Estimated Population in Malaysia for2007 – 27.17 million (93% citizens; 7% non-citizens)
Malaysian citizens comprise
Bumiputera – 66.4% Chinese – 24.9% Indians – 7.5% Others – 1.3%
“All states register the same trend, i.e. bumiputera being the biggest group except for Penang with bumiputera and Chinese almost at par i.e. 44.2 per cent and 44.8 respectively .
Selangor registers the highest population, i.e. 4.96 million (18.3%) followed by Johore 3.24 million (11.9%) and Sabah 3.06 million (11.3%). States with less than one million population are Negri Sembilan (0.98 million), Malacca (0.74 million), Perlis (0.23 million) and Federal Territory Labuan (0.09 million).
(From Parliament Q & A)