Africa

South Africa

South Africa People Groups from The Joshua Project

South Africa. Data from The Joshua Project (https://www.joshuaproject.net)

People Reached Language Population Bible Religion Adherents Evangelical
Bhojpuri Bihari Unreached Bhojpuri

58,000

New Testament Hinduism

5.0

0.5

Gujarati Unreached Gujarati

32,000

Complete Bible Hinduism

3.0

0.4

Hindi Unreached Hindi

468,000

Complete Bible Hinduism

4.0

0.6

Jew English-speaking Unreached English

52,000

Complete Bible Ethnic Religions

0.5

0.1

Malay Cape Unreached Afrikaans

325,000

Complete Bible Islam

0.5

0.2

Somali Unreached Somali

24,000

Complete Bible Islam

0.5

0.4

Swahili Unreached Swahili

2,500

Complete Bible Islam

0.0

0.0

Urdu Unreached Urdu

15,000

Complete Bible Islam

0.0

0.0

Arab Lebanese Minimally Reached Arabic-North Levantine Spoken

5,700

Portions Completed Islam

32.0

0.5

Indian English-speaking Minimally Reached English

464,000

Complete Bible Hinduism

10.0

1.0

Kung-Ekoka Minimally Reached Kung-Ekoka

4,200

Portions Completed Ethnic Religions

8.0

0.2

Nusan Xoo Minimally Reached Xoo

500

Translation Started Ethnic Religions

14.0

2.0

Tamil (Hindu traditions) Minimally Reached Tamil

33,000

Complete Bible Hinduism

12.0

1.5

Vasekela Bushman Maligo Minimally Reached Northwestern Kung

3,800

Translation Started Ethnic Religions

32.0

2.0

Deaf Superficially Reached South African Sign Language

450,000

Portions Completed Christianity

75.2

French Superficially Reached French

12,000

Complete Bible Christianity

61.0

1.0

Greek Superficially Reached Greek

21,000

Complete Bible Christianity

91.0

0.4

Italian Superficially Reached Italian

20,000

Complete Bible Christianity

82.0

1.1

Nghuki Superficially Reached Afrikaans

700

Complete Bible Christianity

90.0

2.0

Arab Egyptian Partially Reached Arabic-Egyptian Spoken

61,000

New Testament Islam

13.0

3.9

Birwa Partially Reached Birwa

11,000

Translation Needed Ethnic Religions

34.0

6.0

British Partially Reached English

272,000

Complete Bible Christianity

60.0

8.8

Chinese general Partially Reached English

362,000

Complete Bible Non-Religious

8.0

5.7

Coloured Creole Partially Reached Oorlams

40,000

Translation Needed Christianity

80.0

6.0

Dutch Partially Reached Dutch

30,000

Complete Bible Non-Religious

46.0

4.5

German Partially Reached German-Standard

15,000

Complete Bible Christianity

64.0

2.1

Griqua Partially Reached English

100

Complete Bible Christianity

100.0

10.0

Korana Partially Reached Language unknown

11,000

Unspecified Christianity

70.0

10.0

Makhuwa Partially Reached Makhuwa

18,000

Complete Bible Ethnic Religions

21.0

3.0

Mauritian Partially Reached Morisyen

42,000

New Testament Hinduism

35.0

6.0

Portuguese Partially Reached Portuguese

1,877,000

Complete Bible Christianity

94.0

3.3

Romani Romanichal Partially Reached Angloromani

9,900

Portions Completed Christianity

65.0

3.0

Ronga Partially Reached Ronga

1,300

Complete Bible Christianity

80.0

3.0

South Asian Telugu-speaking Partially Reached Telugu

5,000

Complete Bible Hinduism

7.0

7.0

Afrikaner Significantly Reached Afrikaans

3,993,000

Complete Bible Christianity

89.0

23.3

Americans U.S. Significantly Reached English

12,000

Complete Bible Christianity

77.0

28.0

Anglo-South African Significantly Reached English

1,350,000

Complete Bible Christianity

85.0

19.9

Coloured Significantly Reached Afrikaans

5,343,000

Complete Bible Christianity

82.0

24.4

Korean Significantly Reached Korean

1,300

Complete Bible Christianity

31.0

16.8

Kxoe Xun Significantly Reached Khwedam

1,400

Portions Completed Ethnic Religions

20.0

15.0

Lembaa Significantly Reached Venda

1,388,000

Complete Bible Ethnic Religions

40.0

17.7

Nama Khoekhoe Significantly Reached Khoekhoe

2,200

Complete Bible Christianity

70.0

14.0

Ndebele Southern Significantly Reached Ndebele

1,250,000

Complete Bible Christianity

80.0

12.2

Nyanja Significantly Reached Chichewa

3,300

Complete Bible Christianity

65.0

13.0

Pedi North Sotho Significantly Reached Sotho-Northern

5,344,000

Complete Bible Christianity

82.0

12.2

Setswana Significantly Reached Setswana

406,000

Complete Bible Christianity

68.0

16.0

Shona Significantly Reached Shona

23,000

Complete Bible Christianity

65.0

12.0

Sotho Significantly Reached Sotho-Southern

4,453,000

Complete Bible Christianity

82.0

21.0

Sotho Khutswe Significantly Reached Sotho-Northern

611,000

Complete Bible Christianity

80.0

14.0

Swazi Significantly Reached Swati

1,496,000

Complete Bible Christianity

75.0

16.6

Tsonga Significantly Reached Tsonga

2,615,000

Complete Bible Christianity

68.0

21.0

Tswa Significantly Reached Tswa

25,000

Complete Bible Christianity

75.0

11.0

Tswana Significantly Reached Setswana

290,000

Complete Bible Christianity

85.0

15.0

Tswana-Hurutshe Significantly Reached Setswana

1,527,000

Complete Bible Christianity

70.0

22.1

Tswana-Kwena Significantly Reached Setswana

58,000

Complete Bible Christianity

72.0

13.0

Tswana-Malete Moletse Significantly Reached Setswana

58,000

Complete Bible Christianity

73.0

16.0

Tswana-Ngwaketse Significantly Reached Setswana

174,000

Complete Bible Christianity

72.0

13.0

Tswana-Ngwato Significantly Reached Setswana

58,000

Complete Bible Christianity

70.0

17.0

Tswana-Rolong Significantly Reached Setswana

580,000

Complete Bible Christianity

78.0

13.0

Tswana-Tlhaping Significantly Reached Setswana

406,000

Complete Bible Christianity

60.0

17.0

Tswana-Tlharu Significantly Reached Setswana

464,000

Complete Bible Christianity

65.0

13.0

Tswana-Tlokwa Significantly Reached Setswana

232,000

Complete Bible Christianity

55.0

14.0

Xhosa Significantly Reached Xhosa

8,523,000

Complete Bible Christianity

81.0

26.6

Xhosa-Tembu Significantly Reached Xhosa

913,000

Complete Bible Christianity

75.0

20.0

Zulu Significantly Reached Zulu

13,560,000

Complete Bible Christianity

81.0

28.8