Sub-Saharan African, other People Cluster

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Population

15,281,000

2.6% estimated
Annual Growth Rate

People Groups (Across Countries)

People Groups
(by Country)

Unreached Groups (by Country)

Affinity Bloc

Sub-Saharan 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 (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 presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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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 *
	Alagwa	67,000	1	1	100.0 %	67,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Americo-Liberian	145,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	93.0 %	26.0 %	-1 -
	Angolan Mestico	25,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	94.0 %	14.0 %	-1 -
	Angolar	12,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	90.0 %	3.5 %	-1 -
	Babalia	15,000	1	1	100.0 %	15,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Bantu	4,300	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	55.0 %	1.0 %	-1 -
	Baster, Rehobother	67,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	90.0 %	8.0 %	-1 -
	Cameroonian Creole	1,618,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	67.1 %	19.0 %	-1 -
	Cameroonian Creole, Detribalized	1,811,000	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	67.1 %	16.7 %	-1 -
	Cape Verdean	779,000	18	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	96.8 %	8.0 %	-1 -
	Chagossians	127,000	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	97.9 %	7.1 %	-1 -
	Coloured	5,762,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	82.0 %	24.4 %	-1 -
	Coloured Creole	43,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	80.0 %	6.0 %	-1 -
	Crioulo, Upper Guinea	561,000	6	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	55.1 %	5.7 %	-1 -
	Detribalized Pidgen	2,125,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	56.0 %	30.9 %	-1 -
	Fa d'Ambu	9,800	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	30.6 %	2.9 %	-1 -
	Fernandino Creole	18,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	99.0 %	4.0 %	-1 -
	Gbe, Gbesi	141,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	45.0 %	1.0 %	-1 -
	Gori	2,300	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Islam	10.0 %	7.0 %	-1 -
	Guinea-Bissaun, general	20,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Islam	11.0 %	1.6 %	-1 -
	Krio	964,000	7	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	46.7 %	6.4 %	-1 -
	Mozambican, Mestico	3,500	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	48.0 %	10.0 %	-1 -
	Namibians	35,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	91.0 %	12.0 %	-1 -
	Principense	6,800	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	95.0 %	3.5 %	-1 -
	Reunionese Creole	647,000	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	95.0 %	7.6 %	-1 -
	Saotomense, Mestico	185,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	85.1 %	5.9 %	-1 -
	Tchumbuli	5,300	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	50.0 %	5.0 %	-1 -
	Togolese Creole	5,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	89.0 %	6.0 %	-1 -
	Va-Ma'a	77,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Islam	10.0 %	3.5 %	-1 -
Totals:	29 Peoples (across countries)	15,281,000	67	2	3.0 %	82,000	0.5 %	●	Christianity	72.2%	19.4%	2

* 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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