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Ethnicity of people born in Malaysia and Singapore, 2013

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These pie graphs show the major ethnicities of New Zealand residents born in Malaysia and Singapore in 2013. For both groups, Chinese people are the majority, but Malays are numerically more significant among the Malaysian-born.

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Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: Statistics New Zealand

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Carl Walrond, Malaysians and Singaporeans – Similarities and differences, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/graph/46710/ethnicity-of-people-born-in-malaysia-and-singapore-2013 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 19 October 2015, updated 1 August 2024.