Malay speaking countries

Malay is the official language in Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and Singapore and is spoken in 1 more countries as monther tongue by a part of the population. The Malay language (native name: Bahasa Melayu, بهاس ملايو‎) has its roots in the Austronesian language family.

With a share of around 58%, it is most widespread in Malaysia. A total of about 54.8 m people worldwide speak Malay as their mother tongue.

Country	Region	Official language	Distribution	Total
Indonesia	Southeast Asia	yes	12.1 %	32,746,000
Malaysia	Southeast Asia	yes	58.4 %	18,659,000
Thailand	Southeast Asia	no	3.6 %	2,507,000
Singapore	Southeast Asia	yes	11.9 %	679,000
Brunei	Southeast Asia	yes	45.5 %	197,000