Population
| Population in North Borneo – 1960 Census (now Sabah and Labuan Island) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | Percent | |||
| Kadazan-Dusun | 32% | |||
| Murut | 4.9% | |||
| Bajau | 13.1% | |||
| Brunei Malay | 0.4% | |||
| Other Muslim groups | 15.8% | |||
| Indonesians | 5.5% | |||
| Filipinos | 1.6% | |||
| Chinese | 23% | |||
| Sources: British North Borneo (1961) | ||||
Sabah’s population numbered 651,304 in 1970 and grew to 929,299 a decade later. But in the two decades following 1980, the state’s population rose significantly by a staggering 1.5 million people, reaching 2,468,246 by 2000, that as of 2010, this number had grown further to 3,117,405, with foreigners making up a 27%
The population of Sabah is 3,117,405 as of the last census 2010 showed more than 400 percent increase from the census 1970 (from 651,304 in 1970 to 3,117,405 in 2010). and is the third most populous state in Malaysia after Selangor and Johor. Sabah has one of the highest population growth rates in the country as a result of illegal immigrants (and oftentimes state-sponsored) from the Muslim-dominated southern provinces of Philippines who were of Malay stock by granting citizenship to illegal or legal immigrants. And, now the Borneon Sabahan most of Christian faith become minorities in their own homeland, therefore, on 1 June 2012, Prime Minister Najib Razak of the Malaysia announced that the federal government has agreed to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to investigate problems related.
| Population in Sabah – 2010 Census | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | Percent | |||
| Kadazan-Dusun | 17.82% | |||
| Murut | 3.22% | |||
| Bajau | 14% | |||
| Brunei Malay | 5.71% | |||
| Other bumiputra | 20.56% | |||
| Chinese | 9.11% | |||
| Other non-bumiputra | 1.5% | |||
| Non-Malaysian citizen | 27.81% | |||
| Sources: Department of Statistics, Malaysia. | ||||
The population estimates based on ethnic groups in 2010 are as follows:
- Kadazan-Dusun: 17.82% (555,647)
- Bajau: 14% (436,672)
- Brunei Malay: 5.71% (178,029)
- Murut: 3.22% (100,631)
- Other bumiputra: 20.56% (640,964) – which consists of Rungus, Iranun, Bisaya, Tatana, Lun Bawang/Lun Dayeh, Tindal, Tobilung, Kimaragang, Suluk, Ubian, Tagal, Timogun, Nabay, Kedayan, Orang Sungai, Makiang, Minokok, Mangka’ak, Lobu, Bonggi, Tidong, Bugis, Ida’an (Idahan), Begahak, Kagayan, Talantang, Tinagas, Banjar, Gana, Kuijau, Tombonuo, Dumpas, Peluan, Baukan, Sino, Jawa
- Chinese (majority Hakka): 9.11% (284,049)
- Other non-bumiputra: 1.5% (47,052)
- Non-Malaysian citizens (Filipino, Indonesian): 27.81% (867,190)
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