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The Dutch of Curacao

The Dutch of Curacao, numbering approximately 12,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a West Germanic people native to the Netherlands whose culture has been shaped by maritime trade, water management, urbanization, commercial exchange, and a long tradition of local self-government and civic cooperation. They mostly adhere to Unaffiliated and Dutch is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Curacao
People Cluster: Germanic
Primary Language(s): Dutch (nld)
Primary Religion(s): Unaffiliated
Population: 12,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG022319
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Unaffiliated
Religious Affiliation: Unaffiliated

56%
%
Unaffiliated Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Dutch
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Dutch Speakers

Media Resources in Dutch:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
MagdalenaView Film

4 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Dutch:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1750 Dutch Staten Vertaling Bible✓
Herziene Statenvertaling (HSV)✓✓✓
Het Boek✓
New Dutch Translation (de Nieuwe Bijbelvertaling)✓

4 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Dutch bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Dutch 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 Dutch:
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 Dutch of Curacao

And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
readExodus 14:22

Pray that the God who split the sea so that the Israelites might pass through would do another great work among these people, softening the hearts of those who remain lost to the good news and saving them from their sins.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
read2 Peter 3:9

Pray that the lost will not perish but come to repentance and that God's patience and long-suffering will lead them to salvation.

But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
readPhilippians 3:20-21

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember their citizenship is in heaven.

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.
readLuke 10:1

Ask God to raise up, send out, and sustain Christians who can go together to share the good news of Jesus with those who need it.

Dutch Across Countries (ROP3 - 102787) reported in the following countries:

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13 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ā–¼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
DutchPG000403DutchNetherlands14,190,000Engaged yet UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG043227DutchUnited States1,685,000Engaged yet UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG015496DutchSouth Africa312,000No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG043386DutchCanada138,000No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG007883DutchAustralia80,500No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG018490DutchNew Zealand37,000Engaged yet UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG000551DutchSweden12,500Unengaged and UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG022319DutchCuracao12,500No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG000084DutchDenmark6,300No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG022312DutchAruba4,300Unengaged and UnreachedDutchProtestantism
DutchPG000367DutchLuxembourg4,200Unengaged and UnreachedDutchProtestantism
DutchPG000031DutchAustria3,300No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG048870DutchSint Maarten2,000No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated

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

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