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Swaziland
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Swaziland – People Groups
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People Groups
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Population Indig % Evangel % Adherent Least Reached Progress Scale Primary Religion Primary Language Pho Map Txt
Afrikaner16,00021.00 %75.00 %3.2 ChristianityAfrikaansP
Afrikaner
  
British2,7008.00 %62.00 %3.2 ChristianityEnglishP
British
  
Coloured15,00018.00 %90.00 %3.2 ChristianityEnglishP
Coloured
  
Comorian, Maore7000.20 %1.00 %Y1.2 IslamMaore   
DeafY0.00 %85.00 %2.1 ChristianityLanguage Unknown   
Nyanja6,9004.00 %82.00 %3.1 ChristianityNyanjaP
Nyanja
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Sotho5,7007.00 %90.00 %3.2 ChristianitySotho, SouthernP
Sotho
  
South Asian, general8,7000.50 %7.00 %2.2 HinduismHindi  T
Swazi, Tekeza1,019,000Y25.00 %84.50 %3.2 ChristianitySwati   
Tsonga, Shangaan25,000Y8.00 %90.00 %3.2 ChristianityTsongaP
Tsonga, Shangaan
  
Zulu100,00020.00 %87.00 %3.2 ChristianityZuluP
Zulu
  
Total People Groups:   11 1,199,000 3     1 3.2     7 0 2
Unclassified / Other Individuals 21,000  
UN Country Population (2012) 1,220,000  
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Swaziland – People Progress
% of People Groups % of Population in People Groups
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Progress Level Peoples % of Peoples Population % of Population
  Level 1 - Unreached / Least-Reached 1 9.1 % 700 0.1 %
  Level 2 - Nominal / Formative Church 2 18.2 % 8,700 0.7 %
  Level 3 - Established / Significant Church 8 72.7 % 1,190,000 99.2 %
Totals 11   1,199,000  

Swaziland – People Photos   *** Note:  Only people groups with photos available are displayed here.***
 

Afrikaner
16,000


British
2,700


Coloured
15,000


Nyanja
6,900


Sotho
5,700


Tsonga, Shangaan
25,000


Zulu
100,000

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Swaziland – Languages
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Language
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Language
Code
# Peoples
Primary
Language
# Unreached
Primary
Language
Bible
Status
Bible
Locator
Audio NT
Online
Jesus
Film
Online
Audio
Recordings
Online
Gospel
Tract
Online
Afrikaansafr10Complete
Englisheng20Complete
Hindihin10Complete
Maoreswb11NT
Nyanjanya10Complete
Sotho, Southernsot10Complete
Swatissw10Complete
Tsongatso10Complete
Zuluzul10Complete
Totals: 9 10 1   9 3 9 9 7
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Swaziland – Religions
 
Major Religions  
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Christianity Segments  
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Swaziland – Possible Ministry Involvement
  • Below are lists of ministries that may work in Swaziland. Ministries in the Swaziland section probably minister in this country. Ministries in the East and Southern Africa section only possibly minister in this country. The purpose of this information is to assist potential new missionaries connect with sending agencies and for general ministry networking. Click on the links below to visit ministry websites for further information. Visit the Power-Of-Connecting "Find a Network Tool" to find further networking information.
  • The lists below do not include all ministries at work in this country or region. There are likely many excellent ministries not listed here. Omissions are not intentional, but occur simply from lack of data. Please contact us to suggest other ministries to include here. Inclusion here is not an endorsement by Joshua Project.
Ministries in Swaziland   Ministries in East and Southern Africa
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Country Level Ministries Size
Adventures in MissionsMedium
Children's HopeChestMedium
Map InternationalMedium
Trans World RadioMedium
Walk Thru the Bible MinistriesMedium
Ministries Listed:  5
 
Regional Level Ministries Size
ABWE (Association of Baptists for World Evangelism)Large
Action International MinistriesMedium
Advancing Renewal Ministries, Inc.Medium
Anglican Frontier MissionsSmall
Assemblies of God World MissionsLarge
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, World MissionsMedium
Awana Clubs, InternationalMedium
Baptist Bible Fellowship, InternationalMedium
Baptist International Missions, Inc. (BIMI)Medium
Baptist Mid-MissionsMedium
BCM InternationalMedium
Bible LeagueMedium
Campus Crusade for Christ, InternationalLarge
Child Evangelism FellowshipMedium
Church of God of ProphecyMedium
Church of the Nazarene World Mission DepartmentMedium
Church World ServiceMedium
Cooperative Baptist FellowshipMedium
EFCA International MissionMedium
EQUIP FoundationSmall
Evangelical Covenant ChurchMedium
Every Home for ChristMedium
Final Frontiers FoundationLarge
Free Methodist World MissionsMedium
Friends in Action, InternationalSmall
Galcom InternationalSmall
Global Partners / Wesleyan World MissionsMedium
Globe InternationalMedium
GO InternationalSmall
Go Ye FellowshipMedium
Good News ProductionsMedium
Heart of God MinistriesMedium
Hope for the HungryMedium
InterCommSmall
Iris Ministries, Inc.Medium
Josue Yrion World Evangelism and MissionsSmall
Mailbox Club InternationalSmall
Middle East MediaMedium
Open Bible ChurchesSmall
Overland MissionsSmall
Pentecostal Church of God World MissionsSmall
Scripture UnionMedium
Seventh-day Adventists General ConferenceMedium
Silent Word MinistriesSmall
Southern Baptist Convention - International Mission BoardLarge
Talking Bibles InternationalSmall
Team ExpansionMedium
Tentmakers InternationalSmall
United Methodist ChurchMedium
United Pentecostal Church Foreign MissionsMedium
United World MissionMedium
Worldwide Tentmakers, IncorporatedSmall
Young LifeMedium
Youth with a MissionLarge
Ministries Listed:  54
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Swaziland – Statistics, Prayer Cards, Maps and Links
 
Statistics
Population 1,199,000
Percent Urbanization 21 %
Total People Groups 11
Unreached People Groups 1
Region East and Southern Africa
10/40 Window No
Official National Language Swati
Secondary National LanguageEnglish
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 84.1%  [1]
Percent Evangelical 23.7%  [2]
Country Progress Level 3.2
Persecution Ranking Not ranked (1=High to 50=Low OD)
Human Development Index 0.536 (0=Low to 1=High UN)

Links
Operation World
Ethnologue Language Listing
State Department Religious Freedom Report
World Factbook

Notes
[1]  Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Major Religion percentages for that people group. The results are summed for each Religion for all Peoples within the country.
[2]  Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Christianity Segments percentages for that people group. The results are summed for each Christianity Segment for all peoples within the country.
 
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