Hakka (2)

[CHUNG Yoon-Ngan <chungyn@mozart.joinet.net.au>]

Hakkas (2)  

The distribution of Hakkas throughout the world according
to a report by Chen Yong Lian in Hong Kong in 1980.


Country                    Hakka population in approximation

Japan                        4,000
Vietnam                    300,000                
Cambodia                     3,000
Thailand                   300,000
Malaysia                 1,600,000  (1999)
Singapore                  400,000  (1950)
Indonesia                2,000,000? (1999)
Philippines                 10,000
East Timor                   none  (formerly 3,500 and Hakka Chinese
                                    were in majority) 
India                        8,000  (1939)  
Australia                   11,000
Papua New Guinea             1,000
Tahiti                       7,000 (Hakka Chinese are in majority) 
Canada                       3,000?
American                    10,000?
Hawaiian                    10,000
Panama                       4,000
Jamiaca                     20,000 (Hakka Chinese are in majority)
Trinidad                       800
Cuba                         5,000?
Guyana                       5,000
Surinam                      4,000
Brazil                       2,000
Argentina                    about one hundred?
Peru                        10,000  (Hakka Chinese are in majority)
Britain                     18,000
Netherland                  a few hundred?
Africa                      10,000 (mostly in South Africa)
Mauritius                   25,000? (Hakka Chinese are in majority
                                     and Mr Tsang the Cabinet Minister of
                                     Art and Culture can tell us)

Total about 5,000,000?

Yoon-Ngan.