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- According to the 2020 Malaysian census, the population of Sabah stands at 3,418,785. This makes Sabah the third most populous state in Malaysia, with the highest non-citizen population at 810,443. Though Malaysia is one of the least densely populated countries in Asia, Sabah is particularly sparsely populated with most of the population concentrated in the coastal areas as towns and urban centers have massively expanded. The statistics in 1970 reported the population of Sabah at only 653,604, with both the state and its neighbour Sarawak having about the same number of foreign nationals. In 1980, the state population saw a sudden increase to almost a million following the influx of refugees fleeing a conflict in the neighbouring southern Philippines. At the same time, Sabah economic booms in the primary sector also attracted large numbers of legal workers from both Indonesia and the Philippines. This number increased to over 1,734,685 in 1991, 2,468,246 in 2000, and 3,117,405 by 2010. Sabah has 900,000 registered migrant workers working in agriculture, plantation, construction, services and domestic work. While the total number of illegal immigrants (including refugees) is predicted to be more than one million due to the past controversial regularization for political reasons, most of them are believed to have been categorized as "other bumiputera" in the country statistics. Sabah has also seen a great increase in the number of expatriates, mostly from China, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Australia and Europe. People from Sabah are generally called Sabahans and identify themselves as such. There are an estimated 42 ethnic groups with over 200 sub-ethnic groups with their own language, culture and beliefs which are predicted to increase in the future due to high interracial marriage and recent migration. The coastal and low land areas are inhabited mostly by the Bajau, Bruneian Malay, Bugis, Cocos Malays, Illanun, Kedayan and Suluk, who traditionally worked as fishermen and farmers. The highland areas and interior are inhabited mostly by the Kadazan-Dusun peoples, Murut, and Lun Bawang (or Lun Dayeh) and their sub-groups; these groups traditionally worked as farmers and hunters. Bumiputera (son of the soil) refers to the Malays and other indigenous groups in Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak and Sabah. This group of people generally enjoys special privileges in education, jobs, finance and political positions. Orang Asal refers to all the indigenous groups in Malaysia excluding Malays. The three largest indigenous groups in Sabah are the Kadazan-Dusun, Bajau and Murut, followed by the Bruneian Malays, Suluk and other indigenous groups. Chinese make up the main non-indigenous population. (en)
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- According to the 2020 Malaysian census, the population of Sabah stands at 3,418,785. This makes Sabah the third most populous state in Malaysia, with the highest non-citizen population at 810,443. Though Malaysia is one of the least densely populated countries in Asia, Sabah is particularly sparsely populated with most of the population concentrated in the coastal areas as towns and urban centers have massively expanded. The statistics in 1970 reported the population of Sabah at only 653,604, with both the state and its neighbour Sarawak having about the same number of foreign nationals. In 1980, the state population saw a sudden increase to almost a million following the influx of refugees fleeing a conflict in the neighbouring southern Philippines. At the same time, Sabah economic booms (en)
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