mainly from Hakka, Guangfu, chaozhou people, Minnan, Hainanese and some from Tianjin and Hebei since the 20th century. Compared with other states in Malaysia, there are few Indians and other South Asians in Sabah. Corcos people are a minority living in Sabah, especially in Douhu province. Generally speaking, all people from Sabah are called "Sabah people", and they also agree with this title.