 The Malaysian Census in 2010 reported the population of Johor Bahru as 497 @,@ 067 . This makes it the country 's second largest city . The city 's population today is a mixture of three main <unk> Malays , Chinese and <unk> along with other <unk> . Malays comprise the majority of the population at 240 @,@ 323 , followed by Chinese totalling 172 @,@ 609 , Indians totalling 33 @,@ 319 and others totalling 2 @,@ 957 . Non @-@ Malaysian citizens form a population of 42 @,@ 585 . Most of the Malays are chiefly descended from Riau Malay and Javanese people including significant minorities of ethnic Buginese and ethnic <unk> among the majority ethnic Malay population . The Chinese mainly are from the majority Teochew , Hoklo , Hainanese and Hakka dialect groups , while the Indian community mainly consist of Tamils together with significant populations of Malayalees , Telugus and Sikh Punjabis . 
