How many Malaysians marry in southern Thailand?

There is no official Malaysian figure; there are only statements by Thai religious authorities, the consulate and state executive councillors, and these figures cannot be added together. The Malaysian Consulate in Songkhla (Feb 2024) cited nearly 300 Malaysian couples a month, about 60% of them polygynous. Kedah recorded 799 cases in 2018, up from 566 in 2017. The Narathiwat Islamic Council (2022) stated that more than half the men who came for polygyny held the title "Datuk". After the illegal routes were closed from 1 December 2024, marriages in Narathiwat fell by about 40%. The Songkhla Islamic Committee recorded 4,500 couples in 2015. The consulate verifies documents but does not publish a data series. See polygyny in Malaysia.