Country: United Kingdom

Number of People Groups

115

People Groups Unreached

35 (30.4%)

Progress Level

Progress Gauge

Total
Population

67,651,000

Population in Unreached

5,453,000 (8.1%)

Largest Religion

% Christian Adherent

56.15%

% Evangelical

7.57%

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

0.0%
Map Notes

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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
 Greek 58,000 10,398,000 Greek Christianity 91.00 % 0.40 % -
 Gujarati 633,000 3,464,000 Gujarati Hinduism 0.05 % 0.03 % 13
 Han Chinese, Cantonese 220,000 79,810,000 Chinese, Yue Non-Religious 6.00 % 5.70 % -
 Han Chinese, Hakka 30,000 44,228,000 Chinese, Hakka Non-Religious 8.00 % 5.70 % -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 130,000 931,685,000 Chinese, Mandarin Non-Religious 6.00 % 5.00 % -
 Hungarian 92,000 12,089,000 Hungarian Christianity 88.00 % 2.80 % -
 Igbo 8,000 33,312,000 Igbo Christianity 95.00 % 35.00 % -
 Irish 312,000 8,464,000 English Christianity 90.00 % 1.50 % -
 Irish Traveller, Shelta 17,000 52,000 Shelta Christianity 65.00 % 4.00 % -
 Irish, Gaelic-speaking 41,000 255,000 Irish Christianity 92.00 % 1.00 % -
 Italian 183,000 37,699,000 Italian Christianity 82.00 % 1.10 % -
 Jamaican 122,000 3,346,000 Jamaican English Creole Christianity 83.00 % 28.00 % -
 Japanese 24,000 119,869,000 Japanese Buddhism 1.50 % 0.50 % 1
 Jewish, English-speaking 287,000 5,401,000 English Ethnic Religions 0.50 % 0.10 % 6
 Jewish, Yahudic 6,900 108,000 Arabic, Judeo-Iraqi Ethnic Religions 0.50 % 0.10 % 1
 Khmer 11,000 16,122,000 Khmer Buddhism 3.20 % 1.70 % 1
 Korean 12,000 81,888,000 Korean Christianity 31.00 % 16.80 % -
 Krio, Sierra Leonian 19,000 960,000 Krio Christianity 75.00 % 5.00 % -
 Kurd, Kurmanji 27,000 14,705,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam 0.30 % 0.05 % 1
 Latin American, Mestizo 88,000 604,000 Spanish Christianity 92.00 % 4.00 % -
 Latvian 116,000 1,435,000 Latvian, Standard Christianity 60.00 % 7.00 % -
 Lingala 4,900 5,130,000 Lingala Christianity 92.00 % 20.00 % -
 Lithuanian 167,000 2,777,000 Lithuanian Christianity 85.00 % 1.10 % -
 Macedonian 9,800 1,953,000 Macedonian Christianity 66.00 % 0.20 % -
 Malay, Malaysian 61,000 18,383,000 Malay Islam 0.50 % 0.10 % 1
  Totals:  115 67,651,000         35 56.15 % 7.57 % 123 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 86,000                
  UN Country Population (2023) 67,737,000                

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Subdivision Estimated
Population
England 57,001,000
Northern Ireland 1,916,000
Scotland 5,537,000
Wales 3,196,000
Subdivisions:  4 67,650,000
UN Country Population 67,737,000
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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 Complete Bible
Akan aka 1 0 Complete Bible
Albanian, Gheg aln 1 0 New Testament
Amharic amh 1 0 Complete Bible
Angloromani rme 1 0 Bible Portions
Arabic, Egyptian arz 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Judeo-Iraqi yhd 1 1 Unspecified
Arabic, Levantine apc 4 2 Bible Portions
Arabic, Libyan ayl 1 1 Unspecified
Arabic, Mesopotamian acm 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Moroccan ary 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Najdi ars 1 1 Bible Portions
Arabic, Omani acx 1 1 Unspecified
Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni acq 1 1 Bible Portions
Armenian, Western hyw 1 0 Complete Bible
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic aii 1 0 Complete Bible
Bavarian bar 1 0 Complete Bible
Belarusian bel 1 0 Complete Bible
Bengali ben 1 1 Complete Bible
British Sign Language bfi 1 0 Bible Portions
Bulgarian bul 1 0 Complete Bible
Burmese mya 1 1 Complete Bible
Chinese, Hakka hak 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Yue yue 1 0 Complete Bible
Czech ces 1 0 Complete Bible
Danish dan 1 0 Complete Bible
Dari prs 1 1 Complete Bible
Dutch nld 1 0 Complete Bible
English eng 12 2 Complete Bible
Estonian, Standard ekk 1 0 Complete Bible
Finnish fin 1 0 Complete Bible
French fra 1 0 Complete Bible
Ganda lug 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Standard deu 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Swiss gsw 1 0 New Testament
Greek ell 2 0 Complete Bible
Gujarati guj 1 1 Complete Bible
Hindi hin 1 1 Complete Bible
Hungarian hun 1 0 Complete Bible
Igbo ibo 1 0 Complete Bible
Irish gle 1 0 Complete Bible
Italian ita 1 0 Complete Bible
Jamaican English Creole jam 1 0 New Testament
Japanese jpn 1 1 Complete Bible
Kabyle kab 1 1 Complete Bible
Khmer khm 1 1 Complete Bible
Korean kor 1 0 Complete Bible
Krio kri 1 0 Complete Bible
Kurdish, Northern kmr 1 1 Complete Bible
Latvian, Standard lvs 1 0 Complete Bible
Lingala lin 1 0 Complete Bible
Lithuanian lit 1 0 Complete Bible
Macedonian mkd 1 0 Complete Bible
Malay zlm 1 1 Complete Bible
Maltese mlt 1 0 Complete Bible
Morisyen mfe 1 0 New Testament
Neo-Mandaic mid 1 1 Unspecified
Norwegian nor 1 0 Complete Bible
Pashto, Northern pbu 1 1 Complete Bible
Pashto, Southern pbt 1 1 Bible Portions
Persian, Iranian pes 1 1 Complete Bible
Polish pol 1 0 Complete Bible
Portuguese por 2 0 Complete Bible
Romani, Balkan rmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Romani, Vlax rmy 1 0 Complete Bible
Romanian ron 1 0 Complete Bible
Russian rus 1 0 Complete Bible
Scots sco 1 0 New Testament
Scottish Gaelic gla 1 0 Complete Bible
Serbian srp 1 0 Complete Bible
Seychelles French Creole crs 1 0 Complete Bible
Shelta sth 1 0 Translation Needed
Shona sna 1 0 Complete Bible
Slovak slk 1 0 Complete Bible
Slovene slv 1 0 Complete Bible
Somali som 1 1 Complete Bible
Spanish spa 3 0 Complete Bible
Swahili swh 1 1 Complete Bible
Swedish swe 1 0 Complete Bible
Sylheti syl 1 1 New Testament
Tagalog tgl 1 0 Complete Bible
Tajik tgk 1 1 Complete Bible
Tamazight, Central Atlas tzm 1 1 Bible Portions
Thai tha 1 1 Complete Bible
Tibetan, Central bod 1 1 Complete Bible
Tigre tig 1 1 Complete Bible
Tigrigna tir 1 0 Complete Bible
Traveller Scottish trl 1 0 Translation Needed
Turkish tur 2 2 Complete Bible
Ukrainian ukr 1 0 Complete Bible
Vietnamese vie 1 0 Complete Bible
Welsh cym 2 0 Complete Bible
West Flemish vls 1 0 Bible Portions
Yoruba yor 1 0 Complete Bible
Totals: 95 115 35   75 76 82 83 64
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  • Church planting agencies in United Kingdom
  • Christian ministry in United Kingdom
  • Business as mission
  • Christian literature distribution
  • Evangelism agencies
  • Christian discipleship
  • Short term Christian missions
  • Long term Christian missions
  • Urban ministries
  • Christian media opportunities
  • Bible translation opportunities
  • Relief and development agencies
  • Clean water projects
  • Christian medical outreaches

United Kingdom Statistics
People Groups 115
Unreached People Groups 35  (30.4%)
Population 67,651,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 0.6%
Population in Unreached 5,453,000  (8.1%)
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 56.2%
Percent Evangelical 7.6%
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate 0.0%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 123
Country Progress Level 4
Urbanization 83%
Continent Europe
Region Europe, Western
10/40 Window No
Country Code UK
Official Language(s) English
Literacy Rate 99%
Estimated Illiterate Population 677,000
Persecution Ranking Not ranked
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