Country: Ukraine

Number of People Groups

78

People Groups Unreached

28 (35.9%)

Progress Level

Progress Gauge

Total
Population

36,472,000

Population in Unreached

386,000 (1.1%)

Largest Religion

% Christian Adherent

72.63%

% Evangelical

3.64%

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

3.1%
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
 Abkhaz 1,200 189,000 Abkhaz Non-Religious 20.00 % 1.00 % -
 Afghan, Tajik 900 12,097,000 Dari Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Albanian 2,500 5,122,000 Albanian, Gheg Islam 15.00 % 0.50 % -
 Americans, U.S. 500 196,885,000 English Christianity 82.00 % 28.90 % -
 Arab, Uzbeki 5,000 29,000 Arabic, Uzbeki Islam 10.00 % 0.50 % -
 Armenian 75,000 5,691,000 Armenian, Western Christianity 94.00 % 8.70 % -
 Assyrian 2,400 924,000 Assyrian Neo-Aramaic Christianity 87.00 % 2.00 % -
 Avar 1,100 1,133,000 Avar Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Azerbaijani 34,000 9,063,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Bashkir 3,200 1,669,000 Bashkort Islam 3.00 % 0.50 % 1
 Belarusian 208,000 9,058,000 Belarusian Christianity 71.00 % 1.40 % -
 Bulgarian 154,000 6,706,000 Bulgarian Christianity 80.00 % 1.90 % -
 Chechen 2,200 1,952,000 Chechen Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Chinese, general 2,000 15,879,000 Chinese, Mandarin Non-Religious 7.00 % 5.00 % -
 Chuvash 8,000 1,111,000 Chuvash Christianity 35.00 % 2.00 % -
 Czech 4,500 10,478,000 Czech Non-Religious 26.00 % 0.70 % -
 Dargin 1,200 641,000 Dargwa Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Deaf 184,000 49,661,000 Ukrainian Sign Language Christianity 79.01 % -
 Eskimo, Siberian 100 5,000 Yupik, Saint Lawrence Island Ethnic Religions 16.00 % 0.80 % -
 Estonian 2,200 1,119,000 Estonian, Standard Non-Religious 45.00 % 4.90 % -
 Finnish 600 5,688,000 Finnish Christianity 84.00 % 12.10 % -
 Gagauz 24,000 169,000 Gagauz Christianity 75.00 % 2.00 % -
 Georgian 26,000 3,236,000 Georgian Christianity 76.00 % 1.70 % -
 German 25,000 67,019,000 German, Standard Christianity 64.00 % 2.10 % -
 Gilyak, Nivkh 400 4,200 Gilyak Ethnic Religions 6.00 % 0.50 % -
  Totals:  78 36,472,000         28 72.63 % 3.64 % 32 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 273,000                
  UN Country Population (2023) 36,745,000                

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Province Estimated
Population
Cherkasy 1,056,000
Chernihiv 937,000
Chernivtsi 695,000
Crimea 1,531,000
Dnipropetrovs'k 2,685,000
Donets'k 3,644,000
Ivano-Frankivs'k 1,061,000
Kharkiv 2,193,000
Kherson 884,000
Khmel'nyts'kyy 1,077,000
Kiev 1,376,000
Kiev City 1,965,000
Kirovohrad 853,000
L'viv 1,977,000
Luhans'k 1,916,000
Mykolayiv 952,000
Odessa 1,858,000
Poltava 1,227,000
Rivne 883,000
Sevastopol' 285,000
Sumy 978,000
Ternopil' 860,000
Transcarpathia 948,000
Vinnytsya 1,334,000
Volyn 799,000
Zaporizhzhya 1,452,000
Zhytomyr 1,045,000
Provinces:  27 36,471,000
UN Country Population 36,745,000
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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
Abkhaz abk 1 0 New Testament
Albanian, Gheg aln 1 0 New Testament
Arabic, Uzbeki auz 1 0 Unspecified
Armenian, Western hyw 1 0 Complete Bible
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic aii 1 0 Complete Bible
Avar ava 1 1 New Testament
Azerbaijani, North azj 1 1 Complete Bible
Bashkort bak 1 1 Complete Bible
Belarusian bel 1 0 Complete Bible
Bulgarian bul 1 0 Complete Bible
Chechen che 1 1 Complete Bible
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 2 0 Complete Bible
Chuvash chv 1 0 Complete Bible
Crimean Tatar crh 1 1 Complete Bible
Czech ces 1 0 Complete Bible
Dargwa dar 1 1 Bible Portions
Dari prs 1 1 Complete Bible
English eng 1 0 Complete Bible
Erzya myv 1 0 New Testament
Estonian, Standard ekk 1 0 Complete Bible
Finnish fin 1 0 Complete Bible
Gagauz gag 1 0 New Testament
Georgian kat 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Standard deu 1 0 Complete Bible
Gilyak niv 1 0 Bible Portions
Hindi hin 1 0 Complete Bible
Hungarian hun 1 0 Complete Bible
Karaim kdr 1 1 Bible Portions
Karelian krl 1 0 New Testament
Kazakh kaz 1 1 Complete Bible
Komi-Permyak koi 1 0 New Testament
Komi-Zyrian kpv 1 0 Complete Bible
Korean kor 1 0 Complete Bible
Kumyk kum 1 1 New Testament
Kurdish, Northern kmr 2 2 Complete Bible
Kyrgyz kir 1 1 Complete Bible
Lak lbe 1 1 Bible Portions
Latvian, Standard lvs 1 0 Complete Bible
Lezgi lez 1 1 New Testament
Lithuanian lit 1 0 Complete Bible
Oroch oac 1 1 Unspecified
Orok oaa 1 1 Unspecified
Ossetic oss 1 0 Complete Bible
Pashto, Southern pbt 1 1 Bible Portions
Polish pol 1 0 Complete Bible
Romani, Balkan rmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Romani, Baltic rml 1 0 Complete Bible
Romani, Carpathian rmc 1 0 Complete Bible
Romani, Vlax rmy 1 0 Complete Bible
Romanian ron 2 0 Complete Bible
Russian rus 1 0 Complete Bible
Rusyn rue 1 0 Bible Portions
Saami, Kildin sjd 1 0 Bible Portions
Slovak slk 1 0 Complete Bible
Spanish spa 1 0 Complete Bible
Tabasaran tab 1 1 New Testament
Tajik tgk 1 1 Complete Bible
Tatar tat 1 1 Complete Bible
Thai tha 1 1 Complete Bible
Turkish tur 1 1 Complete Bible
Turkmen tuk 1 1 Complete Bible
Udi udi 1 0 Unspecified
Udmurt udm 1 0 Complete Bible
Ukrainian ukr 5 3 Complete Bible
Ukrainian Sign Language ukl 1 0 Bible Portions
Urum uum 1 0 Unspecified
Uzbek, Northern uzn 1 1 Complete Bible
Veps vep 1 0 New Testament
Vietnamese vie 1 0 Complete Bible
Yiddish, Eastern ydd 1 0 Complete Bible
Yupik, Saint Lawrence Island ess 1 0 New Testament
Totals: 71 78 28   54 56 59 51 35
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Ukraine Statistics
People Groups 78
Unreached People Groups 28  (35.9%)
Population 36,472,000
Population Annual Growth Rate -0.5%
Population in Unreached 386,000  (1.1%)
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 72.6%
Percent Evangelical 3.6%
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate 3.1%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 32
Country Progress Level 4
Urbanization 69%
Continent Europe
Region Europe, Eastern and Eurasia
10/40 Window No
Country Code UP
Official Language(s) UkrainianRussian
Literacy Rate 99%
Estimated Illiterate Population 365,000
Persecution Ranking Not ranked



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