Editing Sabah (section)

=== Ethnicity and immigration ===
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{{bar percent|Other [[Bumiputera (Malaysia)|Bumiputera]]|#CCCCFF|19.69}}
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{{bar percent|[[Malaysian Chinese|Chinese]]|#FEC499|7.28}}
{{bar percent|[[Malays (ethnic group)|Malay]]|#DD818A|8.99}}
{{bar percent|[[Murut people|Murut]]|#FF9A71|3.11}}
{{bar percent|Other local non-native|#969696|1.34}}
{{bar percent|Non-Malaysian citizen|#FFB7C5|23.71}}
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According to the 2020 Malaysian census, the population of Sabah stands at 3,418,785, making Sabah the third most populous state in Malaysia with the highest non-citizen population at 810,443.<ref name="OwnCloud::DOSM"/> However, as Malaysia is one of the [[population density|least densely populated countries]] in Asia, Sabah is particularly sparsely populated with most of the population concentrated in the coastal areas since towns and urban centres have massively expanded. People from Sabah are generally called Sabahans and identify themselves as such.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2015/05/10/sabahan-first-then-a-malaysian-you-can-take-me-out-of-sabah-but-you-cant-take-sabah-out-of-me/ |title=Sabahan first, then a Malaysian |author=Philip Golingai |work=The Star |date=10 May 2015 |access-date=2 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602052406/http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2015/05/10/sabahan-first-then-a-malaysian-you-can-take-me-out-of-sabah-but-you-cant-take-sabah-out-of-me/ |archive-date=2 June 2016 }}</ref> There are an estimated 42 ethnic groups with over 200 [[sub-ethnic groups]] with separate own languages, cultures and belief systems.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/sabah-lists-42-ethnic-groups-to-replace-lain-lain-race-column |title=Sabah lists 42 ethnic groups to replace 'lain-lain' race column |author=Julia Chan |newspaper=The Malay Mail |date=13 February 2015 |access-date=1 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601095050/http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/sabah-lists-42-ethnic-groups-to-replace-lain-lain-race-column |archive-date=1 June 2016 }}</ref> The three largest indigenous groups in Sabah are the [[Kadazan-Dusun]], [[Bajau people|Bajau]] and the [[Murut people|Murut]]. There are large [[Rungus|Rungus People]], [[Orang Sungai]], [[Bruneian Malays]], [[Lun Bawang|Lundayeh]], [[Suluk people|Suluk]] and other [[Bumiputera (Malaysia)|Bumiputera]] ethnic minorities,<ref name="indigenous culture">{{cite web |url=http://www.accu.or.jp/litdbase/pub/dlperson/97rw/97RW_04.pdf |title=Introduction to Integration of Indigenous Culture into Non-Formal Education Programmes in Sabah |author1=Patricia Regis |author2=Anne Lasimbang |author3=Rita Lasimbang |author4=J. W. King |work=Ministry of Tourism and Environmental Development, Partners of Community Organisations (PACOS), Kadazandusun Language Foundation and Summer Institute of Linguistics, Malaysia Branch, Sabah |publisher=Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (Japan) |access-date=28 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828100840/http://www.accu.or.jp/litdbase/pub/dlperson/97rw/97RW_04.pdf |archive-date=28 August 2016 }}</ref> while the [[Malaysian Chinese|Chinese]] makes up the main non-indigenous population.<ref name="sbh"/> High migration to the state was noticeable in the 1970s, when hundreds of thousands of [[Refugees of the Philippines|Filipino refugees]], mostly the [[Moro people|Moros]], began arriving due to the [[Moro conflict in the Philippines|Moro conflict in the county]]. There are also [[Indonesians in Malaysia|Indonesian]] labourers from Kalimantan, [[Sulawesi]] and [[Lesser Sunda Islands]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.giga-hamburg.de/sites/default/files/openaccess/suedostasienaktuell/2006_5/giga_soa_2006_5_frank.pdf|title=Project Mahathir: 'Extraordinary' Population Growth in Sabah (The History of Illegal Immigration to Sabah)|author=Sina Frank|work=Im Fokus|publisher=[[German Institute of Global and Area Studies]]|date=May 2006|access-date=6 November 2014|pages=72 and 73/2 and 3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106073701/http://www.giga-hamburg.de/sites/default/files/openaccess/suedostasienaktuell/2006_5/giga_soa_2006_5_frank.pdf |archive-date=6 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Alexander Horstmann|author2=Reed L. Wadley†|title=Centering the Margin: Agency and Narrative in Southeast Asian Borderlands|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ny_9nvERZtUC&pg=PA149|year=2006|publisher=Berghahn Books|isbn=978-0-85745-439-3|page=149}}</ref> The arrival of uncontrollable illegal immigration have cause major impact on political, economic and socio-cultural problem particularly on local indigenous peoples. The arrival of these illegal immigrants and the slow economic growth have forced Sabahans to immigrate to Peninsular Malaysia or overseas to find better paying jobs and income opportunities.<ref name = "GDP"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsis.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/WP334.pdf |title=Sabah's Unrelenting Exclusionary and Inclusionary Politics  |publisher=S. Rajaratham School of International Studies Singapore |access-date=6 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news/137636/sabah-s-brain-drain-serious-/|title=Sabah's brain drain 'serious' &#124; Daily Express Online – Sabah's Leading News Portal|website=Dailyexpress.com.my|date=11 July 2019 }}</ref>