Country: Reunion

Number of People Groups

18

People Groups Unreached

7 (38.9%)

Progress Level

Progress Gauge

Total
Population

957,000

Population in Unreached

63,000 (6.6%)

Largest Religion

% Christian Adherent

86.08%

% Evangelical

6.84%

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

4.1%
Map Notes

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Photo People Group Population
this Country
Global
Population
Indigenous Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale
% Christian
Adherent
% Evangelical Est. Workers
Needed
 Bantu 4,800 4,800 Reunion Creole French Christianity 55.00 % 1.00 % -
 Comorian, Maore 600 225,000 Comorian, Maore Islam 1.00 % 0.20 % 1
 Comorian, Mwali 700 45,000 Comorian, Mwali Islam 0.11 % 0.01 % 1
 Comorian, Ndzwani 3,900 372,000 Comorian, Ndzwani Islam 0.60 % 0.20 % 1
 Comorian, Ngazidja 5,300 424,000 Comorian, Ngazidja Islam 0.60 % 0.20 % 1
 Deaf 9,800 49,661,000 Language unknown Christianity 86.96 % -
 French, Metropolitan 3,900 50,509,000 French Christianity 60.00 % 1.00 % -
 Gujarati 24,000 3,464,000 Gujarati Hinduism 2.00 % 0.50 % 1
 Han Chinese, Cantonese 15,000 79,810,000 Chinese, Yue Non-Religious 12.00 % 5.00 % -
 Han Chinese, Hakka 13,000 44,228,000 Chinese, Hakka Non-Religious 9.00 % 5.70 % -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 3,400 931,685,000 Chinese, Mandarin Non-Religious 8.00 % 5.70 % -
 Malagasy 13,000 85,000 Malagasy, Merina Christianity 72.00 % 1.00 % -
 Punjabi 3,800 2,161,000 Punjabi, Eastern Hinduism 10.00 % 0.50 % -
 Reunionese Creole 573,000 696,000 Reunion Creole French Christianity 97.00 % 8.08 % -
 Reunionese, French-speaking 206,000 206,000 French Christianity 96.00 % 8.08 % -
 Swahili 28,000 1,183,000 Swahili Islam 0.40 % 0.10 % 1
 Tamil (Christian traditions) 49,000 56,000 Tamil Christianity 90.00 % 1.00 % -
 Urdu, Muslim 1,000 2,146,000 Reunion Creole French Islam 0.50 % 0.00 % 1
  Totals:  18 957,000         7 86.08 % 6.84 %
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 25,000                
  UN Country Population (2023) 982,000                

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Province Estimated
Population
Saint-Benoît 140,000
Saint-Denis 230,000
Saint-Paul 246,000
Saint-Pierre 343,000
Provinces:  4 959,000
UN Country Population 982,000
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Language Code # Peoples
w/ this Primary
Language
# Unreached
w/ this Primary
Language
Scripture
Status
YouVersion
Bible
Resources
Faith Comes
By Hearing
Bible Resources
Jesus Film
Online
Global
Recordings
Resources
Gospel
Tract
Online
Chinese, Hakka hak 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Yue yue 1 0 Complete Bible
Comorian, Maore swb 1 1 New Testament
Comorian, Mwali wlc 1 1 Unspecified
Comorian, Ndzwani wni 1 1 Bible Portions
Comorian, Ngazidja zdj 1 1 Bible Portions
French fra 2 0 Complete Bible
Gujarati guj 1 1 Complete Bible
Malagasy, Merina plt 1 0 Complete Bible
Punjabi, Eastern pan 1 0 Complete Bible
Reunion Creole French rcf 3 1 Bible Portions
Swahili swh 1 1 Complete Bible
Tamil tam 1 0 Complete Bible
Unknown xxx 1 0 Unspecified
Totals: 15 18 7   10 9 12 14 7
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Reunion Statistics
People Groups 18
Unreached People Groups 7  (38.9%)
Population 957,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 0.7%
Population in Unreached 63,000  (6.6%)
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 86.1%
Percent Evangelical 6.8%
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate 4.1%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 7
Country Progress Level 4
Urbanization 95%
Continent Africa
Region Africa, East and Southern
10/40 Window No
Country Code RE
Official Language(s) FrenchReunion Creole French
Literacy Rate 92%
Estimated Illiterate Population 77,000
Persecution Ranking Not ranked



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