The Han Chinese (Hakka) of Guyana

The Han Chinese (Hakka) of Guyana, numbering approximately 1,700 people, are Unengaged and 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 2.5 Flash: Hakka

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: East Asian Peoples
Country: Guyana
People Cluster: Chinese
Primary Language(s): Hakka Chinese (hak)
Primary Religion(s): Chinese Folk Religion
Population: 1,700
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG016363

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Chinese Folk Religion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

45%
%
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:
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JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film

2 films

Bible Resources in Hakka Chinese:

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

2 entries

Or check out the Hakka Chinese bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

Explore Lostness and Next Steps

Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Han Chinese (Hakka):
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Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
readJohn 3:18

Pray for those who are living under the burden of their sin to believe in Jesus, the only Son of God, and receive freedom.

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
readJohn 3:14-15

Pray that the lost will look to Jesus lifted up on the cross and believe in Him, gaining eternal life with God.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
read1 Peter 2:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will embrace their identity as God's chosen people, royal priests, and holy nation, living out their faith with purity and devotion.

And Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men." And immediately they left their nets and followed him.
readMark 1:17-18

Pray that God will raise up believers from this place and/or other cultures nearby to proclaim the gospel to those who desperately need to encounter it.

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

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14 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▲PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Han Chinese (Hakka)Han Chinese (Hakka)Canada5,900Engaged yet UnreachedHakka ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Hakka)Han Chinese (Hakka)China36,240,000Engaged yet UnreachedHakka ChineseDaoism
Han Chinese (Hakka)Han Chinese (Hakka)French Guiana17,500Unengaged and UnreachedHakka ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Hakka)Han Chinese (Hakka)French Polynesia13,500No Longer UnreachedHakka ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Hakka)Han Chinese (Hakka)Guyana1,700Unengaged and UnreachedHakka ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Hakka)Han Chinese (Hakka)Hong Kong254,000Engaged yet UnreachedHakka ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Hakka)Han Chinese (Hakka)Jamaica6,000Engaged yet UnreachedHakka ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Hakka)Han Chinese (Hakka)Malaysia403,000Engaged yet UnreachedHakka ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Hakka)Han Chinese (Hakka)Mauritius22,500Engaged yet UnreachedHakka ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Hakka)Han Chinese (Hakka)Peru12,500Unengaged and UnreachedHakka ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Hakka)Han Chinese (Hakka)Singapore161,000Engaged yet UnreachedHakka ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Hakka)Han Chinese (Hakka)Suriname18,000No Longer UnreachedHakka ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Hakka)Han Chinese (Hakka)Taiwan4,705,000Engaged yet UnreachedHakka ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Hakka)Han Chinese (Hakka)United States1,500Engaged yet UnreachedHakka ChineseUnaffiliated

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