• PEOPLE CLUSTER: INDO-CARIBBEAN

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QUICK FACTS:

People groups: 23

Population: 1,361,950

Unreached people groups: 18

UPG population: 921,950

Unengaged UPGs: 9

UUPG population: 32,650

Number of countries: 17


Affinity Bloc: South Asian Peoples

Overview: Indo-Caribbeans are Caribbean people who trace their full or partial ancestry to India. Their ancestors were Indian or other South Asian indentured workers brought to the Caribbean islands by the British, Dutch, and French from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century. They are predominantly Hindu with significant Christian and Muslim minorities and typically speak either Hindi or Caribbean Hindustani.

Peoples within this cluster: Caribbean East Indian; East Indian; Indo-Caribbean; Indo-Caribbean, Muslim

Countries where they are found: Argentina; Barbados; Belize; Brazil; Chile; French Guiana; Germany; Grenada; Guatemala; Guyana; Jamaica; Netherlands; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; Venezuela


People groups: 23

Population: 1,361,950

Unreached people groups: 18

UPG population: 921,950

Unengaged UPGs: 9

UUPG population: 32,650

Number of countries: 17