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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Han Chinese (Hakka) of Taiwan

The Han Chinese (Hakka) of Taiwan, numbering approximately 4,705,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Han Chinese ethnolinguistic people of southern China distinguished by their Hakka language, migratory heritage, and a distinctive cultural identity shaped by settlement in dispersed upland communities. They mostly adhere to Chinese Folk Religion and Hakka Chinese is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Hakka

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: East Asian Peoples
Country: Taiwan
People Cluster: Chinese
Primary Language(s): Hakka Chinese (hak)
Primary Religion(s): Chinese Folk Religion
Population: 4,705,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG007517
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Pray for the Han Chinese (Hakka) of Taiwan

Join others around the world in praying for the lost to be saved, the gospel to advance, the global Church to grow, and for laborers to be sent out and sustained in the harvest.

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Chinese Folk Religion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

87%
%
Chinese Folk Religion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hakka Chinese
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%
%
Chinese, Hakka Speakers

Media Resources in Hakka Chinese:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film

2 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Hakka Chinese:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Today's Taiwanese Hakka Bible✓✓✓
Kartidaya✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Hakka Chinese bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Han Chinese (Hakka) are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Han Chinese (Hakka):
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Han Chinese (Hakka) of Taiwan

Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
read1 John 3:8

Pray for those living in darkness to recognize the destructive power of sin and the victory Christ has won over it.

But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.
readMark 4:20

Pray that those who have never encountered the gospel will have the opportunity to receive it, and that it will fall on good soil and bear much fruit.

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.
readRevelation 21:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and walk through challenges, they will find comfort in God's promise of a beautiful future when there is no pain or suffering for those who belong to Christ.

And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven."
readMatthew 16:17

Pray that God who is in heaven will place believers in the lives of people who need to encounter the gospel and that He will reveal to them the truth of what they hear.

Han Chinese, Hakka Across Countries (ROP3 - 103691) reported in the following countries:

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14 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Han Chinese (Hakka)PG047249Han Chinese (Hakka)United States1,500Engaged yet UnreachedHakka ChineseUnaffiliated
Han Chinese (Hakka)PG016363Han Chinese (Hakka)Guyana1,700Unengaged and UnreachedHakka ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Hakka)PG047429Han Chinese (Hakka)Canada5,900Engaged yet UnreachedHakka ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Hakka)PG016386Han Chinese (Hakka)Jamaica6,000Engaged yet UnreachedHakka ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Hakka)PG042926Han Chinese (Hakka)Peru12,500Unengaged and UnreachedHakka ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Hakka)PG008246Han Chinese (Hakka)French Polynesia13,500No Longer UnreachedHakka ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Hakka)PG016338Han Chinese (Hakka)French Guiana17,500Unengaged and UnreachedHakka ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Hakka)PG016431Han Chinese (Hakka)Suriname18,000No Longer UnreachedHakka ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Hakka)PG015362Han Chinese (Hakka)Mauritius22,500Engaged yet UnreachedHakka ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Hakka)PG020727Han Chinese (Hakka)Singapore161,000Engaged yet UnreachedHakka ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Hakka)PG050597Han Chinese (Hakka)Hong Kong254,000Engaged yet UnreachedHakka ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Hakka)PG046596Han Chinese (Hakka)Malaysia403,000Engaged yet UnreachedHakka ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Hakka)PG007517Han Chinese (Hakka)Taiwan4,705,000Engaged yet UnreachedHakka ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Hakka)PG006799Han Chinese (Hakka)China36,240,000Engaged yet UnreachedHakka ChineseDaoism

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