The Han Chinese (Mandarin) of Taiwan

The Han Chinese (Mandarin) of Taiwan, numbering approximately 4,640,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Han Chinese ethnolinguistic group whose native languages belong to the Mandarin branch of Chinese, rooted in northern China and forming the largest linguistic community within the broader Han population. They mostly adhere to Chinese Folk Religion and Mandarin Chinese is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: East Asian Peoples
Country: Taiwan
People Cluster: Chinese
Primary Language(s): Mandarin Chinese (cmn)
Primary Religion(s): Chinese Folk Religion
Population: 4,640,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG007518
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Chinese Folk Religion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

96%
%
Chinese Folk Religion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Mandarin Chinese
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%
%
Chinese, Mandarin Speakers

Media Resources in Mandarin Chinese:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
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MagdalenaView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

5 films

Bible Resources in Mandarin Chinese:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Revised Chinese Union Bible Shen Edition✓✓
Union Version✓✓
Union Version✓✓
Tianjing (Huizuban Shengjing)✓✓✓

4 entries

Or check out the Mandarin Chinese bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Han Chinese (Mandarin) 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 Han Chinese (Mandarin):
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 Han Chinese (Mandarin) of Taiwan

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
readMatthew 9:36

Pray that those who have no hope and are in need of a Savior will be comforted by the Good Shepherd, who seeks to gather the lost and weary into His care.

Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength!
readPsalm 96:7

Pray that entire households will come to faith in Jesus and that God will bless their families with faith in Him for generations to come.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
readHebrews 12:1-2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember the testimony of those who went before them, resist sin, and run with perseverance the race set before them, fixing their eyes on Jesus.

For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.
read2 Corinthians 1:8-9

Pray that as people hear and believe the gospel, they will be faithful as they walk through trials and will have an opportunity to be a witness to others in this people group of the goodness of God.

Han Chinese, Mandarin Across Countries (ROP3 - 103686) reported in the following countries:

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88 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▲PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Han ChineseHan ChineseAlgeria56,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseAtheism
Han ChineseHan ChineseAngola3,500No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseConfucianism
Han ChineseHan ChineseArgentina53,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseAustralia670,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseAustria14,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseBahamas325No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseBangladesh3,500No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseBarbados150No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Mandarin)Han Chinese (Mandarin)Belgium21,500No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseAtheism
Han ChineseHan ChineseBelize13,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseBolivia7,500No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseBotswana3,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseAtheism
Han ChineseHan ChineseBrazil280,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseCambodia524,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Mandarin)Han Chinese (Mandarin)Canada1,060,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseChile13,500No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Mandarin)Han Chinese (Mandarin)China901,450,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseAgnosticism
Han ChineseHan ChineseChristmas Island1,700No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseColombia11,500No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseCosta Rica12,500No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseCuba40,500No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseAtheism
Han ChineseHan ChineseCzech Republic10,500No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseDenmark13,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseSecularism
Han ChineseHan ChineseDominica150No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Mandarin)Han Chinese (Mandarin)Ecuador10,500No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseAtheism
Han ChineseHan ChineseEgypt66,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseAtheism
Han ChineseHan ChineseFiji6,300No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseProtestantism
Han ChineseHan ChineseFrance172,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseAtheism
Han ChineseHan ChineseGermany51,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseAtheism
Han ChineseHan ChineseGreece28,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseAtheism
Han ChineseHan ChineseGuam3,100No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseUnaffiliated
Han Chinese (Mandarin)Han Chinese (Mandarin)Hong Kong163,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseHungary15,500No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseIndia127,000Engaged yet UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseItaly100,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseJapan733,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseAtheism
Han ChineseHan ChineseKazakhstan6,600No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseAtheism
Han ChineseHan ChineseKenya8,600No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseAtheism
Han ChineseHan ChineseKiribati125No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseProtestantism
Han ChineseHan ChineseKyrgyzstan800No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseAtheism
Han ChineseHan ChineseLesotho5,600No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseAtheism
Han ChineseHan ChineseMadagascar79,500No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Mandarin)Han Chinese (Mandarin)Malaysia1,035,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseMartinique550No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Mandarin)Han Chinese (Mandarin)Mauritius15,500No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseMexico26,000No Longer UnreachedYue ChineseAtheism
Han ChineseHan ChineseMicronesia600No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseMozambique21,500No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseConfucianism
Han ChineseHan ChineseMyanmar652,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseNauru1,500No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseNepal23,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseNetherlands30,500No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseNew Caledonia300No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseRoman Catholicism
Han ChineseHan ChineseNew Zealand216,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseNicaragua15,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseNorth Korea185,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseAgnosticism
Han ChineseHan ChineseNorthern Mariana Islands14,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseAncestor Worship
Han ChineseHan ChinesePakistan60,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChinesePapua New Guinea31,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseParaguay15,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Mandarin)Han Chinese (Mandarin)Peru17,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChinesePortugal26,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseRomania2,200No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseAtheism
Han ChineseHan ChineseRussian Federation63,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseAtheism
Han ChineseHan ChineseSaint Lucia175No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseSaudi Arabia113,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseAtheism
Han ChineseHan ChineseSeychelles550No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Mandarin)Han Chinese (Mandarin)Singapore468,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseSolomon Islands5,200No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseSouth Africa374,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseConfucianism
Han ChineseHan ChineseSouth Korea95,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseAtheism
Han ChineseHan ChineseSpain170,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseSri Lanka2,200No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseSwitzerland11,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Mandarin)Han Chinese (Mandarin)Taiwan4,640,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseTajikistan90,500No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseAtheism
Han ChineseHan ChineseTanzania107,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseThailand5,790,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseTurkiye44,500No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseAtheism
Han ChineseHan ChineseTuvalu50No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseProtestantism
Han ChineseHan ChineseUnited Arab Emirates255,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseAtheism
Han Chinese (Mandarin)Han Chinese (Mandarin)United States2,345,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseAtheism
Han ChineseHan ChineseUzbekistan1,600No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseAtheism
Han ChineseHan ChineseVanuatu700No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseUnaffiliated
Han Chinese (Mandarin)Han Chinese (Mandarin)Venezuela26,500No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Mandarin)Han Chinese (Mandarin)Vietnam1,630,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChineseHan ChineseZambia39,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseConfucianism
Han Chinese (Mandarin)Han Chinese (Mandarin)Zimbabwe1,600No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseConfucianism

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