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 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 5,000–20,000[1][2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Port Moresby, Lae, Goroka and Mount Hagen | |
| Languages | |
| Tok Pisin and English; Cantonese (among older people);[3] Mandarin (among new immigrants)[4] | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity,[2] minority Buddhism[4] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Chinese Australian, Papuans, Melanesians |
Chinese people in Papua New Guinea included, as of 2008[update], only about 1,000 of the "old Chinese"—locally born descendants of late 19th- and early 20th-century immigrants—remain in the country; most have moved to Australia.[5] However, their numbers have been bolstered significantly by new arrivals from overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia and later from mainland China.[6] There are also a few migrants from the Republic of China (Taiwan).[7]