The Malaysian Census 2010 Report indicates that the whole Tawau municipality area has a total population of 397,673. The town population today is a mixture of different races and ethnicities. Non-Malaysian citizens form the majority of the town population with 164,729 people. Malaysian citizens in the area were reported divided into Bumiputras (Racially divided among Bajau, Banjarese, Brunei Malays, Buginese people, Cocos Malays, Iban people, Kadazan-Dusun, Javanese people, Suluk and Murut including Lun Bawang/Lun Dayeh and (Tidong) sub-ethnic group, and other smaller ethnic groups)