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People Groups
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Population Indig % Evangel % Adherent Least Reached Progress Scale Primary Religion Primary Language Pho Map Txt
Afrikaner63,00012.00 %94.00 %3.2 ChristianityAfrikaansP
Afrikaner
  
Akan, Ashanti, Twi25,0004.00 %85.00 %3.1 ChristianityAkanP
Akan, Ashanti, Twi
  
Albanian, Tosk2,5000.50 %30.00 %2.2 IslamAlbanian, ToskP
Albanian, Tosk
  
Americans, U.S.251,00028.90 %78.00 %3.2 ChristianityEnglishP
Americans, U.S.
 T
Anglo-Australian113,00014.40 %70.00 %3.2 ChristianityEnglishP
Anglo-Australian
  
Anglo-Canadian70,0007.70 %72.00 %3.2 ChristianityEnglishP
Anglo-Canadian
  
Anglo-New Zealander63,00018.20 %53.00 %3.2 ChristianityEnglishP
Anglo-New Zealander
 T
Arab, Egyptian47,0003.90 %13.00 %3.1 IslamArabic, Egyptian SpokeP
Arab, Egyptian
  
Arab, Lebanese95,0000.50 %32.00 %2.2 IslamArabic, North LevantinP
Arab, Lebanese
  
Arab, Moroccan32,0000.00 %0.10 %Y1.1 IslamArabic, Moroccan SpokeP
Arab, Moroccan
 T
Arab, Omani2,0001.50 %3.00 %Y1.2 IslamArabic, Omani SpokenP
Arab, Omani
  
Arab, Palestinian19,0000.50 %5.00 %Y1.2 IslamArabic, South LevantinP
Arab, Palestinian
M
Arab, Palestinian of United Kingdom
T
Arab, Yemeni32,0000.00 %0.10 %Y1.1 IslamArabic, Taizzi-Adeni SP
Arab, Yemeni
M
Arab, Yemeni of United Kingdom
T
Armenian19,0008.70 %94.00 %3.2 ChristianityArmenianP
Armenian
 T
Assyrian6,4000.75 %92.00 %2.2 ChristianityAssyrian Neo-AramaicP
Assyrian
 T
Austrian, Bavarian21,0000.50 %83.00 %2.2 ChristianityBavarian   
Belorusian5,4001.30 %71.00 %2.2 ChristianityBelarusanP
Belorusian
  
Bengali, Bangla-Bhasa327,0000.13 %1.00 %Y1.2 IslamBengaliP
Bengali, Bangla-Bhasa
 T
Bengali, Sylhetti114,0000.04 %0.30 %Y1.2 IslamSylhetiP
Bengali, Sylhetti
M
Bengali, Sylhetti of United Kingdom
T
Berber, Imazighen2,9000.10 %0.60 %Y1.2 IslamTamazight, Central AtlP
Berber, Imazighen
  
Berber, Kabyle3,2001.00 %1.50 %Y1.2 IslamKabyleP
Berber, Kabyle
  
British, Scottish5,929,000Y7.50 %60.00 %3.2 ChristianityEnglish   
Bulgarian63,0001.90 %80.00 %2.2 ChristianityBulgarianP
Bulgarian
 T
Burmese13,0000.10 %0.50 %Y1.2 BuddhismBurmeseP
Burmese
 T
Coloured148,0007.00 %85.00 %3.2 ChristianityEnglishP
Coloured
  
Cornish517,000Y8.00 %65.00 %3.2 ChristianityCornish   
Creoles, Mauritian24,0000.80 %55.00 %2.2 ChristianityMorisyen   
Cypriots, Turkish32,0000.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamTurkishP
Cypriots, Turkish
 T
Czech11,0000.70 %26.00 %2.2 Non-ReligiousCzechP
Czech
  
Danish11,0003.50 %85.00 %3.1 ChristianityDanishP
Danish
  
DeafY1.00 %60.00 %2.2 ChristianityBritish Sign Language   
Druze5000.50 %1.00 %Y1.2 Other / SmallArabic, North LevantinP
Druze
M
Druze of United Kingdom
 
Dutch43,0004.30 %47.00 %3.1 Non-ReligiousDutchP
Dutch
  
English44,280,000Y8.90 %60.00 %3.2 ChristianityEnglishP
English
 T
Estonian16,0004.90 %45.00 %3.1 Non-ReligiousEstonianP
Estonian
  
Filipino, Tagalog58,00012.30 %92.00 %3.2 ChristianityTagalogP
Filipino, Tagalog
  
Finnish13,00012.10 %84.00 %3.2 ChristianityFinnish  T
Fleming16,0000.45 %63.00 %2.2 ChristianityVlaams   
French100,0001.00 %61.00 %2.2 ChristianityFrenchP
French
 T
German283,0002.10 %64.00 %3.1 ChristianityGerman, StandardP
German
  
German Swiss14,0004.40 %76.00 %3.1 ChristianityGerman, SwissP
German Swiss
  
Gilbraltarian13,000Y2.90 %85.00 %3.1 ChristianityEnglish   
Greek38,0000.40 %91.00 %2.2 ChristianityGreekP
Greek
 T
Gujarati315,0000.07 %2.00 %Y1.2 HinduismGujaratiP
Gujarati
M
Gujarati of United Kingdom
T
Gypsy, Anglo-Romani54,000Y10.00 %65.00 %3.2 ChristianityAngloromaniP
Gypsy, Anglo-Romani
 T
Gypsy, Scottish Traveller4,200Y4.00 %60.00 %3.1 ChristianityTraveller Scottish   
Han Chinese, Cantonese205,0005.70 %6.00 %3.2 Non-ReligiousChinese, YueP
Han Chinese, Cantonese
 T
Han Chinese, Hakka28,0005.70 %8.00 %3.2 Non-ReligiousChinese, HakkaP
Han Chinese, Hakka
 T
Han Chinese, Mandarin157,0005.00 %6.00 %3.1 Non-ReligiousChinese, MandarinP
Han Chinese, Mandarin
 T
Hungarian20,0002.80 %88.00 %3.1 ChristianityHungarianP
Hungarian
  
Irish531,0001.50 %90.00 %2.2 ChristianityEnglish   
Irish Traveller, Shelta3,6004.00 %65.00 %3.1 ChristianityShelta   
Irish, Gaelic-Speaking38,0001.00 %92.00 %2.2 ChristianityGaelic, Irish   
Italian218,0001.10 %82.00 %2.2 ChristianityItalianP
Italian
  
Jamaicans180,00028.00 %83.00 %3.2 ChristianityJamaican Creole EnglisP
Jamaicans
  
Japanese51,0000.50 %1.50 %Y1.2 BuddhismJapaneseP
Japanese
 T
Jew294,000Y0.10 %0.50 %Y1.2 Ethnic ReligionsEnglishP
Jew
 T
Korean13,00016.80 %31.00 %3.2 ChristianityKoreanP
Korean
 T
Krio, Sierra Leonian18,0005.00 %75.00 %3.1 ChristianityKrioP
Krio, Sierra Leonian
 T
Kurd, Kurmanji25,0000.05 %0.30 %Y1.2 IslamKurdish, NorthernP
Kurd, Kurmanji
 T
Latin American, Mestizo82,0004.00 %92.00 %3.1 ChristianitySpanish   
Latvian13,0007.00 %60.00 %3.2 ChristianityLatvian   
Lithuanian6,3001.10 %85.00 %2.2 ChristianityLithuanianP
Lithuanian
  
Macedonian9,2000.20 %66.00 %2.2 ChristianityMacedonianP
Macedonian
 T
Malay, Malaysian51,0000.10 %0.50 %Y1.2 IslamMalayP
Malay, Malaysian
M
Malay, Malaysian of United Kingdom
T
Maltese44,0001.30 %97.00 %2.2 ChristianityMaltese  T
Mandaean1,0000.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 Other / SmallEnglishP
Mandaean
 T
Norwegian7,2008.40 %91.00 %3.2 ChristianityNorwegianP
Norwegian
  
Parsee4,1000.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 Other / SmallParsiP
Parsee
 T
Pashtun, Northern94,0000.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamPashto, NorthernP
Pashtun, Northern
 T
Pashtun, Southern95,0000.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamPashto, SouthernP
Pashtun, Southern
 T
Persian81,0000.20 %0.50 %Y1.2 IslamFarsi, WesternP
Persian
 T
Polish145,0000.30 %90.00 %2.2 ChristianityPolishP
Polish
 T
Portuguese38,0003.00 %94.00 %3.1 ChristianityPortugueseP
Portuguese
  
Romani, Balkan, Tinners74,0007.00 %70.00 %3.2 ChristianityRomani, BalkanP
Romani, Balkan, Tinners
M
Romani, Balkan, Tinners of United Kingdom
T
Romani, Vlax63,0009.00 %65.00 %3.2 ChristianityRomani, VlaxP
Romani, Vlax
M
Romani, Vlax of United Kingdom
T
Romani, Welsh63,000Y8.00 %65.00 %3.2 ChristianityWelsh  T
Russian76,0001.20 %67.00 %2.2 ChristianityRussianP
Russian
  
Scots, Gaelic62,000Y8.00 %60.00 %3.2 ChristianityGaelic, Scottish   
Scots, Lowland107,000Y8.00 %60.00 %3.2 ChristianityScots   
Serb13,0000.60 %80.00 %2.2 ChristianitySerbianP
Serb
 T
Seychellese Creole2,5006.00 %95.00 %3.2 ChristianitySeselwa Creole French   
Somali94,0000.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamSomaliP
Somali
  
South Asian, general3,301,000Y1.50 %3.00 %Y1.2 IslamUrdu   
Spaniard58,0001.00 %77.00 %2.2 ChristianitySpanishP
Spaniard
  
Swedish25,0006.90 %57.00 %3.2 ChristianitySwedishP
Swedish
  
Tigre, Eritrean16,0000.00 %0.10 %Y1.1 IslamTigreP
Tigre, Eritrean
  
Turk76,0000.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamTurkishP
Turk
 T
Ukrainian69,0003.80 %79.00 %3.1 ChristianityUkrainianP
Ukrainian
 T
Ulster Irish1,136,000Y14.00 %92.00 %3.2 ChristianityEnglish   
Vietnamese25,0001.80 %9.00 %2.2 BuddhismVietnameseP
Vietnamese
  
Welsh, Cymraeg1,199,000Y8.00 %60.00 %3.2 ChristianityWelshP
Welsh, Cymraeg
 T
Yahudic, Judeo-Iraqi6,4000.10 %0.50 %Y1.2 Ethnic ReligionsArabic, Judeo-Iraqi  T
Yoruba94,00011.00 %55.00 %3.2 ChristianityYorubaP
Yoruba
  
Total People Groups:   94 62,317,000 14     26 3.2     72 8 43
Unclassified / Other Individuals 481,000  
UN Country Population (2012) 62,798,000  
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United Kingdom – People Progress
% of People Groups % of Population in People Groups
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Progress Level Peoples % of Peoples Population % of Population
  Level 1 - Unreached / Least-Reached 26 27.7 % 5,081,000 8.2 %
  Level 2 - Nominal / Formative Church 23 24.5 % 1,546,000 2.5 %
  Level 3 - Established / Significant Church 45 47.9 % 55,691,000 89.4 %
Totals 94   62,317,000  

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

Afrikaner
63,000


Akan, Ashanti, Twi
25,000


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Albanian, Tosk
2,500


Americans, U.S.
251,000


Anglo-Australian
113,000


Anglo-Canadian
70,000


Anglo-New Zealander
63,000


Arab, Egyptian
47,000


Arab, Lebanese
95,000


Arab, Moroccan
32,000


Arab, Omani
2,000


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Arab, Palestinian
19,000


Arab, Yemeni
32,000


Armenian
19,000


Assyrian
6,400


Belorusian
5,400


Bengali, Bangla-Bhasa
327,000


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Bengali, Sylhetti
114,000


Berber, Imazighen
2,900


Berber, Kabyle
3,200


Bulgarian
63,000


Burmese
13,000


Coloured
148,000


Cypriots, Turkish
32,000


Czech
11,000


Danish
11,000


Druze
500


Dutch
43,000


English
44,280,000


Estonian
16,000


Filipino, Tagalog
58,000


French
100,000


German
283,000


German Swiss
14,000


Greek
38,000


Gujarati
315,000


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Gypsy, Anglo-Romani
54,000


Han Chinese, Cantonese
205,000


Han Chinese, Hakka
28,000


Han Chinese, Mandarin
157,000


Hungarian
20,000


Italian
218,000


Jamaicans
180,000


Japanese
51,000


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Jew
294,000


Korean
13,000


Krio, Sierra Leonian
18,000


Kurd, Kurmanji
25,000


Lithuanian
6,300


Macedonian
9,200


© Copyrighted Photo
Malay, Malaysian
51,000


Mandaean
1,000


Norwegian
7,200


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Parsee
4,100


Pashtun, Northern
94,000


Pashtun, Southern
95,000


Persian
81,000


Polish
145,000


Portuguese
38,000


Romani, Balkan, Tinners
74,000


Romani, Vlax
63,000


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Russian
76,000


Serb
13,000


Somali
94,000


Spaniard
58,000


Swedish
25,000


Tigre, Eritrean
16,000


Turk
76,000


Ukrainian
69,000


© Copyrighted Photo
Vietnamese
25,000


Welsh, Cymraeg
1,199,000


Yoruba
94,000

United Kingdom People Photos   *** Note:  Only people groups with photos available are displayed here.***
United Kingdom – Languages
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Language
Code
# Peoples
Primary
Language
# Unreached
Primary
Language
Bible
Status
Bible
Locator
Audio NT
Online
Jesus
Film
Online
Audio
Recordings
Online
Gospel
Tract
Online
Afrikaansafr10Complete
Akanaka10Complete
Albanian, Toskals10Complete
Angloromanirme10Portions
Arabic, Egyptian Spokenarz10NT
Arabic, Judeo-Iraqiyhd11Need?
Arabic, Moroccan Spokenary11NT
Arabic, North Levantine Spokenapc21Portions
Arabic, Omani Spokenacx11None
Arabic, South Levantine Spokenajp11Portions
Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spokenacq11None
Armenianhye10Complete
Assyrian Neo-Aramaicaii10Complete
Bavarianbar10Complete
Belarusanbel10Complete
Bengaliben11Complete
British Sign Languagebfi10None
Bulgarianbul10Complete
Burmesemya11Complete
Chinese, Hakkahak10Complete
Chinese, Mandarincmn10Complete
Chinese, Yueyue10Complete
Cornishcor10NT
Czechces10Complete
Danishdan10Complete
Dutchnld10Complete
Englisheng122Complete
Estonianest10Complete
Farsi, Westernpes11Complete
Finnishfin10Complete
Frenchfra10Complete
Gaelic, Irishgle10Complete
Gaelic, Scottishgla10Complete
German, Standarddeu10Complete
German, Swissgsw10NT
Greekell10Complete
Gujaratiguj11Complete
Hungarianhun10Complete
Italianita10Complete
Jamaican Creole Englishjam10None
Japanesejpn11Complete
Kabylekab11NT
Koreankor10Complete
Kriokri10NT
Kurdish, Northernkmr11Complete
Latvianlav10Complete
Lithuanianlit10Complete
Macedonianmkd10Complete
Malayzlm11Complete
Maltesemlt10Complete
Morisyenmfe10Portions
Norwegiannor10Complete
Parsiprp11None
Pashto, Northernpbu11Complete
Pashto, Southernpbt11Portions
Polishpol10Complete
Portuguesepor10Complete
Romani, Balkanrmn10NT
Romani, Vlaxrmy10NT
Russianrus10Complete
Scotssco10NT
Serbiansrp10Complete
Seselwa Creole Frenchcrs10NT
Sheltasth10None
Somalisom11Complete
Spanishspa20Complete
Swedishswe10Complete
Sylhetisyl11Portions
Tagalogtgl10Complete
Tamazight, Central Atlastzm11Portions
Tigretig11Complete
Traveller Scottishtrl10None
Turkishtur22Complete
Ukrainianukr10Complete
Urduurd11Complete
Vietnamesevie10Complete
Vlaamsvls10Portions
Welshcym20Complete
Yorubayor10Complete
Totals: 79 94 26   71 38 64 67 50
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United Kingdom – Religions
 
Major Religions  
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Christianity Segments  
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United Kingdom – Possible Ministry Involvement
  • Below are lists of ministries that may work in United Kingdom. Ministries in the United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom   Ministries in Western Europe
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Country Level Ministries Size
Action Partners - PioneersMedium
Adventures in MissionsMedium
Africa Inland Mission, InternationalMedium
Alongside Ministries, InternationalSmall
American Baptist Churches of the USA, Int'l MinistriesMedium
Apostolic Team Ministries, InternationalSmall
Artists in Christian TestimonyMedium
Avant MinistriesMedium
Biblical Ministries WorldwideMedium
Brethren in Christ World MissionsMedium
Cadence InternationalMedium
Chinese Overseas Christian MissionSmall
Chosen People MinistriesSmall
ChristarMedium
Christian Associates InternationalSmall
Christian Outreach InternationalSmall
Christian Witness to IsraelSmall
Church Mission SocietyMedium
CLC InternationalMedium
CLC Ministries InternationalSmall
CMF InternationalMedium
CrosslinksMedium
Eastern Mennonite MissionsMedium
Elim FellowshipMedium
Encompass World PartnersMedium
Evangelical Presbyterian ChurchMedium
Fellowship International MissionMedium
Fellowship of Evangelical ChurchesSmall
Friends of Israel Gospel MinistryMedium
Global Partners / Wesleyan World MissionsMedium
Global Recordings NetworkMedium
Globe InternationalMedium
Go Ye FellowshipMedium
Gospel Fellowship AssociationMedium
Greater Europe MissionMedium
HCJB GlobalMedium
International Board of Jewish MissionsSmall
International Students, Inc.Medium
International TeamsMedium
Intervarsity Christian FellowshipMedium
Iris Ministries, Inc.Medium
Japan Christian LinkSmall
Jews for JesusMedium
Josue Yrion World Evangelism and MissionsSmall
Latin LinkMedium
Lifewords (Scripture Gift Mission)Medium
Messianic TestimonySmall
Missionary Ventures InternationalMedium
Navigators, International Missions GroupMedium
OMF International (Overseas Missionary Fellowship)Large
Open Air Campaigners (OAC)Medium
Operation MobilizationLarge
People International USAMedium
Presbyterian Evangelistic FellowshipMedium
Qua Iboe FellowshipSmall
Ravi Zacharias International MinistriesSmall
Red Sea Team InternationalMedium
Reformed Baptist Mission ServicesSmall
SAT7Medium
Scripture UnionMedium
South American Mission SocietyMedium
The Leprosy MissionMedium
Things To Come MissionMedium
Walk Thru the Bible MinistriesMedium
WEC InternationalLarge
World Baptist Fellowship Mission AgencyMedium
World Harvest MissionMedium
World HorizonsMedium
World Missions Far Corners IncorporatedLarge
World Witness, Associate Reformed Presbyterian ChurchMedium
Young LifeMedium
Youth with a MissionLarge
Ministries Listed:  72
 
Regional Level Ministries Size
ABWE (Association of Baptists for World Evangelism)Large
Anglican Frontier MissionsSmall
Assemblies of God World MissionsLarge
Awana Clubs, InternationalMedium
Baptist Bible Fellowship, InternationalMedium
Baptist International Missions, Inc. (BIMI)Medium
Baptist Mid-MissionsMedium
BCM InternationalMedium
Bible LeagueMedium
Campus Crusade for Christ, InternationalLarge
Child Evangelism FellowshipMedium
Christian Church of North America - MissionsSmall
Church of God of ProphecyMedium
Church of God, Cleveland, TennesseeMedium
Church of the Nazarene World Mission DepartmentMedium
Church World ServiceMedium
Cooperative Baptist FellowshipMedium
Educational Services InternationalMedium
EFCA International MissionMedium
Every Home for ChristMedium
Final Frontiers FoundationLarge
Free Methodist World MissionsMedium
Galcom InternationalSmall
GO InternationalSmall
InterCommSmall
Lutheran Church - Missouri SynodMedium
One Mission SocietyMedium
PioneersMedium
Salvation ArmyMedium
Seventh-day Adventists General ConferenceMedium
Silent Word MinistriesSmall
Southern Baptist Convention - International Mission BoardLarge
Team ExpansionMedium
Tentmakers InternationalSmall
United Methodist ChurchMedium
United Pentecostal Church Foreign MissionsMedium
United World MissionMedium
Worldwide Tentmakers, IncorporatedSmall
Ministries Listed:  38
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United Kingdom – Statistics, Prayer Cards, Maps and Links
 
Statistics
Population 62,317,000
Percent Urbanization 80 %
Total People Groups 94
Unreached People Groups 26
Region Western Europe
10/40 Window No
Official National Language English
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 56.5%  [1]
Percent Evangelical 8.1%  [2]
Country Progress Level 3.2
Persecution Ranking Not ranked (1=High to 50=Low OD)
Human Development Index 0.875 (0=Low to 1=High UN)

Links
Operation World
Ethnologue Language Listing
State Department Religious Freedom Report
World Factbook

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.
 
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