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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The British of South Africa

The British of South Africa, numbering approximately 2,215,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a people of the United Kingdom sharing a common British national identity, derived from the historic integration of English, Scottish, and Welsh populations and primarily associated with the English language. They mostly adhere to Unaffiliated and English is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: South Africa
People Cluster: Anglo-Celt
Primary Language(s): English (eng)
Primary Religion(s): Unaffiliated
Population: 2,215,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG015491
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Pray for the British of South Africa

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Unaffiliated
Religious Affiliation: Unaffiliated

47%
%
Unaffiliated Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: English
Language Family:

100%
%
English Speakers

Media Resources in English:

Films:
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Bible Resources in English:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
American Standard Bible✓
English Standard Version® - Hear the Word Audio Bible✓✓
English Version for the Deaf✓
Holy Bible, New International Version ®✓
Holy Bible, New International Version ® - LUMO Christmas Film✓
Holy Bible, New International Version ® - LUMO Easter Film✓
King James Version✓✓✓
New American Standard Bible (NASB)✓
New Life Version (Easy to Read)✓
New Living Translation®, Holy Sanctuary version✓
Revised Version 1885✓
World English Bible - Winfred Henson✓✓
World Messianic Version✓
Wycliffe Modern✓

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The British 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 British:
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 British of South Africa

Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.
readRomans 11:22

Pray that God will transform those who persist in unbelief and, in His everlasting kindness, graft them into His family.

...I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
readPsalm 13:5

Ask God to bring many to trust in His unfailing love and cause their hearts to rejoice in His salvation.

So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 6:11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will lay down all evil desires, dying to sin and living for Him alone.

To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law.
read1 Corinthians 9:20

Pray that believers from similar cultures will be compelled by Christ's love to reach people who don't know the gospel, and that those people will receive the good news with joy.

British Across Countries (ROP3 - 102927) reported in the following countries:

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44 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BritishPG015650BritishZimbabwe5,900No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG015570BritishZambia35,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG016461BritishVenezuela7,200No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG043180BritishUnited States775,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
BritishPG022231BritishUnited Kingdom46,470,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG015076BritishUganda4,900No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG016443BritishTrinidad and Tobago13,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG014914BritishTanzania10,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG050045BritishSweden32,000No Longer UnreachedSwedishUnaffiliated
BritishPG006431BritishSri Lanka21,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
BritishPG015491BritishSouth Africa2,215,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG018436BritishSingapore60,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG015476BritishSeychelles4,900No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG017506BritishPeru9,300No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG006336BritishPakistan19,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
BritishPG018482BritishNew Zealand92,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG006183BritishNepal3,300No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
BritishPG015435BritishNamibia2,400No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG000379BritishMonaco2,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG000375BritishMalta11,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG009217BritishMalaysia17,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG015319BritishMalawi13,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG000366BritishLuxembourg7,700No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG015281BritishLesotho425No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG014770BritishKenya57,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG016384BritishJamaica28,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG048810BritishIndia43,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG016356BritishGuyana2,300No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG016345BritishGrenada2,800No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG000279BritishGibraltar4,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG000222BritishGermany117,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG015553BritishEswatini2,800No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG016220BritishColombia3,700No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG017438BritishChile6,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG016215BritishCayman Islands14,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG043362BritishCanada1,300,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
BritishPG008151BritishBrunei6,600No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG016211BritishBritish Virgin Islands1,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG015217BritishBotswana7,100No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG016200BritishBelize3,100No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG016197BritishBarbados7,900No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG001159BritishBangladesh11,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG017329BritishArgentina10,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishPG015154BritishAngola2,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated

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