Ethnicities of Malaysia from the 2020 census (Malay, Non-Malay Bumiputera [indigenous tribes], Chinese, Indian)

Ethnicities of Malaysia from the 2020 census (Malay, Non-Malay Bumiputera [indigenous tribes], Chinese, Indian)

2570 x 3940

‘Does Bumiputera translate to ‘children of the Earth’? Do indigenous people come under that group?

All “indigenous” peoples, including Malays, are counted as “Bumiputera” in Malaysia, and that’s probably why the second map features “non-Malay Bumiputera”. And yes, it’s translated as “son of the earth/land/soil”’