Demographics
| Demographics of Johor Bahru | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnic Groups | Percentage | |||
| Malays & Bumiputera | 47.5% | |||
| Chinese | 34.2% | |||
| Indians | 9.0% | |||
| Others | 0.6% | |||
| Non-citizens | 8.7% | |||
The population of the District of Johor Bahru was around 1,386,569 people in 2010. The population is 47.5 percent Malay, 34.2 percent Chinese, 9.0 percent Indian, 0.6 percent other minorities and 8.7 percent non-citizens.
The Chinese community is represented by several dialect groups: Teochew, Hakka, Hokkien, Cantonese, Hainanese, Hokchew (Foochow) and Hokchia (Fuqing) are the major dialect groups in Johor Bahru. The richest man in Southeast Asia as at 2012, Robert Kuok was born and grew up in Johor Bahru. Teochew was the lingua franca of the Chinese community until the 1970s, and a large proportion of the Chinese trace their ancestry to the Chaoshan region. Economic development from the 1970s brought many people of Chinese ancestry, generally from other dialect groups, from other parts of the state to resettle in Johor.
The Indian community consists of Tamils, Malayalees, Telugus, Punjabis, and other smaller groups, and includes a large number of migrants from states like Perak, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Penang, and Kedah, lured by the availability of jobs in manufacturing and services in Johor Bahru and Singapore.
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