Hausa of Nigeria (PGID: PG013828)

PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Hausa of Nigeria

The Hausa of Nigeria, numbering approximately 40,560,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic community indigenous to northern Nigeria and southern Niger They are an Indigenous people, with Hausa as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Hausa people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Hausa is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Nigeria
People Cluster: Hausa
Primary Language(s): Hausa (hau)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 40,560,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013828
View on Joshua Project

Print Profile

Submit Updates

Pray for the Hausa of Nigeria

Join others around the world in praying for the lost to be saved, the gospel to advance, the global Church to grow, and for laborers to be sent out and sustained in the harvest.

Pray Now!

Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%

Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hausa
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%

Hausa Speakers

Media Resources in Hausa:

Films:

Title	Link
JESUS	View Film
Magdalena	View Film
The Savior	View Film

3 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

View all resources

Bible Resources in Hausa:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio
1979 Bible Society of Nigeria		✓
Common Language Version (FCBH Audio)	✓	✓
Littafi Mai Tsarki	✓

3 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Hausa bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

View all resources

SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Hausa are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Hausa:

Continue prayer and fasting for this group

Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group

Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Hausa of Nigeria

Abraham said, "God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." So they went both of them together.
Genesis 22:8

Pray that God will open the ears of those who are lost to understand and believe that only shed blood takes away sin and that, like Abraham, they will believe that God Himself provides the lamb for the burnt offering, who is Jesus the final, perfect sacrifice.

For your steadfast love is great to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
Psalm 57:10

Pray that God will work, even in the hearts of hard-to-reach people, and that they will rejoice in His steadfast love and faithfulness.

But my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.
Hebrews 10:38

Pray that as people trust in Christ, they will live by faith and not shrink back from their hope in Christ.

And thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else's foundation, but as it is written, "Those who have never been told of him will see, and those who have never heard will understand."
Romans 15:20-21

Pray that God will send believers to cross cultures and proclaim the gospel where Christ has not been named, so that the nations might glorify God for His mercy.

Hausa Across Countries (ROP3 - 103733) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

All

Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

CountryReligion

19 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country	Population	Strategic Progress Index	Language ▲	Religion
PG013165	Hausa	Equatorial Guinea	32,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG050354	Hausa	United States	5,400	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Sunni Islam
PG047465	Hausa	Canada	375	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Sunni Islam
PG042724	Hausa	Ethiopia	133,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Sunni Islam
PG014358	Hausa	Togo	26,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG013828	Hausa	Nigeria	40,560,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG013600	Hausa	Niger	16,150,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG013409	Hausa	Guinea	1,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Sunni Islam
PG013336	Hausa	Ghana	322,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG013188	Hausa	Gabon	45,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG011263	Hausa	Algeria	12,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Sunni Islam
PG013089	Hausa	Cote d’Ivoire	483,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG012971	Hausa	Congo	12,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG012869	Hausa	Central African Republic	41,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG012616	Hausa	Cameroon	433,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG012404	Hausa	Burkina Faso	12,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG012327	Hausa	Benin	44,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG012037	Hausa	Sudan	1,060,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Sunni Islam
PG011360	Hausa	Chad	295,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam

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

Peoplegroups.org relies on updates from the field and other organizations for much of our data, so if you have any updates, please contact us. We use various international naming standards. For a list of these standards and fields, visit our Data Standards section.

People Groups of the World

Countries of the World

Languages of the World

Religions of the World

Advanced Dashboard

What are People Groups?

Using Peoplegroups.org

People Group Research

Definitions and FAQs

About Us

Maps

Research Data

Resource Links