South Africa

Progress Scale: Significantly Reached  Population: 1,384,000  Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan Peoples  People Cluster: Bantu, Southeastern  People Name Across Countries: Lembaa  Primary Religion: Ethnic Religions  Number Languages Spoken: 1   For more information go to Lembaa in South Africa on the Joshua Project website. The above link opens in a new tab.

Progress Scale: Unreached  Population: 324,000  Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples  People Cluster: Malay  People Name Across Countries: Malay, Cape  Primary Religion: Islam  Number Languages Spoken: 2   For more information go to Malay, Cape in South Africa on the Joshua Project website. The above link opens in a new tab.

Progress Scale: Significantly Reached  Population: 2,200  Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan Peoples  People Cluster: Khoisan  People Name Across Countries: Nama, Khoekhoe  Primary Religion: Christianity  Number Languages Spoken: 1   For more information go to Nama, Khoekhoe in South Africa on the Joshua Project website. The above link opens in a new tab.

Progress Scale: Superficially Reached  Population: 700  Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan Peoples  People Cluster: Khoisan  People Name Across Countries: Nghuki  Primary Religion: Christianity  Number Languages Spoken: 2   For more information go to Nghuki in South Africa on the Joshua Project website. The above link opens in a new tab.

Progress Scale: Significantly Reached  Population: 3,200  Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan Peoples  People Cluster: Bantu, Chewa-Sena  People Name Across Countries: Nyanja  Primary Religion: Christianity  Number Languages Spoken: 1   For more information go to Nyanja, Chewa in South Africa on the Joshua Project website. The above link opens in a new tab.

Progress Scale: Partially Reached  Population: 1,873,000  Affinity Bloc: Eurasian Peoples  People Cluster: Portuguese, European  People Name Across Countries: Portuguese  Primary Religion: Christianity  Number Languages Spoken: 1   For more information go to Portuguese in South Africa on the Joshua Project website. The above link opens in a new tab.

Progress Scale: Partially Reached  Population: 1,300  Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan Peoples  People Cluster: Bantu, Central-Southeast  People Name Across Countries: Ronga  Primary Religion: Christianity  Number Languages Spoken: 1   For more information go to Ronga in South Africa on the Joshua Project website. The above link opens in a new tab.

Progress Scale: Significantly Reached  Population: 22,000  Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan Peoples  People Cluster: Bantu, Shona  People Name Across Countries: Shona  Primary Religion: Christianity  Number Languages Spoken: 1   For more information go to Shona in South Africa on the Joshua Project website. The above link opens in a new tab.

Progress Scale: Significantly Reached  Population: 609,000  Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan Peoples  People Cluster: Bantu, Sotho-Tswana  People Name Across Countries: Sotho, Khutswe  Primary Religion: Christianity  Number Languages Spoken: 2   For more information go to Sotho, Khutswe in South Africa on the Joshua Project website. The above link opens in a new tab.

Progress Scale: Significantly Reached  Population: 59,894,000  Area Square Miles: 471,444  Capital: Pretoria (administrative)  % Literacy: 87.00  % Professing Christian: 77.06  % Evangelical: 21.02   For more information go to South Africa on the Joshua Project website. The above link opens in a new tab.

Government: Republic  Major People Groups: Nguni, Sotho-Tswana  GDP Per Capita: $13,400  Literacy Rate: 94.40%  Unreached: 12.30% For more information go to South Africa on the Prayercast website. The above link opens in a new tab.

NOTE: The most recent year's information is shown below. Click on the year to see all years for this indicator. COMMUNICATION2018  88,566,977  Mobile cellular subscriptions2017  56  Individuals using the Internet (% of population)ECONOMY2014  -14  Energy imports, net (% of energy use)2014  4,198  Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)2016  0.90  Pump price for diesel fuel (US$ per...