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The Antillean Creoles of Curacao

The Antillean Creoles of Curacao, numbering approximately 121,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnic community of mixed European, African, and Indigenous American ancestry. They mostly adhere to Folk Catholicism and Papiamento is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Antillean Creole

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Curacao
People Cluster: Afro-Caribbean
Primary Language(s): Papiamento (pap)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 121,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG022316
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

86%
%
Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Papiamento
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Papiamentu Speakers

Media Resources in Papiamento:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Papiamento:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Beibel Koriente Papiamentu✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Papiamento bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Antillean Creoles 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 Antillean Creoles:
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 Antillean Creoles of Curacao

"For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" But he said "What is impossible with man is possible with God."
readLuke 18:25-27

Pray that the lost who think they have everything they need will recognize their spiritual poverty apart from Jesus and turn to Him in faith.

After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, ā€œFollow me.ā€ And leaving everything, he rose and followed him.
readLuke 5:27-28

Prat that God will prepare many hearts to meet Him when He says, ā€œFollow Me!ā€ and that they will respond in faith, leaving everything behind to follow Him.

Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually!
readPsalm 105:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and may feel weak in their current circumstances, they will seek the Lord's presence and persevere in the Lord's strength.

"Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ā€˜Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."
readJohn 7:38

Ask God to raise up believers and sustain them as they cross cultures to share hope with those who need it. Pray that many might come to know Christ and that streams of living water will flow from their hearts so they will never thirst again.

Antillean (Papiamentu) Across Countries (ROP3 - 100390) reported in the following countries:

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7 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ā–¼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Antillean CreolesPG000392Antillean CreolesNetherlands137,000No Longer UnreachedPapiamentoRoman Catholicism
Antillean CreolesPG022316Antillean CreolesCuracao121,000No Longer UnreachedPapiamentoFolk Catholicism
Antillean CreolesPG016191Antillean CreolesAruba82,000No Longer UnreachedDutchFolk Catholicism
Antillean CreolesPG050579Antillean CreolesBonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba30,500No Longer UnreachedPapiamentoFolk Catholicism
Antillean CreolesPG048548Antillean CreolesGermany17,500No Longer UnreachedPapiamentoFolk Catholicism
Antillean CreolesPG048867Antillean CreolesSint Maarten7,100No Longer UnreachedPapiamentoFolk Catholicism
Antillean CreolesPG047396Antillean CreolesCanada2,400No Longer UnreachedPapiamentoRoman Catholicism

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

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