As of end July 2008, there are some 41,400 refugees and asylum-seekers registered with UNHCR in Malaysia.

• 36,500 are from Myanmar, comprising some 13,400 Rohingyas from the Northern Rakhine State of Myanmar, 13,400 Chins, 4,000 Myanmar Muslims and the remaining are other ethnic minorities from Myanmar.
• There are some 4,900 refugees and asylum-seekers from other countries, including some 1,900 Sri Lankans, 580 Somalis and 570 Iraqis.

67% of refugees and asylum-seekers are men, while 33% are women. There are some 11,200 children below the age of 18.

For more refugee stories in statistics, visit the UNHCR global website. UNHCR seeks to contribute to informed decision-making and public debate by providing accurate, relevant and up-to-date statistics. This site provides data, trends and statistical reports on the “People of concern to UNHCR”: refugees, asylum-seekers, returned refugees, internally displaced and stateless persons in more than 150 countries.