Country: Zambia

People Groups
Total

75

People Groups Unreached

3 (4.0%)

People Groups Unreached Frontier

2 (2.7%)

Population
Total

21,849,000

Population in Unreached

112,000 (0.5%)

Population in Unreached Frontier

106,000 (0.5%)

% Evangelical

24.93%

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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
 Afrikaner 121,000 5,034,000 15 Afrikaans Christianity 94.00 % 20.00 % -
Ambo 5,400 5,400 1 Lala-Bisa Christianity 90.00 % 5.00 % -
 Arab, Lebanese general 4,500 5,398,000 42 Arabic, Levantine Islam 32.00 % 0.50 % -
 Aushi 220,000 736,000 2 Aushi Christianity 90.00 % 24.00 % -
 Bemba 5,864,000 6,605,000 5 Bemba Christianity 97.00 % 35.00 % -
Bisa 436,000 436,000 1 Lala-Bisa Christianity 95.00 % 22.00 % -
 British 15,000 55,381,000 126 English Christianity 60.00 % 8.80 % -
Bwile 122,000 149,000 2 Bwile Christianity 95.00 % 19.00 % -
 Chokwe 136,000 4,162,000 4 Chokwe Christianity 60.00 % 12.00 % -
Cishinga 142,000 142,000 1 Bemba Christianity 80.00 % 12.00 % -
 Deaf 164,000 51,168,000 216 Zambian Sign Language Christianity 86.95 % -
 French 9,100 52,108,000 113 French Christianity 61.00 % 1.00 % -
 Greek 12,000 10,115,000 70 Greek Christianity 91.00 % 0.40 % -
 Gujarati 52,000 2,934,000 29 Gujarati Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 60,000 925,439,000 53 Chinese, Mandarin Non-Religious 9.00 % 5.70 % -
 Hutu, Rwandese 9,300 14,012,000 15 Kinyarwanda Christianity 85.00 % 25.00 % -
 Ila 215,000 215,000 1 Ila Christianity 60.00 % 17.00 % -
 Italian 15,000 37,876,000 62 Italian Christianity 82.00 % 1.10 % -
Iwa 9,300 9,300 1 Nyamwanga Christianity 70.00 % 4.00 % -
Kabende 99,000 99,000 1 Bemba Christianity 95.00 % 16.00 % -
Kaonde 454,000 545,000 2 Kaonde Christianity 90.00 % 28.00 % -
 Kunda 69,000 289,000 3 Kunda Ethnic Religions 45.00 % 13.00 % -
 Kxoe, Xun 300 9,400 5 Khwedam Ethnic Religions 8.00 % 3.00 % -
 Lala-Bisa 864,000 977,000 2 Lala-Bisa Christianity 95.00 % 22.00 % -
 Lamba 436,000 481,000 2 Lamba Christianity 94.00 % 22.00 % -
  Totals:  75 21,849,000           2 ☀︎  3 86.48 % 24.93 %
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 65,000                  
  UN Country Population (2025) 21,914,000                  
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Province Estimated
Population
Central 2,182,000
Copperbelt 3,306,000
Eastern 2,454,000
Luapula 1,520,000
Lusaka 3,986,000
Muchinga 1,266,000
North-Western 1,130,000
Northern 1,790,000
Southern 2,317,000
Western 1,304,000
Provinces:  10 21,255,000
UN Country Population 21,914,000
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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
God's
Story
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 Complete Bible
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 New Testament
Mambwe-Lungu mgr 1 0 Complete Bible
Mashi (Zambia) mho 1 0 New Testament
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 Bible Portions
Totals: 54 75 3   41 42 43 45 22 14
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Zambia Statistics
People Groups 75
Unreached People Groups 3  (4.0%)
Population 21,849,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 3.1%
Population in Unreached 112,000  (0.5%)
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 86.5%
Percent Evangelical 24.9%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 3
Country Progress Level 5
Continent Africa
Region Africa, East and Southern
10/40 Window No
Country Code ZA
Official Language(s) English
Literacy Rate 87%
Estimated Illiterate Population 2,840,000
Persecution Ranking Not ranked
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