Editing Perlis (section)

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|1970 |121062
|1980 |144782
|1991 |183824
|2000 |198288
|2010 |225630
|2020 |284885
|source={{my10|2020kf}}
|graph-pos=bottom
}}
[[File:Perlis Hokkien Association.jpg|thumb|Perlis Hokkien Association]]

=== Religion ===
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|title=Religion in Perlis – 2010 Census<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/download_Population/files/census2010/Taburan_Penduduk_dan_Ciri-ciri_Asas_Demografi.pdf|title=2010 Population and Housing Census of Malaysia|access-date=17 June 2012|publisher=Department of Statistics, Malaysia|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113165406/http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/download_Population/files/census2010/Taburan_Penduduk_dan_Ciri-ciri_Asas_Demografi.pdf|archive-date=13 November 2013|df=dmy-all}} p. 13</ref>
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|left1=religion
|right1=percent
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{{bar percent|[[Islam]]|Green|87.9}}
{{bar percent|[[Buddhism]]|Yellow|10.0}}
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|Orange|0.8}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity]]|Blue|0.6}}
{{bar percent|Others|Gray|0.3}}
{{bar percent|[[Chinese Folk Religion|Chinese Ethnic Religion]]|Magenta|0.2}}
{{bar percent|[[Irreligion|No Religion]]|Black|0.2}}
}}
As of 2010 the population of Perlis is 87.9% [[Muslim]], 10.0% [[Buddhist]], 0.8% [[Hindu]], 0.6% [[Christians|Christian]], 0.2% [[Taoism|Taoist]] or [[Chinese folk religion|Chinese religion]] followers, 0.2% non-religious, 0.2% unknown / none, and 0.1% followers of other religions.

The Malaysian defines "Malay", as those who are Muslim, speak Malay regularly, practise Malay customs, and lived in or have ancestors from [[Brunei]], Malaysia and/or [[Singapore]].<ref name="Marshall">{{Cite book|title = World and Its Peoples: Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Brunei|publisher = Marshall Cavendish Corporation|year = 2008|pages = 1160, 1166–1192, 1218–1222 |isbn =978-0-7614-7642-9}}</ref> Statistics from the 2010 Census indicate that 83.6% of the Chinese population identify as Buddhist, with significant numbers of adherents following Christianity (11.1%) and Taoism (3.4%), along with small [[Hui people|Hui-Muslim]] populations in areas like Penang. The majority of the Indian population follow Hinduism (86.2%), with a significant minority identifying as Christians (6.0%) or Muslims (4.1%). Christianity is the predominant religion of the non-Malay [[Bumiputera (Malaysia)|bumiputera]] community (46.5%) with an additional 40.4% identifying as Muslims.<ref name="Population">{{cite web |url=http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/download_Population/files/census2010/Taburan_Penduduk_dan_Ciri-ciri_Asas_Demografi.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522234002/http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/download_Population/files/census2010/Taburan_Penduduk_dan_Ciri-ciri_Asas_Demografi.pdf |archive-date=22 May 2014 |title=Population Distribution and Basic Demographic Characteristics |publisher=Department of Statistics, Malaysia |page=82 |access-date=4 October 2011}}</ref>

===Languages===
Majority of Perlis' population speaks [[Kedah Malay|Perlis Malay]] which is a sub-dialect of Kedah Malay but has its own unique features compared to those of neighbouring Kedah. Perlisian Chinese people are mostly [[Hokkien]] by ancestry and speak a dialect of [[Penang Hokkien|Hokkien]]. Besides that there is also [[Hokkien]], [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]], [[English language|English]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Malayalam]] as well as small numbers of [[Southern Thai language|Southern Thai]] speakers, mostly ethnic [[Malaysian Siamese]]. However, large numbers of Perlisians regardless of ethnic origin mainly uses Perlis Malay as a [[lingua franca]]. In particular, Perlis is well known for its distinctive [[Hokkien]] language, known as [[Penang Hokkien]]. [[Hokkien]] serves as the lingua franca among the various ethnic Chinese communities in Perlis. Perlis Chinese are predominantly [[Hokkien]] and thus mostly speak [[Penang Hokkien|Hokkien]] as their [[first language]].