Malagasy People Cluster | Joshua Project

People Cluster: Malagasy What is a People Cluster?

Population

31,782,000

3.2% estimated
Annual Growth Rate

People Groups (Across Countries)

People Groups
(by Country)

Unreached Groups (by Country)

Affinity Bloc

Malay Peoples

Cluster Progress

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
0.3	Unreached Frontier - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
0.7	Unreached not Frontier - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached - 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 presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

Map Notes

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Progress Scale: ☀︎●●●●● (
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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Photo	People Group ▲	Global Population	Peoples by Country	Unreached by Country	% Unreached Peoples	Popl in Unreached	% Popl in Unreached	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	Anjatsy	51,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	20.0 %	0.5 %	-1 -
	Antaifasy	268,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	20.0 %	1.7 %	-1 -
	Antaimanambondro	94,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Ethnic Religions	25.0 %	11.0 %	-1 -
	Antaimoro	1,399,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	45.0 %	2.3 %	-1 -
	Antambahoaka	125,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	20.0 %	4.0 %	-1 -
	Antandroy	1,442,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	20.0 %	2.0 %	-1 -
	Antankarana	233,000	1	1	100.0 %	233,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	5.0 %	0.7 %	5
	Antanosy	963,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	53.0 %	0.8 %	-1 -
	Antesaka	2,075,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	28.0 %	2.3 %	-1 -
	Bara	1,081,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	55.0 %	1.9 %	-1 -
	Betsileo	5,292,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	94.0 %	16.6 %	-1 -
	Betsimisaraka, North	1,897,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	35.0 %	1.2 %	-1 -
	Betsimisaraka, South	3,682,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	45.0 %	6.7 %	-1 -
	Bezanozano	271,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Ethnic Religions	30.0 %	15.0 %	-1 -
	Bushi	88,000	2	2	100.0 %	88,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	0.2 %	0.0 %	3
	Karimbola	182,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	25.0 %	4.0 %	-1 -
	Mahafaly	472,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	25.0 %	1.1 %	-1 -
	Malagasy	85,000	6	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	68.4 %	1.0 %	-1 -
	Malagasy-Antalaotra	1,200	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	70.0 %	15.0 %	-1 -
	Masikoro	821,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	40.0 %	0.5 %	-1 -
	Merina-Vakinankaratra	3,262,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	90.0 %	14.4 %	-1 -
	Sahafatra	136,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	30.0 %	2.0 %	-1 -
	Sakalava	2,245,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	35.0 %	1.8 %	-1 -
	Sihanaka	814,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	30.0 %	1.9 %	-1 -
	Tanala	1,639,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	22.0 %	1.0 %	-1 -
	Tsimihety	2,610,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	25.0 %	1.9 %	-1 -
	Vezo	408,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	35.0 %	1.8 %	-1 -
	Zafisoro	146,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	15.0 %	0.5 %	-1 -
Totals:	28 Peoples (across countries)	31,782,000	35	3	8.6 %	321,000	1.0 %	●	Ethnic Religions	49.8%	6.2%	8

* 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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