About The Orang Asli
Basic Data / Statistics
Distribution of Orang Asli Villages as at December 2003
State | No. of villages | Urban | Fringe | Interior |
Pahang | 263 | 3 | 167 | 93 |
Perak | 248 | – | 139 | 109 |
Kedah | 1 | – | 1 | – |
Selangor | 75 | 6 | 69 | – |
Kelantan | 136 | – | 21 | 115 |
Terengganu | 3 | – | 3 | – |
Negeri Sembilan | 67 | 2 | 63 | 2 |
Melaka | 14 | – | 14 | – |
Johor | 62 | 1 | 57 | 4 |
TOTAL | 869 | 12 | 534 | 323 |
Classification of Orang Asli Villages as at December 2003
No. of villages | Developed | Moderately developed | Backward/ Undeveloped | |
Pahang | 263 | 9 | 146 | 108 |
Perak | 248 | – | 132 | 116 |
Kedah | 1 | – | 1 | – |
Selangor | 75 | 12 | 45 | 18 |
Kelantan | 136 | – | 21 | 115 |
Terengganu | 3 | – | 3 | – |
Negeri Sembilan | 67 | 7 | 24 | 36 |
Melaka | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
Johor | 62 | 8 | 45 | – |
TOTAL | 869 | 46 | 425 | 398 |
Orang Asli Population Breakdown as at December 2003
Category |
Sub-Group
|
Population
|
Negrito |
Kensiu Kintak Jahai Lanoh Mendriq Batek
|
232 157 1,843 350 164 1,255
4,001
|
Senoi |
Semai Temiar Jah Hut Che Wong Mah Meri Semaq Beri
|
43,892 25,725 5,104 664 2,986 3,545
81,826
|
Aboriginal Malay
|
Temuan Semelai Jakun Orang Kanaq Orang Kuala Orang Seletar
|
22,162 6,418 27,448 83 4,067 1,407
61,585
|
|
|
147,412
|
ORANG ASLI POPULATION STATISTICS
The data given below have been collated from various sources including government reports, official seminar presentations, newsreports and academic articles.
ORANG ASLI POPULATION TREND
Year | Orang Asli population |
1960 | 43,896 |
1965 | 45,985 |
1969 | 52,943 |
1974 | 56,927 |
1989 | 72,039 |
1993 | 92,959 |
1998 | 116,119 |
2000 | 133,775 |
2003 | 147,412 |
ORANG ASLI POPULATION BREAKDOWN as at 2000
Category |
Ethnic subgroup
|
Population |
Total |
Negrito
|
Kensiu Kintak Jahai Lanoh Mendriq Batek |
254 150 1,244 173 167 1,519 |
3,507 |
Senoi
|
Semai Temiar Jah Hut Che Wong Mah Meri Sema Beri |
34,248 17,706 2,594 234 3,503 2,348 |
60,633 |
Aboriginal Malay
|
Temuan Semelai Jakun Orang Kanaq Orang Kuala Orang Seletar |
18,560 5,026 21,484 73 3,221 1,037 |
49,401 |
|
|
|
113,541 |
The figures do not include those living outside designated Orang Asli settlements and centres.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE ORANG ASLI SUBGROUPS
Important note: This is an approximate map only and does not reflect the actual extent of the Orang Aslis traditional territories or their current abode.
ORANG ASLI LAND STATUS AS AT 2003
as acknowledged by the government (hectares)
Land status |
As at 31.12.2003
|
Percentage |
Gazetted Orang Asli
|
19,222.15
|
15.1 |
Approved for gazetting, but not gazetted as yet
|
28,760.86 |
22.5 |
Applied for gazetting, but not approved yet
|
79,715.53 |
62.4 |
Total Orang Asli Land
|
127,698.54 |
100.0 |