Malaysia’s population of 25.34 million is made up of the following ethnic groups: Malay 50.4%, Chinese 23.7%, indigenous 11%, Indian 7.1%, and others 7.8%.

Religious groups include: Muslim 60.4%, Buddhist 19.2%, Christian 9.1%, Hindu 6.3%, Confucianism, Taoism, other traditional Chinese religions 2.6%, other or unknown 1.5%, none 0.8% (2000 census).¹⁶⁷