Ethnic People Groups of Ireland

Ireland – People Groups

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People Groups (click people name for profile)	Population	Indig	% Evangel	% Adherent	Least Reached	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	Primary Language	Pho	Map	Txt
Americans, U.S.	14,000		28.90 %	78.00 %		3.2	Christianity	English	0P Americans, U.S.	1	0T
Anglo-South African	7,800		21.00 %	85.00 %		3.2	Christianity	English	1	1	1
Arab, Lebanese	21,000		0.50 %	33.00 %		2.2	Islam	Arabic, North Levantin	0P Arab, Lebanese	1	1
British	324,000		6.00 %	60.00 %		3.2	Christianity	English	0P British	1	1
British, Scottish	14,000		4.00 %	60.00 %		3.1	Christianity	English	1	1	1
Chinese, general	18,000		5.00 %	8.00 %		3.1	Non-Religious	English	0P Chinese, general	1	1
Deaf		Y	0.00 %	92.00 %		2.1	Christianity	Irish Sign Language	1	1	1
Dutch	4,300		4.30 %	47.00 %		3.1	Non-Religious	Dutch	0P Dutch	1	1
Filipino, Tagalog	95,000		12.30 %	92.00 %		3.2	Christianity	Tagalog	0P Filipino, Tagalog	1	1
French	24,000		1.00 %	61.00 %		2.2	Christianity	French	0P French	1	0T
German	9,400		2.10 %	64.00 %		3.1	Christianity	German, Standard	0P German	1	1
Greek	900		0.40 %	92.00 %		2.2	Christianity	Greek	0P Greek	1	0T
Gypsy, Irish	22,000	Y	1.50 %	90.00 %		2.2	Christianity	English	1	1	1
Gypsy, Traveller	7,500		0.80 %	35.00 %		2.2	Non-Religious	Shelta	1	1	1
Irish	2,624,000	Y	0.90 %	95.00 %		2.2	Christianity	English	1	1	1
Irish Traveller, Shelta	26,000		1.00 %	95.00 %		2.2	Christianity	Shelta	1	1	1
Irish, Gaelic-Speaking	1,408,000	Y	0.80 %	96.00 %		2.2	Christianity	Irish	1	1	1
Italian	4,200		1.10 %	82.00 %		2.2	Christianity	Italian	0P Italian	1	1
Jew	1,300	Y	0.10 %	0.40 %	Y	1.2	Ethnic Religions	English	0P Jew	1	0T
Russian	3,300		1.20 %	67.00 %		2.2	Christianity	Russian	0P Russian	1	1
South Asian, general	30,000		0.50 %	3.00 %	Y	1.2	Hinduism	Hindi	0P South Asian, general	1	0T
Spaniard	500		1.00 %	77.00 %		2.2	Christianity	Spanish	0P Spaniard	1	1
Turks	2,400		0.00 %	0.00 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Turkish	0P Turks	1	1
Welsh	9,000		6.00 %	58.00 %		3.2	Christianity	Welsh	0P Welsh	1	0T
Total People Groups: 24	4,670,000	5			3	2.2			16	0	6
Unclassified / Other Individuals	24,000
UN Country Population (2013)	4,694,000

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Ireland –

% of People Groups ^[1]

% of Population in People Group ^{[1] [2]}


Progress Level		Peoples	% of Peoples	Population	% of Population ^[2]

	Level 1 - Unreached / Least-Reached	3	12.5 %	34,000	0.7 %
	Level 2 - Nominal / Formative Church	12	50.0 %	4,141,000	88.7 %
	Level 3 - Established / Significant Church	9	37.5 %	495,000	10.6 %

Totals		24		4,670,000

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Small Values: Values less than .3% are not shown on pie charts for labeling clarity.
% of Population in People Group: The percentage of the population that lives in a people group at each progress level. Not every person living in an unreached people group is necessarily unreached.

Ireland – People Photos * Note: Only people groups with photos available are displayed here.*

Americans, U.S. 14,000	Arab, Lebanese 21,000	British 324,000	Chinese, general 18,000	Dutch 4,300	Filipino, Tagalog 95,000
French 24,000	German 9,400	Greek 900	Italian 4,200	© Copyrighted Photo Jew 1,300	© Copyrighted Photo Russian 3,300
South Asian, general 30,000	Spaniard 500	Turks 2,400	Welsh 9,000
Ireland People Photos * Note: Only people groups with photos available are displayed here.*

Ireland – Languages

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Language (click Language name for details)	Language Code	# Peoples Primary Language	# Unreached Primary Language	Bible Status	Bible Locator	Audio NT Online	Jesus Film Online	Audio Recordings Online	Gospel Tract Online
Arabic, North Levantine Spoken	apc	1	0	Portions	0	1	1	0	0
Dutch	nld	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
English	eng	8	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
French	fra	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
German, Standard	deu	1	0	Complete	0	1	0	0	0
Greek	ell	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Hindi	hin	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	1
Irish	gle	1	0	Complete	0	1	1	0	1
Irish Sign Language	isg	1	0	None	1	1	1	1	1
Italian	ita	1	0	Complete	0	1	0	0	0
Russian	rus	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Shelta	sth	2	0	None	1	1	1	1	1
Spanish	spa	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Tagalog	tgl	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Turkish	tur	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Welsh	cym	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	1
Totals:	16	24	3		14	10	12	14	11

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Ireland –

Major Religions ^{[1] [3]}

Evangelicals: 1.6 %
(subset of Christianity)

Christianity Segments ^{[2] [3]}

(Evangelicals distributed across
Christianity Segments)

% Evangelical and % Christian Adherent Trends ^[4]

NOTES:

Major Religions: Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Major Religion percentages for that people group. Results are summed for each Religion for all Peoples within the country.
Christianity Segments: Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Christianity Segments percentages for that people group. Results are summed for each Christianity Segment for all peoples within the country.
Small Values: Values less than .3% are not shown on pie charts for labeling clarity.
% Evangelical and % Christian Adherent Trends: Source Operation World Editions 1986, 1993, 2001, 2010.
Zero percent data values may also mean unknown or unavailable.

Ireland – Possible Ministry Involvement

Below are lists of ministries that may work in Ireland. Ministries in the Ireland section probably minister in this country. Ministries in the Western Europe section only possibly minister in this country. The purpose of this information is to assist potential new missionaries connect with sending agencies and for general ministry networking. Click on the links below to visit ministry websites for further information. Visit the Power-Of-Connecting "Find a Network Tool" to find further networking information.
The lists below do not include all ministries at work in this country or region. There are likely many excellent ministries not listed here. Omissions are not intentional, but occur simply from lack of data. Please contact us to suggest other ministries to include here. Inclusion here is not an endorsement by Joshua Project.

Ministries in Ireland

Ministries in Western Europe

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Country Level Ministries	Size
Biblical Ministries Worldwide	Medium
Christian Associates International	Small
Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee	Medium
CrossWorld	Medium
Encompass World Partners	Medium
European Christian Mission International, USA	Medium
Evangelical Friends Mission	Small
Fireland Missions	Small
Foundation in Christ Ministries	Small
Global Outreach Mission	Medium
Greater Europe Mission	Medium
Greater Grace World Outreach Missions	Medium
Ireland Outreach International	Small
Macedonian World Baptist Missions	Medium
Mennonite Mission Network	Medium
Reformed Baptist Mission Services	Small
Team Expansion	Medium
The Brethren Church	Medium
World Harvest Mission	Medium
World Partners USA	Medium
Ministries Listed: 20

Regional Level Ministries	Size
ABWE (Association of Baptists for World Evangelism)	Large
Anglican Frontier Missions	Small
Assemblies of God World Missions	Large
Awana Clubs, International	Medium
Baptist Bible Fellowship, International	Medium
Baptist International Missions, Inc. (BIMI)	Medium
Baptist Mid-Missions	Medium
BCM International	Medium
Bible League	Medium
Campus Crusade for Christ, International	Large
Child Evangelism Fellowship	Medium
Christian Church of North America - Missions	Small
Church of God of Prophecy	Medium
Church of the Nazarene World Mission Department	Medium
Church World Service	Medium
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship	Medium
Educational Services International	Medium
EFCA International Mission	Medium
Every Home for Christ	Medium
Final Frontiers Foundation	Large
Free Methodist World Missions	Medium
Galcom International	Small
GO International	Small
InterComm	Small
Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod	Medium
Navigators, International Missions Group	Medium
One Mission Society	Medium
Pioneers	Medium
Salvation Army	Medium
Seventh-day Adventists General Conference	Medium
Silent Word Ministries	Small
Southern Baptist Convention - International Mission Board	Large
Tentmakers International	Small
United Methodist Church	Medium
United Pentecostal Church Foreign Missions	Medium
United World Mission	Medium
Worldwide Tentmakers, Incorporated	Small
Young Life	Medium
Youth with a Mission	Large
Ministries Listed: 39

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Ireland – Statistics, Prayer Cards, Maps and Links


Statistics

Population	4,670,000
Percent Urbanization	62 %
Total People Groups	24
Unreached People Groups	3
Region	Western Europe
10/40 Window	No
Official National Language	English
Secondary National Language	Irish
Primary Religion	Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent	90.9% ^[1]
Percent Evangelical	1.6% ^[2]
Country Progress Level	2.2
Persecution Ranking	Not ranked (1=High to 50=Low OD)
Human Development Index	0.916 (0=Low to 1=High UN)

Links

State Department Religious Freedom Report

Notes

[1] Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Major Religion percentages for that people group. The results are summed for each Religion for all Peoples within the country.

[2] Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Christianity Segments percentages for that people group. The results are summed for each Christianity Segment for all peoples within the country.