The Need is Great

Where We Work

Oasis and its partners target nations in the developing world where English is used as a national language or a major trade language. Strong relationships have been developed in many of these countries. Some of the following statistics are estimates as reliable figures are not available. We consider all estimates to be conservative. The total English-speaking population in these nations may be well over 500,000,000.

Country	English-Speaking Population	Christian Population	Literacy	Average Yearly Income in USD
Bahamas	284,000	94%	98%	11,940
Barbados	261,000	89%	97%	6,560
Belize	219,000	75%	96%	2,700
Botswana	1,500,000	62%	70%	3,020
Cameroon	1,000,000	63%	63%	610
Dominica	30,000	92%	97%	3,090
Ethiopia	1,500,000	58%	35%	100
Fiji	200,000	53%	92%	2,479
Gambia	1,000,000	4%	39%	330
Ghana	17,800,000	64%	64%	360
Grenada	92,000	98%	98%	2,880
Guyana	838,000	50%	98%	690
India	200,000,000	3%	52%	380
Jamaica	2,400,000	86%	85%	1,600
Kenya	10,000,000	82%	78%	320
Liberia	1,200,000	37%	38%	0
Malawi	5,000,000	81%	56%	180
Micronesia	50,000	90%	87%	2,070
Namibia	250,000	91%	40%	2,250
Nigeria	100,000,000	50%	67%	240
Papua New Guinea	1,000,000	97%	32%	1,150
Philippines	15,000,000	90%	67%	1,160
Puerto Rico	1,000,000	98%	89%	6,010
Sierra Leone	2,000,000	10%	31%	200
Solomon Islands	50,000	94%	54%	900
St Lucia	134,000	95%	93%	3,500
St Vincent	113,000	93%	98%	2,370
Swaziland	250,000	80%	77%	1,210
Tanzania	10,000,000	51%	68%	170
Tonga	35,000	99%	93%	1,790
Trinidad & Tobago	1,300,000	60%	98%	3,870
Uganda	15,000,000	83%	62%	300
Zambia	6,000,000	75%	78%	300
Zimbabwe	8,000,000	62%	85%	610
Total	403,506,000