Swahili people group in all countries

Swahili

The Swahili people group is reported in 27 countries

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Population All Countries

1,210,100

People Cluster

Bantu, Swahili

Number of Countries

Number Unreached

Largest Religion

Islam

Progress

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Map Notes

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Country ▲	Population	Indigenous	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Bible Status	Online Bible	Jesus Film	Global Recordings	Progress Scale	% Evangelical Range	% Christian Adh Range	Est. Workers Needed *
Australia	12,000		Swahili	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
Burundi	16,000		Swahili	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
Comoros	1,200	●	Swahili	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
Congo, Democratic Republic of	68,000	●	Swahili	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
Denmark	1,100		Swahili	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
Finland	2,700		Swahili	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
Greece	5,500		Swahili	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
Ireland	2,200		Swahili	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
Kenya	50,000	●	Swahili	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
Libya	2,500		Swahili	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
Madagascar	6,600		Swahili	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
Malawi	4,300		Swahili	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
Mayotte	11,000		Swahili	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
Mozambique	24,000	●	Swahili	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
New Zealand	1,700		Swahili	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
Reunion	25,000		Swahili	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
Rwanda	6,700		Swahili	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
Saudi Arabia	373,000		Swahili	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	7
Somalia	326,000	●	Swahili	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	7
South Africa	2,700		Swahili	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
Sudan	29,000		Swahili	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
Tanzania	93,000	●	Swahili	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
Uganda	5,700	●	Swahili	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
United Arab Emirates	6,200		Swahili	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
United Kingdom	16,000		Swahili	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
United States	63,000		Swahili	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
Zambia	55,000		Swahili	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
Totals: 27	1,210,100			Islam					25 ◼︎ (16 ✸︎)	0.86 % ●	1.79 % ●	38

Other reported countries: 1

Swahili

Groups reported, but outside the Small People Group Policy conditions. Some may not be viable and/or have incorrect Progress Scale values. The groups listed below are not included in overall Joshua Project people group counts. For possible further information about these groups, please contact us.

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Country ▲	Population	Progress Scale	Primary Language	Primary Religion
Seychelles	-1 Unknown	1	Swahili	Islam
Totals: 1

For more information see the Joshua Project Small People Group Policy

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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Level	Description	Criteria
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-Frontier) - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity. ◼︎	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity. ✸︎+◼︎	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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