This changed abruptly beginning around the middle of the 18th century, when the Fujianese population began to rapidly outnumber the Hakkas. Today the Hakkas are a "disadvantaged minority" accounting for only 20 % of the population of Taiwan.
十八世紀中葉後，形勢驟變，閩南人遽增，客族日漸落居下風，終於成為只佔人口百分之二十的「弱勢團體」。