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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Jamaicans of Jamaica

The Jamaicans of Jamaica, numbering approximately 2,765,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as majority of Jamaica's population consists of people of mainly African descent They are an Indigenous people, with Jamaican as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Afro-American people cluster of the North American Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism. They primarily speak Jamaican Creole English.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Jamaican

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: North American Peoples
Country: Jamaica
People Cluster: Afro-American
Primary Language(s): Jamaican Creole English (jam)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 2,765,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016387
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Pray for the Jamaicans of Jamaica

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Jamaican Creole English
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Jamaican English Creole Speakers

Media Resources in Jamaican Creole English:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Jamaican Creole English:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Bible Society of the West Indies✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Jamaican Creole English bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Jamaicans are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Jamaicans:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Jamaicans of Jamaica

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
readActs 4:12

Pray that those walking in darkness among them will come to know the name by which they must be saved, and call upon Him in faith.

And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed. And the word of the Lord was spreading throughout the whole region.
readActs 13:48-49

Pray that the gospel will spread throughout this whole region and that many will believe and embrace the gift of eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ.

Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.
readPsalm 6:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will remind them that He is near and will help them place their hope in Him when others wish to do them harm.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
readPsalm 23:6

Ask God to raise up believers who will share the hope that, for those who trust in Christ, goodness and love will follow them all the days of their lives, and they will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Jamaican Across Countries (ROP3 - 104168) reported in the following countries:

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11 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
JamaicansPG000646JamaicansUnited Kingdom340,000No Longer UnreachedJamaican Creole EnglishProtestantism
JamaicansPG016241JamaicansColombia28,000No Longer UnreachedJamaican Creole EnglishFolk Catholicism
JamaicansPG016387JamaicansJamaica2,765,000No Longer UnreachedJamaican Creole EnglishProtestantism
JamaicansPG016473JamaicansVenezuela2,700No Longer UnreachedJamaican Creole EnglishProtestantism
JamaicansPG022263JamaicansBahamas5,400No Longer UnreachedJamaican Creole EnglishFolk Catholicism
JamaicansPG022303JamaicansCuba4,900No Longer UnreachedJamaican Creole EnglishFolk Catholicism
JamaicansPG024835JamaicansPanama210,000No Longer UnreachedJamaican Creole EnglishEthnoreligion
JamaicansPG024978JamaicansCosta Rica70,500No Longer UnreachedJamaican Creole EnglishEthnoreligion
JamaicansPG043284JamaicansUnited States589,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
JamaicansPG047381JamaicansCanada332,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
JamaicansPG048546JamaicansGermany1,300No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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