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Photo People Group Population
this Country
Global
Population
Indigenous Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale
% Christian
Adherent
% Evangelical Est. Workers
Needed
 Abnaki-Penobscot 2,800 4,200 French Christianity 4 97.00 % 3.00 % -1 -
 Acadian, Cajun 30,000 59,000 French Christianity 3 97.00 % 1.20 % -1 -
 Afghani, general 61,000 923,000 Dari Islam 0 ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Afrikaner 11,000 4,760,000 Afrikaans Christianity 5 91.00 % 22.00 % -1 -
 Afro-Antiguan 1,600 79,000 English Christianity 5 92.00 % 15.00 % -1 -
 Afro-Caribbean, other 114,000 117,000 English Christianity 5 91.70 % 20.00 % -1 -
 Afro-Grenadian 7,900 118,000 Grenadian English Creole Christianity 5 70.00 % 20.00 % -1 -
 Afro-Vincentian 5,700 94,000 Vincentian English Creole Christianity 5 85.00 % 32.00 % -1 -
 Akan 600 6,034,000 Akan Christianity 5 70.00 % 25.00 % -1 -
 Albanian 2,100 5,119,000 Albanian, Gheg Islam 2 32.00 % 0.20 % -1 -
 Albanian, general 24,000 630,000 Albanian, Tosk Christianity 2 48.00 % 1.30 % -1 -
 Algerian, Arabic-speaking 70,000 37,281,000 Arabic, Algerian Islam 1 1.00 % 0.90 % 1
Algonquin 7,300 7,300 Algonquin Christianity 4 96.00 % 6.00 % -1 -
 Americans, U.S. 343,000 197,948,000 English Christianity 5 87.00 % 29.00 % -1 -
 Amerindian, Detribalized 152,000 16,169,000 English Christianity 5 90.00 % 20.00 % -1 -
 Amhara, Ethiopian 800 27,147,000 Amharic Christianity 4 77.00 % 6.00 % -1 -
 Amish 19,000 279,000 German, Pennsylvania Christianity 4 99.00 % 3.00 % -1 -
 Anglo-Australian 4,700 18,679,000 English Christianity 5 70.00 % 13.00 % -1 -
 Anglo-Canadian 16,687,000 17,345,000 English Christianity 5 80.40 % 10.50 % -1 -
 Anglo-New Zealander 1,600 3,615,000 English Christianity 5 76.00 % 17.00 % -1 -
 Antiguan, mixed 1,500 78,000 Leeward Caribbean English Creole Christianity 5 91.00 % 23.00 % -1 -
 Arab 68,000 3,025,000 English Islam 4 37.00 % 3.50 % -1 -
 Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken 80,000 7,242,000 Arabic, Gulf Islam 1 1.90 % 0.80 % 2
 Arab, Egyptian 38,000 78,032,000 Arabic, Egyptian Christianity 4 56.00 % 4.50 % -1 -
 Arab, Iraqi 73,000 21,994,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Christianity 3 65.00 % 2.00 % -1 -
  Totals:  297 38,927,000         20 ☀︎  63 71.00 % 7.67 % 94 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 180,000                
  UN Country Population (2024) 39,107,000                

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.


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Province Estimated
Population
Alberta 4,197,000
British Columbia 5,067,000
Manitoba 1,391,000
New Brunswick 865,000
Newfoundland and Labrador 593,000
Northwest Territories 47,000
Nova Scotia 1,062,000
Nunavut 37,000
Ontario 14,799,000
Prince Edward Island 161,000
Québec 9,100,000
Saskatchewan 1,190,000
Yukon 39,000
Provinces:  13 38,548,000
UN Country Population 39,107,000

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Language Code # Peoples
w/ this Primary
Language
# Unreached
w/ this Primary
Language
Scripture
Status
YouVersion
Bible
Resources
Faith Comes
By Hearing
Bible Resources
Jesus Film
Online
Global
Recordings
Resources
Gospel
Tract
Online
Afrikaans afr 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Akan aka 1 0 5 Complete Bible -1 1 1 1 -1
Albanian, Gheg aln 1 0 4 New Testament 1 -1 1 1 1
Albanian, Tosk als 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 -1
Algonquin alq 1 0 4 New Testament 1 1 -1 1 -1
American Sign Language ase 1 0 5 Complete Bible -1 -1 1 -1 -1
Amharic amh 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Arabic, Algerian arq 1 1 4 New Testament 1 1 1 1 -1
Arabic, Chadian shu 1 1 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 -1
Arabic, Egyptian arz 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 -1
Arabic, Gulf afb 1 1 3 Bible Portions 1 -1 1 1 -1
Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan aju 1 1 0 Unspecified -1 -1 -1 1 -1
Arabic, Levantine apc 4 0 3 Bible Portions 1 1 1 1 -1
Arabic, Libyan ayl 1 1 0 Unspecified -1 1 1 1 -1
Arabic, Mesopotamian acm 1 0 4 New Testament 1 1 1 1 -1
Arabic, Moroccan ary 1 1 4 New Testament 1 1 1 1 -1
Arabic, Najdi ars 1 1 3 Bible Portions -1 -1 -1 1 -1
Arabic, Sanaani ayn 1 1 0 Unspecified -1 -1 -1 1 -1
Arabic, Sudanese apd 1 1 4 New Testament 1 -1 1 1 -1
Arabic, Tunisian aeb 1 1 4 New Testament 1 1 1 1 -1
Armenian, Western hyw 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 -1
Assiniboine asb 1 0 0 Unspecified -1 -1 -1 1 -1
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic aii 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 -1
Atikamekw atj 1 0 4 New Testament 1 -1 -1 1 -1
Azerbaijani, South azb 1 1 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 1
Babine bcr 1 0 3 Bible Portions -1 -1 -1 1 -1
Bamanankan bam 1 1 5 Complete Bible -1 1 1 1 1
Baoule bci 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 -1
Basque eus 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 -1
Bavarian bar 1 0 5 Complete Bible -1 -1 -1 1 -1
Beaver bea 1 0 3 Bible Portions 1 -1 -1 1 -1
Belarusian bel 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 -1
Bemba bem 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 1
Bengali ben 2 2 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Blackfoot bla 1 0 3 Bible Portions 1 -1 1 1 -1
Bosnian bos 1 1 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 1
Brunei kxd 1 1 2 Translation Started -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
Bulgarian bul 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Burmese mya 1 1 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Carrier crx 1 0 4 New Testament 1 1 -1 1 -1
Carrier, Southern caf 1 0 4 New Testament 1 -1 -1 1 -1
Cayuga cay 1 0 0 Unspecified -1 -1 -1 1 -1
Cebuano ceb 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Chilcotin clc 1 0 3 Bible Portions -1 -1 1 1 -1
Chinese, Hakka hak 1 1 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 -1
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Chinese, Min Nan nan 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 -1
Chinese, Wu wuu 1 0 5 Complete Bible -1 -1 1 1 -1
Comox coo 1 0 0 Unspecified -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
Cree, Moose crm 1 0 4 New Testament 1 -1 -1 1 -1
Cree, Northern East crl 1 0 4 New Testament 1 -1 -1 1 -1
Cree, Plains crk 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 -1
Cree, Southern East crj 1 0 4 New Testament 1 1 -1 1 -1
Cree, Swampy csw 1 0 4 New Testament -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
Cree, Woods cwd 1 0 1 Translation Needed -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
Croatian hrv 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Czech ces 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Dakota dak 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 -1 1 -1
Danish dan 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Dari prs 1 1 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 -1
Dene chp 1 0 4 New Testament -1 -1 1 1 -1
Dinka, Southeastern dks 1 0 4 New Testament 1 -1 -1 1 -1
Dutch nld 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 1
English eng 36 3 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Estonian, Standard ekk 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 1
Ewe ewe 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 -1
Fijian fij 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Finnish fin 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Fon fon 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 -1
French fra 4 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Frisian fry 1 0 5 Complete Bible -1 -1 -1 1 -1
Fulfulde, Borgu fue 1 1 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 -1
Ganda lug 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 1
Georgian kat 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
German, Pennsylvania pdc 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 -1 1 -1
German, Standard deu 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
German, Swiss gsw 1 0 4 New Testament -1 -1 -1 1 -1
Gikuyu kik 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Gitxsan git 1 0 3 Bible Portions -1 -1 -1 1 -1
Greek ell 2 0 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 1
Grenadian English Creole gcl 1 0 2 Translation Started -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
Guarani, Paraguayan gug 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 -1
Gujarati guj 1 1 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Guyanese English Creole gyn 1 0 3 Bible Portions -1 -1 1 -1 -1
Gwich'in gwi 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 -1 1 -1
Haisla has 1 0 0 Unspecified -1 -1 -1 1 -1
Haitian Creole hat 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 1
Halkomelem hur 1 0 0 Unspecified -1 -1 -1 1 -1
Hazaragi haz 1 1 3 Bible Portions -1 -1 1 1 -1
Hebrew heb 1 1 4 New Testament 1 1 1 1 1
Heiltsuk hei 1 0 0 Unspecified -1 -1 -1 1 -1
Hiligaynon hil 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 -1
Hindi hin 2 1 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Hmong Daw mww 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 -1
Hungarian hun 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 1
Hutterisch geh 1 0 4 New Testament -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
Icelandic isl 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Igbo ibo 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Ilocano ilo 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 -1
Indonesian ind 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Innu moe 1 0 4 New Testament -1 -1 1 1 -1
Inuinnaqtun ikt 1 0 3 Bible Portions 1 -1 -1 1 -1
Inuktitut, Eastern Canadian ike 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 -1
Inupiatun, North Alaskan esi 1 0 4 New Testament 1 1 -1 1 -1
Irish gle 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 -1
Italian ita 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Jamaican English Creole jam 1 0 4 New Testament 1 -1 1 1 -1
Japanese jpn 1 1 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Judeo-Tat jdt 1 1 3 Bible Portions -1 -1 1 -1 -1
Jula dyu 1 1 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 -1
Kabuverdianu kea 1 0 3 Bible Portions -1 -1 1 1 -1
Kabyle kab 1 1 5 Complete Bible -1 -1 1 1 -1
Kannada kan 1 1 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Kapampangan pam 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 -1
Kashubian csb 1 0 4 New Testament -1 -1 1 1 -1
Kaska kkz 1 0 0 Unspecified -1 -1 -1 1 -1
Kazakh kaz 1 1 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Khmer khm 1 1 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Kinyarwanda kin 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 1
Kituba (Democratic Republic of the Congo) ktu 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 1
Konkani, Goan gom 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 -1
Korean kor 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Kpelle, Liberia xpe 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 -1
Kurdish, Northern kmr 1 1 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 -1
Kutenai kut 1 0 0 Unspecified -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
Kwakwala kwk 1 0 3 Bible Portions 1 -1 -1 1 -1
Kyrgyz kir 1 1 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Lakota lkt 1 0 3 Bible Portions 1 -1 -1 1 -1
Lao lao 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Latvian, Standard lvs 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Leeward Caribbean English Creole aig 2 0 3 Bible Portions -1 -1 -1 1 -1
Lesser Antillean French Creole acf 1 0 4 New Testament 1 1 -1 1 -1
Lillooet lil 1 0 0 Unspecified -1 -1 -1 1 -1
Lingala lin 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Lithuanian lit 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Maay ymm 1 1 3 Bible Portions -1 -1 1 1 -1
Macedonian mkd 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Malagasy, Merina plt 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Malay zlm 1 1 5 Complete Bible -1 -1 1 1 1
Malayalam mal 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Malecite-Passamaquoddy pqm 1 0 3 Bible Portions 1 -1 -1 1 -1
Maltese mlt 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 -1
Maninkakan, Eastern emk 1 1 4 New Testament -1 -1 1 1 -1
Maya, Yucatec yua 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 1
Mende (Sierra Leone) men 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 -1
Mi'kmaq mic 1 0 4 New Testament 1 -1 -1 1 -1
Michif crg 1 0 0 Unspecified -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
Mohawk moh 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 -1 1 -1
Mongolian, Halh khk 1 1 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 -1
Moore mos 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 -1
Morisyen mfe 1 0 4 New Testament 1 1 1 1 -1
Naskapi nsk 1 0 4 New Testament 1 1 -1 1 -1
Nepali npi 1 1 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Nisga'a ncg 1 0 3 Bible Portions 1 -1 -1 1 -1
Norwegian nor 1 0 5 Complete Bible -1 1 1 1 1
Oji-Cree ojs 1 0 3 Bible Portions -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
Ojibwa, Central ojc 1 0 0 Unspecified -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
Ojibwa, Eastern ojg 1 0 0 Unspecified -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
Ojibwa, Northwestern ojb 1 0 4 New Testament 1 1 -1 1 -1
Ojibwa, Western ojw 1 0 3 Bible Portions -1 -1 1 -1 -1
Okanagan oka 1 0 0 Unspecified -1 -1 -1 1 -1
Oneida one 1 0 3 Bible Portions 1 -1 -1 1 -1
Onondaga ono 1 0 0 Unspecified -1 -1 -1 1 -1
Oromo, West Central gaz 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Ottawa otw 1 0 4 New Testament -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
Pashto, Northern pbu 1 1 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Persian, Iranian pes 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 1
Plautdietsch pdt 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 -1
Polish pol 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Portuguese por 2 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Potawatomi pot 1 0 3 Bible Portions 1 -1 -1 1 -1
Pular fuf 1 1 4 New Testament 1 -1 1 1 -1
Punjabi, Eastern pan 2 2 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 -1
Punjabi, Western pnb 1 1 4 New Testament 1 1 1 1 1
Romani, Sinte rmo 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 -1
Romani, Vlax rmy 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 -1
Romanian ron 2 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Rundi run 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 1
Russian rus 2 1 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Scottish Gaelic gla 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Seneca see 1 0 3 Bible Portions 1 -1 -1 1 -1
Serbian srp 3 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Seychelles French Creole crs 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 -1
Shona sna 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 1
Shuswap shs 1 0 0 Unspecified -1 -1 -1 1 -1
Sicilian scn 1 0 3 Bible Portions 1 -1 -1 1 -1
Sinhala sin 1 1 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 1
Slavey, North scs 1 0 0 Unspecified -1 -1 -1 1 -1
Slavey, South xsl 1 0 4 New Testament -1 -1 1 -1 -1
Slovak slk 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Slovene slv 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Somali som 1 1 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 1
Soninke snk 1 1 3 Bible Portions -1 -1 1 1 -1
Spanish spa 19 0 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 1
Stoney sto 1 0 3 Bible Portions -1 1 -1 1 -1
Sukuma suk 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 -1
Swahili swh 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Swedish swe 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Tagalog tgl 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 -1
Tahltan tht 1 0 0 Unspecified -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
Tajik tgk 1 1 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Tamazight, Central Atlas tzm 1 1 3 Bible Portions -1 1 1 1 -1
Tamil tam 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Tanana, Upper tau 1 0 3 Bible Portions -1 -1 -1 1 -1
Tatar tat 1 1 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 -1
Thai tha 1 1 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 1
Thompson thp 1 0 0 Unspecified -1 -1 -1 1 -1
Tibetan, Central bod 1 1 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Tigre tig 1 1 5 Complete Bible -1 -1 1 1 -1
Tigrigna tir 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 -1
Tlicho dgr 1 0 4 New Testament 1 1 1 1 -1
Tlingit tli 1 0 3 Bible Portions -1 -1 -1 1 -1
Tsimshian tsi 1 0 3 Bible Portions -1 -1 -1 1 -1
Turkish tur 2 2 5 Complete Bible 1 -1 1 1 1
Tutchone, Northern ttm 1 0 0 Unspecified -1 -1 -1 1 -1
Tutchone, Southern tce 1 0 0 Unspecified -1 -1 -1 1 -1
Ukrainian ukr 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Urdu urd 1 1 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Uyghur uig 1 1 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 -1
Uzbek, Northern uzn 1 1 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Vietnamese vie 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Vincentian English Creole svc 1 0 3 Bible Portions -1 1 -1 1 -1
Welsh cym 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
West Flemish vls 1 0 3 Bible Portions -1 -1 -1 1 -1
Wolof wol 1 1 4 New Testament 1 1 1 1 -1
Yiddish, Eastern ydd 1 1 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 -1
Yoruba yor 1 0 5 Complete Bible 1 1 1 1 1
Totals: 227 297 63   162 147 158 196 84
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* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.