Country: Zambia

Number of People Groups

75

People Groups Unreached

3 (4.0%)

Progress Level

Progress Gauge

Total
Population

21,072,000

Population in Unreached

108,000 (0.5%)

Largest Religion

% Christian Adherent

86.48%

% Evangelical

24.93%

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

3.2%
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
 Afrikaner 117,000 4,760,000 Afrikaans Christianity 94.00 % 20.00 % -
Ambo 5,200 5,200 Lala-Bisa Christianity 90.00 % 5.00 % -
 Arab, Lebanese 4,400 6,275,000 Arabic, Levantine Islam 32.00 % 0.50 % -
 Aushi 212,000 695,000 Aushi Christianity 90.00 % 24.00 % -
 Bemba 5,655,000 6,352,000 Bemba Christianity 97.00 % 35.00 % -
Bisa 421,000 421,000 Lala-Bisa Christianity 95.00 % 22.00 % -
 British 14,000 54,161,000 English Christianity 60.00 % 8.80 % -
Bwile 118,000 144,000 Bwile Christianity 95.00 % 19.00 % -
 Chokwe 132,000 3,980,000 Chokwe Christianity 60.00 % 12.00 % -
Cishinga 137,000 137,000 Bemba Christianity 80.00 % 12.00 % -
 Deaf 158,000 50,266,000 Zambian Sign Language Christianity 86.95 % -
 French 8,700 50,644,000 French Christianity 61.00 % 1.00 % -
 Greek 12,000 10,379,000 Greek Christianity 91.00 % 0.40 % -
 Gujarati 50,000 3,518,000 Gujarati Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 58,000 931,432,000 Chinese, Mandarin Non-Religious 9.00 % 5.70 % -
 Hutu, Rwandese 9,000 13,646,000 Kinyarwanda Christianity 85.00 % 25.00 % -
 Ila 207,000 207,000 Ila Christianity 60.00 % 17.00 % -
 Italian 15,000 37,639,000 Italian Christianity 82.00 % 1.10 % -
Iwa 9,000 9,000 Nyamwanga Christianity 70.00 % 4.00 % -
Kabende 96,000 96,000 Bemba Christianity 95.00 % 16.00 % -
Kaonde 438,000 524,000 Kaonde Christianity 90.00 % 28.00 % -
 Kunda 67,000 287,000 Kunda Ethnic Religions 45.00 % 13.00 % -
 Kxoe, Xun 200 8,500 Khwedam Ethnic Religions 8.00 % 3.00 % -
 Lala-Bisa 833,000 938,000 Lala-Bisa Christianity 95.00 % 22.00 % -
 Lamba 421,000 463,000 Lamba Christianity 94.00 % 22.00 % -
  Totals:  75 21,072,000         3 86.48 % 24.93 %
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 63,000                
  UN Country Population (2024) 21,135,000                

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Province Estimated
Population
Central 2,105,000
Copperbelt 3,188,000
Eastern 2,366,000
Luapula 1,466,000
Lusaka 3,845,000
Muchinga 1,221,000
North-Western 1,090,000
Northern 1,727,000
Southern 2,235,000
Western 1,257,000
Provinces:  10 20,500,000
UN Country Population 21,135,000
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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
Afrikaans afr 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Levantine apc 1 0 Bible Portions
Aushi auh 1 0 Translation Started
Bemba bem 6 0 Complete Bible
Bwile bwc 1 0 Translation Started
Chichewa nya 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Chokwe cjk 1 0 Complete Bible
English eng 1 0 Complete Bible
French fra 1 0 Complete Bible
Greek ell 1 0 Complete Bible
Gujarati guj 1 1 Complete Bible
Ila ilb 1 0 New Testament
Italian ita 1 0 Complete Bible
Kaonde kqn 1 0 Complete Bible
Khwedam xuu 1 0 Bible Portions
Kinyarwanda kin 1 0 Complete Bible
Kuhane sbs 1 0 Translation Started
Kunda kdn 1 0 New Testament
Lala-Bisa leb 5 0 New Testament
Lamba lam 2 0 Complete Bible
Lambya lai 1 0 New Testament
Lenje leh 1 0 Complete Bible
Lozi loz 1 0 Complete Bible
Luchazi lch 1 0 Complete Bible
Lunda lun 1 0 Complete Bible
Luvale lue 1 0 Complete Bible
Luyana lyn 1 0 Bible Portions
Mambwe-Lungu mgr 1 0 Complete Bible
Mashi (Zambia) mho 1 0 Bible Portions
Mbowe mxo 1 0 Bible Portions
Mbukushu mhw 1 0 New Testament
Mbunda mck 1 0 Complete Bible
Ndebele (Zimbabwe) nde 1 0 Complete Bible
Nkoya nka 2 0 Complete Bible
Nsenga nse 1 0 New Testament
Nyamwanga mwn 3 0 Complete Bible
Nyiha, Tanzania nih 1 0 New Testament
Nyika nkv 1 0 Bible Portions
Portuguese por 1 0 Complete Bible
Sala shq 1 0 Translation Started
Serbian srp 1 0 Complete Bible
Shona sna 1 0 Complete Bible
Simaa sie 4 0 Bible Portions
Soli sby 1 0 New Testament
Swahili swh 1 1 Complete Bible
Swahili, Congo swc 1 0 Complete Bible
Taabwa tap 2 0 New Testament
Tonga (Zambia) toi 3 0 Complete Bible
Totela ttl 1 0 Translation Started
Tumbuka tum 3 0 Complete Bible
Yao yao 1 1 Complete Bible
Yauma yax 1 0 Bible Portions
Zambian Sign Language zsl 1 0 Translation Started
Totals: 54 75 3   40 36 43 45 17
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Zambia Statistics
People Groups 75
Unreached People Groups 3  (4.0%)
Population 21,072,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 3.1%
Population in Unreached 108,000  (0.5%)
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 86.5%
Percent Evangelical 24.9%
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate 3.2%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 3
Country Progress Level 5
Urbanization 44%
Continent Africa
Region Africa, East and Southern
10/40 Window No
Country Code ZA
Official Language(s) English
Literacy Rate 87%
Estimated Illiterate Population 2,739,000
Persecution Ranking Not ranked
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