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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

While he was coming, the demon threw him to the ground and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
readLuke 9:42

Pray that those who are living outside of the hope of the gospel will know and trust that Jesus offers freedom from the oppression of sin and hope in eternal life.

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 3:23

Pray that the gospel will advance and many will acknowledge that all have sinned, fall short of God's glory, and need a Savior to reconcile them to God.

All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.
read2 Corinthians 5:18

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will serve as God's ambassadors, sharing the message of reconciliation with others.

Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre!
readPsalm 149:3

Pray that God will send His people across cultures to share the gospel so that those who don't yet know the truth about Him might praise His name and share the hope of Christ with others.

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

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11 people groups

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

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

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