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People group profile · PG016401

The Han Chinese of Curaçao

The Han Chinese of Curaçao, numbering about 1,100 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Han Chinese ethnolinguistic group of southern China's Pearl River Delta who speak Cantonese and share a regional heritage shaped by Lingnan culture, maritime trade, and extensive overseas migration.

They are a diaspora people in the Chinese people cluster of the East Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Chinese Folk Religion, and they primarily speak Yue Chinese.

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Fast facts

Country
Curacao
Population
1,100
Affinity group
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
People cluster
Chinese
Primary language
Yue Chinese (yue)
Primary religion
Chinese Folk Religion
Strategic Progress Index
No Longer Unreached
Evangelical
2% or Greater but Less than 5%
GSEC
2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
Lostness priority
Minimally Reached People Group
Region
Caribbean, Americas

Where they live

Gospel status

The Han Chinese are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.

  • Congregations exist Yes
  • Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted

Next steps for the Han Chinese

  • Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
  • Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
  • Send out laborers from this people to the nations

Primary religion

Chinese Folk Religion · Ethnoreligion

75% adherents

Primary language

Yue Chinese · Sino-Tibetan family

100% speak Yue Chinese

Gospel resources in Yue Chinese

  • Bible available
  • JESUS Film available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources available
  • Bible stories not available

Films

Bibles

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Han Chinese

  1. John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
  2. Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
  3. Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
  4. Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.

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Han Chinese, Cantonese in other countries

The same people (ROP3 103701) is reported in 24 other countries.

People groupCountryPopulationStatus
Han Chinese (Cantonese)China64,770,000No Longer Unreached
Han Chinese (Cantonese)Hong Kong6,245,000No Longer Unreached
Han Chinese (Cantonese)Malaysia1,930,000No Longer Unreached
Han Chinese (Cantonese)United States1,030,000No Longer Unreached
Han Chinese (Cantonese)Vietnam789,000No Longer Unreached
Han Chinese (Cantonese)Macao668,000No Longer Unreached
Han Chinese (Cantonese)Canada572,000No Longer Unreached
Han Chinese (Cantonese)Singapore512,000No Longer Unreached
Han ChineseUnited Kingdom197,000No Longer Unreached
Han Chinese (Cantonese)Peru118,000No Longer Unreached
Han ChinesePanama69,000No Longer Unreached
Han ChineseTrinidad and Tobago44,500No Longer Unreached
Han ChineseLaos36,500No Longer Unreached
Han ChineseReunion31,500No Longer Unreached
Han Chinese (Cantonese)Venezuela30,000No Longer Unreached
Han Chinese (Cantonese)Dominican Republic12,000No Longer Unreached
Han Chinese (Cantonese)Ecuador9,700No Longer Unreached
Han Chinese (Cantonese)Belgium9,500No Longer Unreached
Han Chinese (Cantonese)Mauritius8,400No Longer Unreached
Han ChineseBrunei7,900No Longer Unreached
Han Chinese (Cantonese)Honduras7,800No Longer Unreached
Han Chinese (Cantonese)Guyana3,300No Longer Unreached
Han Chinese (Cantonese)Zimbabwe1,600No Longer Unreached
Han Chinese (Cantonese)Haiti550No Longer Unreached

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