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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Indonesians of Hong Kong

The Indonesians of Hong Kong, numbering approximately 140,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Austronesian ethnic community whose identity is shaped by their shared history and culture on the islands of Indonesia. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Indonesian is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Indonesian

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Hong Kong
People Cluster: Malay
Primary Language(s): Indonesian (ind)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 140,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG050589
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

83%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Indonesian
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Indonesian Speakers

Media Resources in Indonesian:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

4 films

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Bible Resources in Indonesian:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Indonesian New Translation (formal) Version, 1974✓✓✓
Indonesian New Translation (formal) Version, 1974✓✓
Plain Indonesian Translation✓✓
Sehari-hari✓
Shellabear NT Kitab Suci Injil (Terjemahan 1912)✓✓✓
Shellabear OT Association for the Restoration of the 1912 Translation✓✓

6 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Indonesian bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Indonesians are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Indonesians:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Indonesians of Hong Kong

Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the LORD has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted.
readIsaiah 49:13

Thank the Lord for the people here and ask that His gospel will flow through this land to bring hope to those who are afflicted by the guilt of sin.

...And that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
readLuke 24:47

Pray that the message of repentance and forgiveness through Jesus will reach everyone.

"...I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
readMatthew 16:18b

Pray that God will build and grow His Church among this people.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
read2 Corinthians 1:3-4

Pray that as people hear and believe the gospel, they will serve others in Jesus' name, and the lost will have an opportunity to hear and respond to the gospel.

Indonesian Across Countries (ROP3 - 114115) reported in the following countries:

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8 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▲LanguageReligion
IndonesiansPG047441IndonesiansCanada17,000Unengaged and UnreachedIndonesianSunni Islam
IndonesiansPG000416IndonesiansNetherlands158,000Engaged yet UnreachedIndonesianSunni Islam
IndonesiansPG007207IndonesiansChina11,500No Longer UnreachedIndonesianProtestantism
IndonesiansPG007935IndonesiansAustralia30,000No Longer UnreachedIndonesianSunni Islam
IndonesiansPG010706IndonesiansSingapore200,000No Longer UnreachedIndonesianSunni Islam
IndonesiansPG020239IndonesiansMalaysia344,000No Longer UnreachedIndonesianSunni Islam
IndonesiansPG046484IndonesiansUnited States79,500No Longer UnreachedIndonesianSunni Islam
IndonesiansPG050589IndonesiansHong Kong140,000No Longer UnreachedIndonesianSunni Islam

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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