Chinese Indonesians

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| caption = Performing rituals for the 2020 Chinese New Year's eve in Indonesia

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| population = '''2,832,510''' (2010, [[2010 Indonesian census|Indonesian census]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/academy/index.php?chinese-diaspora|title = Chinese Diaspora}}</ref><br />'''3,280,000''' (2020, [[National Geographic]])<ref>{{Cite news |title=Berapakah Jumlah Sesungguhnya Populasi Tionghoa di Indonesia?|work=nationalgeographic.grid.id|date=5 June 2021|url=https://nationalgeographic.grid.id/read/132718811/berapakah-jumlah-sesungguhnya-populasi-tionghoa-di-indonesia?page=all#:~:text=Nationalgeographic.co.id%E2%80%94Sampai,5%20persen%20dari%20penduduk%20Indonesia. |access-date=22 August 2023}}</ref><br>'''11,150,000 ''' (2023, [[Overseas Community Affairs Council]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ocac.gov.tw/OCAC/File/Attach/313/File_485675.pdf|language=Chinese|title =Statistical Yearbook of the Overseas Community Affairs Council, R.O.C. (TAIWAN).}}</ref>

| population = '''2,832,510''' (2010, [[2010 Indonesian census|Indonesian census]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/academy/index.php?chinese-diaspora|title = Chinese Diaspora}}</ref><br />'''3,280,000''' (2020, [[National Geographic]])<ref name="Berapakah Jumlah Sesungguhnya Populasi Tionghoa di Indonesia?">{{Cite news |title=Berapakah Jumlah Sesungguhnya Populasi Tionghoa di Indonesia?|work=nationalgeographic.grid.id|date=5 June 2021|url=https://nationalgeographic.grid.id/read/132718811/berapakah-jumlah-sesungguhnya-populasi-tionghoa-di-indonesia?page=all#:~:text=Nationalgeographic.co.id%E2%80%94Sampai,5%20persen%20dari%20penduduk%20Indonesia. |access-date=22 August 2023}}</ref><br>'''11,150,000 ''' (2023, [[Overseas Community Affairs Council]])<ref name="Statistical Yearbook of the Overseas Community Affairs Council, R.O.C. (TAIWAN).">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ocac.gov.tw/OCAC/File/Attach/313/File_485675.pdf|language=Chinese|title =Statistical Yearbook of the Overseas Community Affairs Council, R.O.C. (TAIWAN).}}</ref>

| popplace = {{flagicon|IDN}} '''[[Indonesia]]'''<br />'''Throughout Indonesia''' <br /> Primarily in [[Java]], [[Sumatra]], the [[Riau Islands]], the [[Bangka Belitung Islands]] and [[Kalimantan]], with a significant population in [[Eastern Indonesia]], especially in parts of [[Sulawesi]], the [[Lesser Sunda Islands]] and the [[Maluku Islands]]<br />

| popplace = {{flagicon|IDN}} '''[[Indonesia]]'''<br />'''Throughout Indonesia''' <br /> Primarily in [[Java]], [[Sumatra]], the [[Riau Islands]], the [[Bangka Belitung Islands]] and [[Kalimantan]], with a significant population in [[Eastern Indonesia]], especially in parts of [[Sulawesi]], the [[Lesser Sunda Islands]] and the [[Maluku Islands]]<br />

'''Significant diaspora in''':<br />{{flag|Australia}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stories.anmm.gov.au/blackarmada/chinese-indonesian-australian-family-histories/|title=A Complicated Journey: Chinese, Indonesian, and Australian Family Histories|author=Stephen Gapps|publisher=[[Australian National Maritime Museum]]|access-date=22 April 2018|archive-date=6 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506133557/http://stories.anmm.gov.au/blackarmada/chinese-indonesian-australian-family-histories/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/indonesians|title=Indonesians|author=Terri McCormack|publisher=[[Dictionary of Sydney]]|year=2008|access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref><br />{{flag|Canada}}<br />{{flag|China}}<br />{{flag|Hong Kong}}<br />{{flag|Malaysia}}<ref name="CN Indo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/12/news/indonesias-ethnic-chinese-find-a-haven-for-now-but-their-future-is.html|title=Indonesia's Ethnic Chinese Find a Haven For Now, But Their Future Is Uncertain: Malaysia's Wary Welcome|author=Thomas Fuller|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=12 December 1998|access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref><br />{{flag|Netherlands}}<br />{{flag|Singapore}}<ref name="CN Indo"/><br />{{flag|Taiwan}}<ref name="immi">{{cite web|url=http://www.immigration.gov.tw/ct.aspxItem=1095285&ctNode=29699&mp=1|title=Statistics|publisher=National Immigration Agency, ROC|access-date=2011-02-13|language=zh}}</ref> <br />{{flag|United States}}

'''Significant diaspora in''':<br />{{flag|Australia}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stories.anmm.gov.au/blackarmada/chinese-indonesian-australian-family-histories/|title=A Complicated Journey: Chinese, Indonesian, and Australian Family Histories|author=Stephen Gapps|publisher=[[Australian National Maritime Museum]]|access-date=22 April 2018|archive-date=6 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506133557/http://stories.anmm.gov.au/blackarmada/chinese-indonesian-australian-family-histories/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/indonesians|title=Indonesians|author=Terri McCormack|publisher=[[Dictionary of Sydney]]|year=2008|access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref><br />{{flag|Canada}}<br />{{flag|China}}<br />{{flag|Hong Kong}}<br />{{flag|Malaysia}}<ref name="CN Indo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/12/news/indonesias-ethnic-chinese-find-a-haven-for-now-but-their-future-is.html|title=Indonesia's Ethnic Chinese Find a Haven For Now, But Their Future Is Uncertain: Malaysia's Wary Welcome|author=Thomas Fuller|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=12 December 1998|access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref><br />{{flag|Netherlands}}<br />{{flag|Singapore}}<ref name="CN Indo"/><br />{{flag|Taiwan}}<ref name="immi">{{cite web|url=http://www.immigration.gov.tw/ct.aspxItem=1095285&ctNode=29699&mp=1|title=Statistics|publisher=National Immigration Agency, ROC|access-date=2011-02-13|language=zh}}</ref> <br />{{flag|United States}}

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'''Chinese Indonesians''' ({{langx|id|Orang Tionghoa Indonesia}}), also known as '''''Orang Tionghoa''''' or simply '''''Tionghoa''''',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/youth/2016/08/30/why-its-important-to-talk-about-chinese-indonesians-or-cindo.html|title=Why it's important to talk about Chinese-Indonesians or Cindo|author= Kenneth Utama|newspaper=The Jakarta Post|date=30 August 2016|access-date=9 March 2021}}</ref> are [[Indonesians]] whose ancestors arrived from [[China]] at some stage in the last eight centuries. Chinese Indonesians are the fourth largest community of [[Overseas Chinese]] in the world after [[Thai Chinese|Thailand]], [[Malaysian Chinese|Malaysia]], and the [[Chinese Americans|United States]].

'''Chinese Indonesians''' ({{langx|id|Orang Tionghoa Indonesia}}), also known as '''''Orang Tionghoa''''' or simply '''''Tionghoa''''',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/youth/2016/08/30/why-its-important-to-talk-about-chinese-indonesians-or-cindo.html|title=Why it's important to talk about Chinese-Indonesians or Cindo|author= Kenneth Utama|newspaper=The Jakarta Post|date=30 August 2016|access-date=9 March 2021}}</ref> are [[Indonesians]] whose ancestors arrived from [[China]] at some stage in the last eight centuries. Chinese Indonesians are potentially the fourth largest community of [[Overseas Chinese]] in the world after [[Thai Chinese|Thailand]], [[Malaysian Chinese|Malaysia]], and the [[Chinese Americans|United States]]. However, Indonesia’s 2020 national census does not systematically record ethnic data, making precise estimates of the Chinese Indonesian population difficult. Consequently, reported figures vary widely, ranging from approximately 3.28 million<ref name="Berapakah Jumlah Sesungguhnya Populasi Tionghoa di Indonesia?"/> to 11.15 million.<ref name="Statistical Yearbook of the Overseas Community Affairs Council, R.O.C. (TAIWAN)."/>

Chinese people and their Indonesian descendants have lived in the Indonesian archipelago since at least the 13th century. Many came initially as sojourners (temporary residents), intending to return home in their old age.<ref>{{cite book|author=Wang Gungwu|chapter=Sojourning: the Chinese experience in Southeast Asia|editor=Anthony Reid|title=Sojourners and settlers: histories of Southeast Asia and the Chinese|location=Honolulu|publisher=University of Hawai'i Press|date= 1996|pages=1–9}}</ref> Some, however, stayed in the region as [[economic migrants]]. Their population grew rapidly during the colonial period when workers were contracted from their home provinces in Southern China.

Chinese people and their Indonesian descendants have lived in the Indonesian archipelago since at least the 13th century. Many came initially as sojourners (temporary residents), intending to return home in their old age.<ref>{{cite book|author=Wang Gungwu|chapter=Sojourning: the Chinese experience in Southeast Asia|editor=Anthony Reid|title=Sojourners and settlers: histories of Southeast Asia and the Chinese|location=Honolulu|publisher=University of Hawai'i Press|date= 1996|pages=1–9}}</ref> Some, however, stayed in the region as [[economic migrants]]. Their population grew rapidly during the colonial period when workers were contracted from their home provinces in Southern China.