Country: South Africa

People Groups
Total

66

People Groups Unreached

8 (12.1%)

People Groups Unreached Frontier

2 (3.0%)

Population
Total

64,606,000

Population in Unreached

1,052,000 (1.6%)

Population in Unreached Frontier

19,000 (0.0%)

% Evangelical

21.02%

Progress Level

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Map Notes

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Photo People Group Population
this Ctry
Population
Global
Count
Ctrys
Indigenous Primary Language Primary
Religion
Progress
Scale
% Christian
Adherent
% Evangelical Needed
Workers
 Afrikaner 4,306,000 5,034,000 15 Afrikaans Christianity 89.00 % 23.25 % -
 Americans, U.S. 13,000 201,096,000 104 English Christianity 77.00 % 28.00 % -
 Anglo-South African 1,456,000 1,592,000 5 English Christianity 85.00 % 19.93 % -
 Arab, Egyptian general 66,000 73,774,000 35 Arabic, Egyptian Islam 13.00 % 3.90 % -
 Arab, Lebanese general 6,100 5,439,000 42 Arabic, Levantine Islam 32.00 % 0.50 % -
 Bhojpuri Bihari 63,000 91,000 2 Bhojpuri Hinduism 5.00 % 0.50 % 1
Birwa 12,000 165,000 3 Birwa Ethnic Religions 34.00 % 6.00 % -
 British 293,000 55,399,000 126 English Christianity 60.00 % 8.80 % -
 Chinese, general 390,000 16,066,000 64 English Non-Religious 8.00 % 5.70 % -
 Coloured 5,762,000 5,762,000 1 Afrikaans Christianity 82.00 % 24.36 % -
Coloured Creole 43,000 43,000 1 Oorlams Christianity 80.00 % 6.00 % -
 Deaf 486,000 51,182,000 216 South African Sign Language Christianity 75.24 % -
 Dutch 33,000 14,377,000 29 Dutch Non-Religious 46.00 % 4.50 % -
 French 13,000 52,107,000 113 French Christianity 61.00 % 1.00 % -
 German 16,000 67,725,000 78 German, Standard Christianity 64.00 % 2.10 % -
 Greek 23,000 10,116,000 70 Greek Christianity 91.00 % 0.40 % -
 Griqua 100 100 1 English Christianity 100.00 % 10.00 % -
 Gujarati 35,000 2,934,000 29 Gujarati Hinduism 3.00 % 0.40 % 1
 Hindi 505,000 2,810,000 17 Hindi Hinduism 4.00 % 0.60 % 10
 Hutu, Rwandese 6,400 14,012,000 15 Kinyarwanda Christianity 86.00 % 25.00 % -
 Indian, English-speaking 500,000 577,000 2 English Hinduism 10.00 % 1.00 % -
 Italian 22,000 37,876,000 60 Italian Christianity 82.00 % 1.10 % -
 Jewish, English-speaking 55,000 5,524,000 13 English Ethnic Religions 0.50 % 0.10 % 1
Korana 12,000 12,000 1 Language unknown Christianity 70.00 % 10.00 % -
 Korean 1,500 82,148,000 51 Korean Christianity 31.00 % 16.80 % -
  Totals:  66 64,606,000           2 ☀︎  8 77.06 % 21.02 % 23 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 141,000                  
  UN Country Population (2025) 64,747,000                  

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Province Estimated
Population
Eastern Cape 8,041,000
Free State 3,258,000
Gauteng 15,399,000
KwaZulu-Natal 12,716,000
Limpopo 6,664,000
Mpumalanga 4,983,000
North West 4,307,000
Northern Cape 1,372,000
Western Cape 7,217,000
Provinces:  9 63,957,000
UN Country Population 64,747,000
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Language Code # Peoples
w/ this Primary
Language
# Unreached
w/ this Primary
Language
Scripture
Status
YouVersion
Bible
Resources
Faith Comes
By Hearing
Bible Resources
Jesus Film
Online
Global
Recordings
Resources
Gospel
Tract
Online
Afrikaans afr 4 1 Complete Bible
Angloromani rme 1 0 Bible Portions
Arabic, Egyptian arz 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Levantine apc 1 0 Bible Portions
Bhojpuri bho 1 1 Complete Bible
Birwa brl 1 0 Translation Needed
Chichewa nya 1 0 Complete Bible
Dutch nld 1 0 Complete Bible
English eng 7 1 Complete Bible
French fra 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Standard deu 1 0 Complete Bible
Greek ell 1 0 Complete Bible
Gujarati guj 1 1 Complete Bible
Hindi hin 1 1 Complete Bible
Italian ita 1 0 Complete Bible
Khoekhoe naq 1 0 Complete Bible
Khwedam xuu 1 0 Bible Portions
Kinyarwanda kin 1 0 Complete Bible
Korean kor 1 0 Complete Bible
Kung-Ekoka knw 1 0 Bible Portions
Makhuwa vmw 1 0 Complete Bible
Morisyen mfe 1 0 New Testament
Ndebele (South Africa) nbl 1 0 Complete Bible
Northwestern Kung vaj 1 0 Translation Started
Oorlams oor 1 0 Translation Needed
Portuguese por 1 0 Complete Bible
Ronga rng 1 0 Complete Bible
Setswana tsn 11 0 Complete Bible
Shona sna 1 0 Complete Bible
Somali som 1 1 Complete Bible
Sotho, Northern nso 2 0 Complete Bible
Sotho, Southern sot 1 0 Complete Bible
South African Sign Language sfs 1 0 Bible Portions
Swahili swh 1 1 Complete Bible
Swati ssw 1 0 Complete Bible
Taa nmn 1 0 Translation Needed
Tamil tam 1 0 Complete Bible
Telugu tel 1 0 Complete Bible
Tsonga tso 1 0 Complete Bible
Tswa tsc 1 0 Complete Bible
Unknown xxx 1 0 Unspecified
Urdu urd 1 1 Complete Bible
Venda ven 1 0 Complete Bible
Xhosa xho 2 0 Complete Bible
Zulu zul 1 0 Complete Bible
Totals: 45 66 8   36 29 37 40 20
Networking Possibilities

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  • Church planting agencies in South Africa
  • Christian ministry in South Africa
  • Business as mission
  • Christian literature distribution
  • Evangelism agencies
  • Christian discipleship
  • Short term Christian missions
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  • Urban ministries
  • Christian media opportunities
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  • Relief and development agencies
  • Clean water projects
  • Christian medical outreaches

South Africa Statistics
People Groups 66
Unreached People Groups 8  (12.1%)
Population 64,606,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 0.8%
Population in Unreached 1,052,000  (1.6%)
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 77.1%
Percent Evangelical 21.0%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 23
Country Progress Level 5
Continent Africa
Region Africa, East and Southern
10/40 Window No
Country Code SF
Official Language(s) EnglishAfrikaans
Literacy Rate 87%
Estimated Illiterate Population 8,399,000
Persecution Ranking Not ranked