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The Jamaicans of Panama

The Jamaicans of Panama, numbering approximately 210,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Afro-Caribbean diaspora community in Panama descended largely from Jamaican migrants. They speak Jamaican English Creole and English or Spanish, and maintain a distinct cultural identity shaped by Caribbean heritage and canal-era migration. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Jamaican Creole English is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Jamaican

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: North American Peoples
Country: Panama
People Cluster: Afro-American
Primary Language(s): Jamaican Creole English (jam)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 210,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG024835
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Pray for the Jamaicans of Panama

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion 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

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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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 Panama

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
readMatthew 9:36

Pray that those who have no hope and are in need of a Savior will be comforted by the Good Shepherd, who seeks to gather the lost and weary into His care.

Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know, and a nation that did not know you shall run to you, because of the LORD your God, and of the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you.
readIsaiah 55:5

Pray that those who do not know God will access the gospel, run to Him, and discover that He is the one their souls have been longing for.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
read1 Peter 2:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will embrace their identity as God's chosen people, royal priests, and holy nation, living out their faith with purity and devotion.

Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
readActs 17:29

Pray that God will send out laborers to tell people of the one true God and, as the good news is shared, bring about repentance and belief as they turn from idols and follow Jesus.

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

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11 people groups

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

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

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