Han Chinese (Mandarin) of Malaysia (PGID: PG046597)

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The Han Chinese (Mandarin) of Malaysia

The Han Chinese (Mandarin) of Malaysia, numbering approximately 1,030,000 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 Lite: Han Chinese, Mandarin

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: East Asian Peoples
Country: Malaysia
People Cluster: Chinese
Primary Language(s): Mandarin Chinese (cmn)
Primary Religion(s): Chinese Folk Religion
Population: 1,030,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG046597
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Pray for the Han Chinese (Mandarin) of Malaysia

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: Chinese Folk Religion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

75%

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:

Title	Link
JESUS	View Film
JESUS	View Film
Magdalena	View Film
Magdalena	View Film
The Savior	View Film

5 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Mandarin Chinese:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio	Text
Revised Chinese Union Bible Shen Edition	✓	✓
Union Version		✓	✓
Union Version		✓	✓
Tianjing (Huizuban Shengjing)	✓	✓	✓

4 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Mandarin Chinese bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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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 Malaysia

For the Son of Man came to seek and save the lost.
Luke 19:10

Pray that those who are lost will respond to the One who came to seek and save the lost, and experience the joy of being found.

The people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.
Matthew 4:16

Pray that those who dwell in darkness and live in the land of the shadow of death may be drawn out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Oh, fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him have no lack!
Psalm 34:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be grounded in the Word, always trusting in the Lord's provision for their needs.

"For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you."
Acts 17:23

Pray that believers God sends to cross cultures will be sensitive to the spiritual needs of the people they serve, and will proclaim the truth of Christ to them in creative ways that they will understand.

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

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88 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country	Population	Strategic Progress Index	Language ▼	Religion
PG024949	Han Chinese	Mexico	26,000	No Longer Unreached	Yue Chinese	Atheism
PG024675	Han Chinese	Uzbekistan	1,500	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Atheism
PG042925	Han Chinese (Mandarin)	Peru	17,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG042923	Han Chinese	Argentina	53,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG042235	Han Chinese	Hungary	15,500	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG041742	Han Chinese	India	127,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG033473	Han Chinese (Mandarin)	Vietnam	1,630,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG033445	Han Chinese	Cambodia	523,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG033443	Han Chinese	Australia	670,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG024966	Han Chinese	Costa Rica	12,500	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG024797	Han Chinese	Nicaragua	15,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG043261	Han Chinese (Mandarin)	United States	2,345,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Atheism
PG024558	Han Chinese	Turkiye	44,500	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Atheism
PG023133	Han Chinese	Netherlands	30,500	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG023132	Han Chinese	Germany	51,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Atheism
PG023131	Han Chinese	France	172,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Atheism
PG022047	Han Chinese	Myanmar	652,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG020728	Han Chinese (Mandarin)	Singapore	468,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG018495	Han Chinese	New Zealand	215,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG018352	Han Chinese	Micronesia	600	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG018339	Han Chinese	New Caledonia	300	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Roman Catholicism
PG018328	Han Chinese	Christmas Island	1,700	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG049241	Han Chinese	Lesotho	5,600	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Atheism
PG050605	Han Chinese (Mandarin)	Hong Kong	163,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG050312	Han Chinese	Denmark	13,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Secularism
PG050304	Han Chinese	Guam	3,100	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Unaffiliated
PG050227	Han Chinese	Northern Mariana Islands	14,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Ancestor Worship
PG050167	Han Chinese	Egypt	66,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Atheism
PG049246	Han Chinese	Saudi Arabia	113,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Atheism
PG049245	Han Chinese	Tajikistan	90,500	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Atheism
PG049244	Han Chinese	Algeria	56,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Atheism
PG049243	Han Chinese	Kazakhstan	6,600	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Atheism
PG049242	Han Chinese	Kyrgyzstan	800	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Atheism
PG018325	Han Chinese	Nauru	1,500	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG049240	Han Chinese	United Arab Emirates	254,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Atheism
PG048925	Han Chinese	Japan	733,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Atheism
PG048908	Han Chinese	Botswana	3,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Atheism
PG048769	Han Chinese	Greece	28,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Atheism
PG048754	Han Chinese	Kenya	8,500	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Atheism
PG048686	Han Chinese	Russian Federation	62,500	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Atheism
PG048079	Han Chinese	Romania	2,200	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Atheism
PG046779	Han Chinese	Czech Republic	10,500	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG046597	Han Chinese (Mandarin)	Malaysia	1,030,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG043404	Han Chinese (Mandarin)	Canada	1,060,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG007518	Han Chinese (Mandarin)	Taiwan	4,640,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG015159	Han Chinese	Angola	3,500	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Confucianism
PG014935	Han Chinese	Tanzania	107,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG010994	Han Chinese	Vanuatu	700	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Unaffiliated
PG010849	Han Chinese	Thailand	5,790,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG010758	Han Chinese	Solomon Islands	5,200	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG009964	Han Chinese	Papua New Guinea	31,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG009087	Han Chinese	Kiribati	125	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Protestantism
PG008223	Han Chinese	Fiji	6,300	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Protestantism
PG007589	Han Chinese	South Korea	95,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Atheism
PG007584	Han Chinese	North Korea	185,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Agnosticism
PG015301	Han Chinese	Madagascar	79,500	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG006802	Han Chinese (Mandarin)	China	901,450,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Agnosticism
PG006433	Han Chinese	Sri Lanka	2,200	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG006354	Han Chinese	Pakistan	60,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG006216	Han Chinese	Nepal	23,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG001172	Han Chinese	Bangladesh	3,500	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG000589	Han Chinese	Switzerland	11,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG000528	Han Chinese	Spain	170,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG000483	Han Chinese	Portugal	26,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG000330	Han Chinese	Italy	100,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG000057	Han Chinese (Mandarin)	Belgium	21,500	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Atheism
PG016302	Han Chinese	Cuba	40,500	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Atheism
PG018319	Han Chinese	Tuvalu	50	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Protestantism
PG017469	Han Chinese (Mandarin)	Ecuador	10,500	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Atheism
PG017443	Han Chinese	Chile	13,500	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG017405	Han Chinese	Bolivia	7,500	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG017244	Han Chinese	Paraguay	15,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG016864	Han Chinese	Brazil	280,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG016471	Han Chinese (Mandarin)	Venezuela	26,500	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG016413	Han Chinese	Saint Lucia	175	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG016392	Han Chinese	Martinique	550	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG016308	Han Chinese	Dominica	150	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG000020	Han Chinese	Austria	14,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG016252	Han Chinese	Colombia	11,500	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG016201	Han Chinese	Belize	13,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG016198	Han Chinese	Barbados	150	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG016192	Han Chinese	Bahamas	325	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG015655	Han Chinese (Mandarin)	Zimbabwe	1,600	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Confucianism
PG015577	Han Chinese	Zambia	39,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Confucianism
PG015504	Han Chinese	South Africa	374,000	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Confucianism
PG015479	Han Chinese	Seychelles	550	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG015380	Han Chinese	Mozambique	21,500	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Confucianism
PG015347	Han Chinese (Mandarin)	Mauritius	15,500	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion

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