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The Han Chinese of Panama

The Han Chinese of Panama, numbering approximately 69,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Han Chinese ethnolinguistic group of southern China's Pearl River Delta who speak Cantonese and share a regional heritage shaped by Lingnan culture, maritime trade, and extensive overseas migration. They mostly adhere to Atheism and Yue Chinese is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: East Asian Peoples
Country: Panama
People Cluster: Chinese
Primary Language(s): Yue Chinese (yue)
Primary Religion(s): Atheism
Population: 69,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG024831
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Pray for the Han Chinese of Panama

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: Atheism
Religious Affiliation: Unaffiliated

44%
%
Atheism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Yue Chinese
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

50%
%
Chinese, Yue Speakers

Media Resources in Yue Chinese:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Yue Chinese:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Revised chinese Union Version (Shen Edition)✓✓
Studium Biblicum Version (Catholic)✓✓
Union Version✓✓
Union Version✓✓

4 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Yue Chinese bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Han Chinese 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:
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 of Panama

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
readJohn 14:6

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will recognize Him as the only way to the Father and follow Him in faith.

"You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet."
readMatthew 5:13

Pray that the lost will have the opportunity to hear a Christian witness of how the gospel can bring hope and that they will put their faith in Christ.

Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
readPsalm 37:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will delight themselves in the Lord, trusting Him to give them the desires of their hearts.

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.
readPsalm 139:14

Praise God for His creativity and power, and pray that He will raise up men and women from among them who are in awe of all He has done and want to go share the hope of Christ with others.

Han Chinese, Cantonese Across Countries (ROP3 - 103701) reported in the following countries:

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25 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Han Chinese (Cantonese)PG006808Han Chinese (Cantonese)China64,770,000No Longer UnreachedYue ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Cantonese)PG050587Han Chinese (Cantonese)Hong Kong6,245,000No Longer UnreachedYue ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Cantonese)PG046594Han Chinese (Cantonese)Malaysia1,935,000No Longer UnreachedYue ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Cantonese)PG043259Han Chinese (Cantonese)United States1,030,000No Longer UnreachedYue ChineseAtheism
Han Chinese (Cantonese)PG046444Han Chinese (Cantonese)Vietnam790,000No Longer UnreachedYue ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Cantonese)PG050584Han Chinese (Cantonese)Macao669,000No Longer UnreachedYue ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Cantonese)PG047426Han Chinese (Cantonese)Canada573,000No Longer UnreachedYue ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Cantonese)PG020725Han Chinese (Cantonese)Singapore512,000No Longer UnreachedYue ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG043796Han ChineseUnited Kingdom197,000No Longer UnreachedYue ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Cantonese)PG017533Han Chinese (Cantonese)Peru118,000No Longer UnreachedYue ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG024831Han ChinesePanama69,500No Longer UnreachedYue ChineseAtheism
Han ChinesePG016447Han ChineseTrinidad and Tobago44,500No Longer UnreachedYue ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG009111Han ChineseLaos36,500No Longer UnreachedYue ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG015468Han ChineseReunion31,500No Longer UnreachedYue ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Cantonese)PG016472Han Chinese (Cantonese)Venezuela30,000No Longer UnreachedYue ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Cantonese)PG016322Han Chinese (Cantonese)Dominican Republic12,000No Longer UnreachedYue ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Cantonese)PG042924Han Chinese (Cantonese)Ecuador9,700No Longer UnreachedYue ChineseAtheism
Han Chinese (Cantonese)PG000058Han Chinese (Cantonese)Belgium9,500No Longer UnreachedYue ChineseAtheism
Han Chinese (Cantonese)PG015361Han Chinese (Cantonese)Mauritius8,400No Longer UnreachedYue ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG033444Han ChineseBrunei7,900No Longer UnreachedYue ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Cantonese)PG024760Han Chinese (Cantonese)Honduras7,900No Longer UnreachedYue ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Cantonese)PG016362Han Chinese (Cantonese)Guyana3,300No Longer UnreachedYue ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Cantonese)PG015656Han Chinese (Cantonese)Zimbabwe1,600No Longer UnreachedYue ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG016401Han ChineseCuracao1,100No Longer UnreachedYue ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Cantonese)PG016380Han Chinese (Cantonese)Haiti550No Longer UnreachedYue ChineseChinese Folk Religion

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

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