Chinese people in Timor-Leste
A mixed wedding of East Timorese and Chinese Hakka people in Timor-Leste, where the four flower girls and the mother of the bride on the far right are of Chinese Hakka descent. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 4,000-20,000 (Historically) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Timor-Leste Australia | |
| Languages | |
| Portuguese, Indonesian, Chinese (Hakka, Cantonese, Mandarin), Tetum, Macanese | |
| Religion | |
| Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, Catholicism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Chinese Indonesians, Macanese people |
Chinese people in Timor-Leste consist of Chinese migrants to Timor-Leste and their descendants. The Chinese minority is a small proportion of the East Timorese population and most are Hakka and a small number of Cantonese within the populace. Many Chinese left during the mid-1970s.