Population of the Straits Settlements and 
Malay Peninsula during the last Century 
By H. MARRIOTT. 
I have collected in the annexed tables statistics of the popula- 
tion according to race and sex for the Colony, and according to sex 
for the Malay States. 
So far as the Colony is concerned the figures are probably ac- 
curate from 1871 onwards. Before that date the censuses were 
taken by the police at somewhat ivregular intervals and are not very 
reliable. 
Between 1822 and 1836 the figures have been derived from Mr. 
Newbold’s “ British Settlements in the Straits of Malacca.’’ From 
1836 to 1860 I have been unable to get many figures, and from that 
date they are taken from the Census Reports. With regard to the 
Federated Malay States, no reliable data are to be procured previous 
to 1891, and for the other Protected States the Census Returns for 
1911 are the first of any practical importance. 
It may however be of interest to add here the following esti- 
mate of the population of the States of the Peninsula in the years 
1835-1836 given by Mr. Newbold in the work quoted above. 
Perak vee vee «+» 39,000 
Selangor Ee See eee E2000 
Rembau is a oe 9,000 
Sungei Ujong... nae ee OO 
Johol eas ay einen OO) 
Jempol vee aes sae 2 O00 
Jelebu Ne oe ea 2,000 
Sri Menanti ... Fa ee S000 
Pahang aa: $5 ae B4O000 
Johore — oes fol: 8 O00 
Kedah & Ligor ase a, 00,000 
Kelantan ia ee we 90-000 
Trengganu... in en 30) 000 
Kemamam can rites nee 1,000 
Patani ati oa. see, OOOO 
Aborigines ye mis ae 9,000 
R, A. Soc., No. 62, 1912. 
