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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Han Chinese of Thailand

The Han Chinese of Thailand, numbering approximately 5,785,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as 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 are an Diaspora people, with Chinese as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Chinese people cluster of the East Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Chinese Folk Religion. They primarily speak Chinese, Mandarin.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: East Asian Peoples
Country: Thailand
People Cluster: Chinese
Primary Language(s): Chinese, Mandarin (cmn)
Primary Religion(s): Chinese Folk Religion
Population: 5,785,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG010849

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Pray for the Han Chinese of Thailand

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: Chinese, Mandarin
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%
%
Chinese, Mandarin Speakers

Media Resources in Chinese, Mandarin:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

5 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Chinese, Mandarin:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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 Chinese, Mandarin bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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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 Thailand

Abraham said, "God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." So they went both of them together.
readGenesis 22:8

Pray that God will open the ears of those who are lost to understand and believe that only shed blood takes away sin and that, like Abraham, they will believe that God Himself provides the lamb for the burnt offering, who is Jesus the final, perfect sacrifice.

All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name.
readPsalm 66:4

Pray that the good news of Jesus will advance here and that many will bow down and sing praises to His name.

Remember the wondrous works that he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he uttered.
readPsalm 105:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice as they remember His wonders, miracles, and perfect judgements.

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
readMatthew 9:37-38

Pray that the Lord of the harvest will raise up believers to send out into His harvest field, which is ripe and ready.

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

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88 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Han Chinese (Mandarin)PG006802Han Chinese (Mandarin)China901,450,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinAgnosticism
Han ChinesePG010849Han ChineseThailand5,785,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Mandarin)PG007518Han Chinese (Mandarin)Taiwan4,640,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Mandarin)PG043261Han Chinese (Mandarin)United States2,345,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinAtheism
Han Chinese (Mandarin)PG033473Han Chinese (Mandarin)Vietnam1,625,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Mandarin)PG043404Han Chinese (Mandarin)Canada1,060,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Mandarin)PG046597Han Chinese (Mandarin)Malaysia1,030,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG048925Han ChineseJapan734,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinAtheism
Han ChinesePG033443Han ChineseAustralia670,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG022047Han ChineseMyanmar651,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG033445Han ChineseCambodia523,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Mandarin)PG020728Han Chinese (Mandarin)Singapore467,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG015504Han ChineseSouth Africa373,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinConfucianism
Han ChinesePG016864Han ChineseBrazil280,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG049240Han ChineseUnited Arab Emirates254,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinAtheism
Han ChinesePG018495Han ChineseNew Zealand215,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG007584Han ChineseNorth Korea184,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinAgnosticism
Han ChinesePG023131Han ChineseFrance172,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinAtheism
Han ChinesePG000528Han ChineseSpain170,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Mandarin)PG050605Han Chinese (Mandarin)Hong Kong163,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG041742Han ChineseIndia127,000Engaged yet UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG049246Han ChineseSaudi Arabia113,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinAtheism
Han ChinesePG014935Han ChineseTanzania106,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG000330Han ChineseItaly100,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG007589Han ChineseSouth Korea95,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinAtheism
Han ChinesePG049245Han ChineseTajikistan90,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinAtheism
Han ChinesePG015301Han ChineseMadagascar79,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG050167Han ChineseEgypt66,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinAtheism
Han ChinesePG048686Han ChineseRussian Federation62,500No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinAtheism
Han ChinesePG006354Han ChinesePakistan60,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG049244Han ChineseAlgeria56,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinAtheism
Han ChinesePG042923Han ChineseArgentina53,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG023132Han ChineseGermany51,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinAtheism
Han ChinesePG024558Han ChineseTurkiye44,500No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinAtheism
Han ChinesePG016302Han ChineseCuba40,500No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinAtheism
Han ChinesePG015577Han ChineseZambia39,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinConfucianism
Han ChinesePG023133Han ChineseNetherlands30,500No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG009964Han ChinesePapua New Guinea30,500No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG048769Han ChineseGreece28,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinAtheism
Han Chinese (Mandarin)PG016471Han Chinese (Mandarin)Venezuela27,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG024949Han ChineseMexico26,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, YueAtheism
Han ChinesePG000483Han ChinesePortugal26,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG006216Han ChineseNepal23,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Mandarin)PG000057Han Chinese (Mandarin)Belgium21,500No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinAtheism
Han ChinesePG015380Han ChineseMozambique21,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinConfucianism
Han Chinese (Mandarin)PG042925Han Chinese (Mandarin)Peru17,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Mandarin)PG015347Han Chinese (Mandarin)Mauritius15,500No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG042235Han ChineseHungary15,500No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG017244Han ChineseParaguay15,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG024797Han ChineseNicaragua15,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG000020Han ChineseAustria14,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG050227Han ChineseNorthern Mariana Islands14,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinAncestor Worship
Han ChinesePG017443Han ChineseChile13,500No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG050312Han ChineseDenmark13,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinSecularism
Han ChinesePG016201Han ChineseBelize13,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG024966Han ChineseCosta Rica12,500No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG016252Han ChineseColombia11,500No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG000589Han ChineseSwitzerland11,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG046779Han ChineseCzech Republic10,500No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Mandarin)PG017469Han Chinese (Mandarin)Ecuador10,500No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinAtheism
Han ChinesePG048754Han ChineseKenya8,500No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinAtheism
Han ChinesePG017405Han ChineseBolivia7,500No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG049243Han ChineseKazakhstan6,600No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinAtheism
Han ChinesePG008223Han ChineseFiji6,300No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinProtestantism
Han ChinesePG049241Han ChineseLesotho5,600No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinAtheism
Han ChinesePG010758Han ChineseSolomon Islands5,200No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG001172Han ChineseBangladesh3,500No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG015159Han ChineseAngola3,500No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinConfucianism
Han ChinesePG050304Han ChineseGuam3,100No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinUnaffiliated
Han ChinesePG048908Han ChineseBotswana3,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinAtheism
Han ChinesePG048079Han ChineseRomania2,200No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinAtheism
Han ChinesePG006433Han ChineseSri Lanka2,200No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG018328Han ChineseChristmas Island1,700No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Mandarin)PG015655Han Chinese (Mandarin)Zimbabwe1,600No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinConfucianism
Han ChinesePG024675Han ChineseUzbekistan1,500No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinAtheism
Han ChinesePG018325Han ChineseNauru1,500No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG049242Han ChineseKyrgyzstan800No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinAtheism
Han ChinesePG010994Han ChineseVanuatu700No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinUnaffiliated
Han ChinesePG018352Han ChineseMicronesia600No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG015479Han ChineseSeychelles550No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG016392Han ChineseMartinique550No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG016192Han ChineseBahamas325No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG018339Han ChineseNew Caledonia300No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinRoman Catholicism
Han ChinesePG016413Han ChineseSaint Lucia175No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG016198Han ChineseBarbados150No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG016308Han ChineseDominica150No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG009087Han ChineseKiribati125No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinProtestantism
Han ChinesePG018319Han ChineseTuvalu50No Longer UnreachedChinese, MandarinProtestantism

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

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