Bantu, Swahili People Cluster

People Cluster: Bantu, Swahili What is a People Cluster?

Population

7,184,000

3.0% 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%

Map Notes

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Progress Scale: ☀︎●●●●● (
☀︎
= 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 *
	Bajuni	141,000	3	3	100.0 %	141,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	3.5 %	0.7 %	4
	Comorian, Maore	225,000	4	4	100.0 %	225,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	0.9 %	0.1 %	7
	Comorian, Mwali	47,000	3	3	100.0 %	47,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	3
	Comorian, Ndzwani	386,000	3	3	100.0 %	386,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	0.6 %	0.2 %	9
	Comorian, Ngazidja	439,000	3	3	100.0 %	439,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	0.6 %	0.2 %	10
	Comorian, other	100,000	1	1	100.0 %	100,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	2
	Mwani	161,000	1	1	100.0 %	161,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	1.0 %	0.0 %	3
	Shirazi	760,000	1	1	100.0 %	760,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	15
	Somali Bantu	1,129,000	4	4	100.0 %	1,129,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.1 %	0.1 %	23
	Swahili	1,201,000	25	23	92.0 %	1,133,000	94.3 %	1 ●	Islam	1.8 %	0.8 %	37
	Swahili, Congo	57,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Islam	16.1 %	3.0 %	-1 -
	Swahili, Pemba	61,000	1	1	100.0 %	61,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	0.3 %	0.2 %	1
	Swahili, Tumbatu	100,000	1	1	100.0 %	100,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	2
	Swahili, Zanzibari	861,000	2	2	100.0 %	861,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	17
	Zaramo	1,475,000	1	1	100.0 %	1,475,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	3.0 %	2.0 %	29
	Zigula	41,000	1	1	100.0 %	41,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	1.0 %	0.2 %	1
Totals:	16 Peoples (across countries)	7,184,000	56	52	92.9 %	7,058,000	98.2 %	●	Islam	1.3%	0.6%	163

* 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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