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Afar of Eritrea

The Afar of Eritrea, numbering 359,000 are Unengaged and Unreached with < 0.1% Evangelical believers. They are a Cushitic ethnic group indigenous to the Horn of Africa, living primarily in Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Eritrea. They speak the Afar language, an East Cushitic language within the Afroasiatic family, and are predominantly Sunni Muslim. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Afar is their primary language.

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PEOPLE GROUP OF THE WEEK

Afar of Eritrea

The Afar of Eritrea, numbering 359,000 are Unengaged and Unreached with < 0.1% Evangelical believers. They are a Cushitic ethnic group indigenous to the Horn of Africa, living primarily in Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Eritrea. They speak the Afar language, an East Cushitic language within the Afroasiatic family, and are predominantly Sunni Muslim who primarily adhere to Sunni Islam and speak Afar.

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Total global population: 8,317,650,245

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12,386 people groups (page 1 of 248)

PGID	Name	Country ▼	Population	SPI	Language	Religion	People Cluster (ROP2)	Affinity Bloc (ROP1)	People across Country (ROP3)
PG015689	Zulu	Zimbabwe	166,000	No Longer Unreached	Zulu	African Traditional Religion	Bantu, Nguni	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Zulu
PG015688	Deaf Zimbabweans	Zimbabwe	3,400	Engaged yet Unreached	Zimbabwe Sign Language	Ethnoreligion	Deaf	Deaf Peoples	Deaf Zimbabwean
PG015687	Zambezi Tonga	Zimbabwe	162,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Tonga (Zambia)	Ethnoreligion	Bantu, Central-South	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Tonga, Zambezi
PG015686	Yao	Zimbabwe	66,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Yao	Sunni Islam	Bantu, Makua-Yao	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Yao
PG015685	Xhosa	Zimbabwe	33,500	No Longer Unreached	Xhosa	Ethnoreligion	Bantu, Nguni	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Xhosa
PG015684	Venda	Zimbabwe	120,000	No Longer Unreached	Venda	Animism	Bantu, Southeastern	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Venda
PG015683	Tumbuka	Zimbabwe	16,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Tumbuka	Ethnoreligion	Bantu, Central-South	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Tumbuka
PG015682	Tswana	Zimbabwe	95,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Tswana	Ethnoreligion	Bantu, Sotho-Tswana	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Tswana
PG015681	Tswa	Zimbabwe	200,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Tswa	Animism	Bantu, Central-Southeast	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Tswa
PG015680	Tsonga	Zimbabwe	5,500	No Longer Unreached	Tsonga	Protestantism	Bantu, Central-Southeast	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Tsonga
PG015679	Toka	Zimbabwe	231,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Tonga (Zambia)	Ethnoreligion	Bantu, Central-South	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Toka
PG015678	Swazi	Zimbabwe	83,000	No Longer Unreached	Swati	Ethnoreligion	Bantu, Nguni	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Swazi
PG015673	Shona	Zimbabwe	8,750,000	No Longer Unreached	Shona	Protestantism	Bantu, Shona	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Shona
PG015672	Sena	Zimbabwe	150,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Sena	Ethnoreligion	Bantu, Chewa-Sena	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sena
PG015671	Portuguese	Zimbabwe	16,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Portuguese	Roman Catholicism	Portuguese, European	Eurasian Peoples	Portuguese
PG015670	Pedi	Zimbabwe	183,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Pedi	Protestantism	Bantu, Sotho-Tswana	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Pedi
PG015669	Nyungwe	Zimbabwe	33,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Nyungwe	Animism	Bantu, Chewa-Sena	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Nyungwe
PG015668	Nyanja	Zimbabwe	818,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Chichewa	Ethnoreligion	Bantu, Chewa-Sena	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Nyanja, Chewa
PG015667	Ndebele	Zimbabwe	2,175,000	No Longer Unreached	North Ndebele	Protestantism	Bantu, Nguni	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Ndebele
PG015666	Ndau	Zimbabwe	594,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Ndau	Ancestor Worship	Bantu, Shona	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Ndau
PG015665	Nambya	Zimbabwe	118,000	No Longer Unreached	Nambya	Ethnoreligion	Bantu, Shona	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Nambya
PG015664	Marathi	Zimbabwe	6,700	Engaged yet Unreached	Marathi	Hinduism	Marathi-Konkani	South Asian Peoples	Marathi
PG015663	Makua	Zimbabwe	16,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Makhuwa-Meetto	Animism	Bantu, Makua-Yao	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Makhuwa-Meetto
PG015662	Lozi	Zimbabwe	187,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Lozi	Ethnoreligion	Bantu, Sotho-Tswana	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Lozi
PG015660	Chikunda	Zimbabwe	192,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Kunda	Ethnoreligion	Bantu, Chewa-Sena	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Chikunda (Kunda)
PG015659	Shona-Karanga	Zimbabwe	2,475,000	No Longer Unreached	Shona	Protestantism	Bantu, Shona	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Karanga
PG015658	Kalanga	Zimbabwe	282,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Kalanga	Ethnoreligion	Bantu, Shona	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Kalanga
PG015646	Afrikaners	Zimbabwe	44,500	No Longer Unreached	Afrikaans	Neo-Pentecostalism	Germanic	Eurasian Peoples	Afrikaner
PG015648	Bemba	Zimbabwe	33,500	No Longer Unreached	Bemba (Zambia)	Ethnoreligion	Bantu, Central-South	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Bemba
PG015649	Birwa	Zimbabwe	16,500	No Longer Unreached	Birwa	Animism	Bantu, Sotho-Tswana	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Birwa
PG015650	British	Zimbabwe	5,900	No Longer Unreached	English	Unaffiliated	Anglo-Celt	Eurasian Peoples	British
PG015653	Gujaratis	Zimbabwe	28,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Gujarati	Sunni Islam	Gujarati	South Asian Peoples	Gujarati
PG015655	Han Chinese (Mandarin)	Zimbabwe	1,600	No Longer Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Confucianism	Chinese	East Asian Peoples	Han Chinese, Mandarin
PG015656	Han Chinese (Cantonese)	Zimbabwe	1,600	No Longer Unreached	Yue Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion	Chinese	East Asian Peoples	Han Chinese, Cantonese
PG015657	Hiechware	Zimbabwe	4,700	Engaged yet Unreached	Tsoa	Animism	Khoisan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Tshara-Tshao
PG015618	Nkoya	Zambia	87,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Nkoya	Ethnoreligion	Bantu, Central-South	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Nkoya, Lambya
PG015623	Portuguese	Zambia	3,900	Engaged yet Unreached	Portuguese	Roman Catholicism	Portuguese, European	Eurasian Peoples	Portuguese
PG015630	Shona	Zambia	35,000	No Longer Unreached	Shona	African Traditional Religion	Bantu, Shona	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Shona
PG015629	Shila	Zambia	28,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Taabwa	Ethnoreligion	Bantu, Central-South	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Shila
PG015628	Shasha	Zambia	8,700	Engaged yet Unreached	Nkoya	Ethnoreligion	Bantu, Central-South	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Shasha
PG015626	Serbs	Zambia	3,900	Engaged yet Unreached	Serbian	Eastern Orthodox Christianity	Slav, Southern	Eurasian Peoples	Serb
PG015625	Senga	Zambia	109,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Tumbuka	Ethnoreligion	Bantu, Chewa-Sena	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Senga
PG015624	Sala	Zambia	60,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Sala	Ethnoreligion	Bantu, Central-South	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sala
PG015620	Western Nyanja	Zambia	855,000	No Longer Unreached	Chichewa	Protestantism	Bantu, Chewa-Sena	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Nyanja, Chewa
PG015645	Zambezi Tonga	Zambia	2,115,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Tonga (Zambia)	Ethnoreligion	Bantu, Central-South	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Tonga, Zambezi
PG015617	Ngoni	Zambia	1,060,000	No Longer Unreached	Nsenga	Ethnoreligion	Bantu, Nguni	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Ngoni (Nsenga)
PG015619	Nsenga	Zambia	1,090,000	No Longer Unreached	Nsenga	Ethnoreligion	Bantu, Chewa-Sena	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Nsenga
PG015644	Yombe	Zambia	6,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Tumbuka	Ethnoreligion	Bantu, Central-South	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Yombe
PG015621	Nyengo	Zambia	23,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Simaa	Ethnoreligion	Bantu, Central-South	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Nyengo (Simaa)
PG015622	Nyiha	Zambia	10,500	No Longer Unreached	Nyika (Malawi and Zambia)	Animism	Bantu, Central-Tanzania	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Nyika

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

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12,386 People Groups

7,304 UPGs

2,816 UUPGs

What are people groups and why do they matter to God?

Total global population: 8,317,650,245

About Peoplegroups.org