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%

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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
Tswa 27,000 1,414,000 3 Tswa Christianity 75.00 % 11.00 % -
 Tswana, Detribalized 313,000 429,000 3 Setswana Christianity 85.00 % 15.00 % -
Tswana-Hurutshe 1,646,000 1,661,000 2 Setswana Christianity 70.00 % 22.15 % -
Tswana-Kwena 62,000 311,000 2 Setswana Christianity 72.00 % 13.00 % -
Tswana-Malete 63,000 106,000 2 Setswana Christianity 73.00 % 16.00 % -
Tswana-Ngwaketse 187,000 425,000 2 Setswana Christianity 72.00 % 13.00 % -
Tswana-Ngwato 63,000 630,000 2 Setswana Christianity 70.00 % 17.00 % -
Tswana-Rolong 625,000 657,000 2 Setswana Christianity 78.00 % 13.00 % -
Tswana-Tlhaping 437,000 437,000 1 Setswana Christianity 60.00 % 17.00 % -
Tswana-Tlharu 500,000 500,000 1 Setswana Christianity 65.00 % 13.00 % -
Tswana-Tlokwa 250,000 261,000 2 Setswana Christianity 55.00 % 14.00 % -
 Urdu 16,000 2,690,000 24 Urdu Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Vasekela Bushman, Maligo 4,100 22,000 3 Northwestern Kung Ethnic Religions 32.00 % 2.00 % -
 Xhosa 9,190,000 9,268,000 4 Xhosa Christianity 81.00 % 26.58 % -
 Xhosa-Tembu 985,000 985,000 1 Xhosa Christianity 75.00 % 20.00 % -
 Zulu 14,622,000 15,383,000 7 Zulu Christianity 81.00 % 28.79 % -
  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
God's
Story
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 Unspecified
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 22 20
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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