How many Chinese are there in Malaysia?

There are 6.64 million Chinese in Malaysia.

Of Malaysia's total population of 310.7 million, there are 6.64 million Chinese, which is the second largest ethnic group in Malaysia, with more than10.65 million Hakkas. Chinese in Malaysia are mainly distributed in Kuala Lumpur (capital), Georgetown (Penang), Ipoh (Perak), Johor Bahru, Kuching (Sarawak), Kota Kinabalu (Sabah) and Malacca (Malacca).

Note: The history of Malaysian Chinese immigrants can be traced back to the Han Dynasty in China. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, there were frequent commercial activities and cultural exchanges between China and Malay Archipelago, and there was a clear record of China people's settlement in the Yuan Dynasty. Zheng He made several stops in Malacca during his voyage to the Western Ocean in the Ming Dynasty, and later built Malacca, Dagang (now Indonesia) and Surabaya (now Indonesia) into the base camp of his fleet. As a result of intermarriage with local people, some China people began to settle in Malacca.

After the Second Opium War, a large number of Chinese immigrated to various parts of Malaysia. At that time, the Qing Dynasty was defeated and China and Britain signed the Beijing Treaty. The Qing court allowed foreign businessmen to recruit Han Chinese to work as cheap laborers abroad. At that time, British colonists needed a lot of human resources to develop Malaya Peninsula, and a large number of China workers (or coolies) were imported from China to Malaya Peninsula to become miners and planters. At this time, the number of immigrants arriving in China has greatly exceeded the early Nyonya.

From 65438 to 0929, the world began the Great Depression. Overseas Chinese women began to immigrate to Malaya in large numbers, and the proportion structure of male and female population tended to be balanced. After World War II, as the world entered the Cold War era, British Malaya was in the period of rebellion in Malaysia, immigration regulations were tightened, and the immigration tide from China to Malaysia gradually decreased or even stopped.