Country: Reunion

People Groups
Total

18

People Groups Unreached

7 (38.9%)

People Groups Unreached Frontier

0 (0.0%)

Population
Total

860,000

Population in Unreached

56,000 (6.5%)

Population in Unreached Frontier

0 (0.0%)

% Evangelical

6.84%

Progress Level

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Map Notes

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Photo People Group Population
this Ctry
Population
Global
Count
Ctrys
Indigenous Primary Language Primary
Religion
Progress
Scale
% Christian
Adherent
% Evangelical Needed
Workers
 Bantu 4,300 4,300 1 Reunion Creole French Christianity 55.00 % 1.00 % -
 Comorian, Maore 600 225,000 4 Comorian, Maore Islam 1.00 % 0.20 % 1
 Comorian, Mwali 600 47,000 3 Comorian, Mwali Islam 0.11 % 0.01 % 1
 Comorian, Ndzwani 3,500 386,000 3 Comorian, Ndzwani Islam 0.60 % 0.20 % 1
 Comorian, Ngazidja 4,700 439,000 3 Comorian, Ngazidja Islam 0.60 % 0.20 % 1
 Deaf 8,800 51,182,000 216 Language unknown Christianity 86.96 % -
 French, Metropolitan 3,500 52,107,000 113 French Christianity 60.00 % 1.00 % -
 Gujarati 21,000 2,934,000 29 Gujarati Hinduism 2.00 % 0.50 % 1
 Han Chinese, Cantonese 14,000 79,429,000 36 Chinese, Yue Non-Religious 12.00 % 5.00 % -
 Han Chinese, Hakka 12,000 43,950,000 23 Chinese, Hakka Non-Religious 9.00 % 5.70 % -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 3,000 925,478,000 53 Chinese, Mandarin Non-Religious 8.00 % 5.70 % -
 Malagasy 12,000 85,000 6 Malagasy, Merina Christianity 72.00 % 1.00 % -
 Punjabi 3,400 2,083,000 18 Punjabi, Eastern Hinduism 10.00 % 0.50 % -
 Reunionese Creole 514,000 647,000 3 Reunion Creole French Christianity 97.00 % 8.08 % -
 Reunionese, French-speaking 185,000 185,000 1 French Christianity 96.00 % 8.08 % -
 Swahili 25,000 1,201,000 25 Swahili Islam 0.40 % 0.10 % 1
 Tamil (Christian traditions) 44,000 50,000 2 Tamil Christianity 90.00 % 1.00 % -
 Urdu, Muslim 900 2,158,000 24 Reunion Creole French Islam 0.50 % 0.00 % 1
  Totals:  18 860,000           0 ☀︎  7 86.08 % 6.84 %
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 22,000                  
  UN Country Population (2025) 882,000                  
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Province Estimated
Population
Saint-Benoît 124,000
Saint-Denis 205,000
Saint-Paul 219,000
Saint-Pierre 305,000
Provinces:  4 853,000
UN Country Population 882,000
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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 6
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Reunion Statistics
People Groups 18
Unreached People Groups 7  (38.9%)
Population 860,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 0.7%
Population in Unreached 56,000  (6.5%)
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 86.1%
Percent Evangelical 6.8%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 7
Country Progress Level 4
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 69,000
Persecution Ranking Not ranked