Indian Malaysians are Malaysian citizens of Indian ancestry and form the third-largest group in Malaysia after the Malays and the Chinese. They are descendants of those who migrated from India to Malaysia during the British colonization of Malaya. Malaysian Indians form the 5th largest community of Overseas Indians in the world. The majority of Malaysian Indians are ethnic Tamil people, with other smaller groups such as the Malayalees, Teluguans, Sikhs, and others. 

Indians make up around 6.6% of the Malaysian population and approx population of Indians in Malaysia as of 2024 is 2.2 million or 22 Lakh.

Main Indian Sub Groups in Malaysian Census

Some of the States where Indians are in large numbers are

• Selangor – 712,000 
• Perak – 293,300 
• Johor – 230,700 
• Penang – 166,000 
• Kuala Lumpur – 163,000 
• Negeri Sembilan – 154,000 
• Kedah – 143,200 
• Pahang  – 66,300 
• Malacca – 51,400 
• Sabah – 12,200 

Other states have less than 1% of the Indian population.

Source: Census 2021