Africa

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe People Groups from The Joshua Project

Zimbabwe. Data from The Joshua Project (https://www.joshuaproject.net)

People Reached Language Population Bible Religion Adherents Evangelical
Doma Vadoma Unreached Shona

18,000

Complete Bible Ethnic Religions

0.3

0.3

Marathi Unreached Marathi

6,700

Complete Bible Hinduism

1.0

0.1

Dombe Minimally Reached Dombe

6,900

Translation Needed Ethnic Religions

15.0

0.5

Makua Makhuwa-Meetto Minimally Reached Makhuwa-Meetto

17,000

Complete Bible Ethnic Religions

25.0

0.5

Ndau Shona Minimally Reached Ndau

1,042,000

Complete Bible Ethnic Religions

45.0

1.2

Deaf Superficially Reached Zimbabwe Sign Language

146,000

Translation Needed Christianity

78.0

Greek Superficially Reached Greek

7,900

Complete Bible Christianity

92.0

0.4

Birwa Partially Reached Birwa

118,000

Translation Needed Ethnic Religions

35.0

6.0

British Partially Reached English

7,400

Complete Bible Christianity

60.0

8.8

Gujarati Partially Reached Gujarati

30,000

Complete Bible Hinduism

8.0

5.0

Han Chinese Mandarin Partially Reached Chinese-Mandarin

1,600

Complete Bible Non-Religious

9.0

5.7

Kunda Partially Reached Kunda

185,000

New Testament Christianity

55.0

9.0

Lembaa Partially Reached Venda

101,000

Complete Bible Ethnic Religions

42.0

5.0

Nambya Partially Reached Nambya

115,000

New Testament Ethnic Religions

45.0

10.0

Nyungwe Partially Reached Nyungwe

34,000

New Testament Ethnic Religions

30.0

8.0

Portuguese Partially Reached Portuguese

17,000

Complete Bible Christianity

94.0

3.0

Sena Partially Reached Sena

151,000

Complete Bible Christianity

82.0

10.0

Tawara Partially Reached Tawara

46,000

New Testament Christianity

59.0

4.0

Tonga Zambezi Partially Reached Tonga

272,000

Complete Bible Christianity

63.0

7.0

Tshara-Tshao Partially Reached Tshuwau

4,500

Translation Started Ethnic Religions

20.0

5.0

Tsonga Partially Reached Tsonga

136,000

Complete Bible Christianity

90.0

8.0

Tswa Partially Reached Tswa

3,800

Complete Bible Ethnic Religions

40.0

8.0

Tumbuka Partially Reached Tumbuka

17,000

Complete Bible Christianity

89.0

5.0

Afrikaner Significantly Reached Afrikaans

94,000

Complete Bible Christianity

96.0

30.0

Bemba Significantly Reached Bemba

34,000

Complete Bible Christianity

95.0

12.0

Kalanga Significantly Reached Kalanga

216,000

Complete Bible Christianity

68.0

17.0

Lozi Significantly Reached Lozi

147,000

Complete Bible Christianity

91.0

18.0

Manyika Significantly Reached Manyika

446,000

New Testament Christianity

75.0

29.0

Ndebele Significantly Reached Ndebele

1,800,000

Complete Bible Christianity

79.0

27.0

Nsenga Significantly Reached Nsenga

53,000

New Testament Christianity

72.0

14.0

Nyanja Significantly Reached Chichewa

446,000

Complete Bible Christianity

80.0

29.0

Pedi North Sotho Significantly Reached Sotho-Northern

185,000

Complete Bible Christianity

90.0

12.0

Shona Significantly Reached Shona

973,000

Complete Bible Christianity

82.8

36.0

Shona-Karanga Significantly Reached Shona

3,436,000

Complete Bible Christianity

85.0

34.0

Shona-Korekore Significantly Reached Shona

1,287,000

Complete Bible Christianity

74.0

14.0

Shona-Zezuru Significantly Reached Shona

2,452,000

Complete Bible Christianity

83.0

35.0

Swazi Significantly Reached Swati

84,000

Complete Bible Christianity

85.0

25.0

Tswana Significantly Reached Setswana

96,000

Complete Bible Christianity

80.0

16.0

Tswana-Tawana Significantly Reached Setswana

34,000

Complete Bible Christianity

68.0

12.0

Xhosa Significantly Reached Xhosa

34,000

Complete Bible Christianity

90.0

11.0

Zulu Significantly Reached Zulu

188,000

Complete Bible Christianity

85.0

22.0