Country: Germany

Number of People Groups

94

People Groups Unreached

27 (28.7%)

Progress Level

Progress Gauge

Total
Population

83,102,000

Population in Unreached

5,090,000 (6.1%)

Largest Religion

% Christian Adherent

62.18%

% Evangelical

2.12%

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

0.9%
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 5,100 302,000 Abkhaz Christianity 72.00 % 1.50 % -
 Adyghe 2,100 684,000 Adyghe Islam 0.07 % 0.05 % 1
 Afghani, general 295,000 919,000 Dari Islam 0.04 % 0.03 % 6
 Albanian 230,000 5,064,000 Albanian, Gheg Islam 30.00 % 0.50 % -
 Algerian, Arabic-speaking 79,000 36,748,000 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam 0.30 % 0.20 % 2
 Americans, U.S. 181,000 196,885,000 English Christianity 80.00 % 28.90 % -
 Amhara, Ethiopian 5,800 26,438,000 Amharic Christianity 85.00 % 4.00 % -
 Arab, Egyptian 46,000 76,698,000 Arabic, Egyptian Spoken Islam 15.00 % 6.00 % -
 Arab, Iraqi 308,000 18,639,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam 1.00 % 0.30 % 6
 Arab, Moroccan 237,000 29,810,000 Arabic, Moroccan Spoken Islam 0.50 % 0.05 % 5
 Arab, Syrian 837,000 19,465,000 Arabic, Levantine Islam 6.00 % 0.10 % -
 Arab, Tunisian 94,000 11,936,000 Arabic, Tunisian Spoken Islam 0.20 % 0.05 % 2
 Armenian 41,000 5,679,000 Armenian, Western Christianity 94.00 % 8.70 % -
 Assyrian 800 934,000 Assyrian Neo-Aramaic Christianity 95.00 % 2.00 % -
 Austrian, Bavarian 5,957,000 14,419,000 Bavarian Christianity 83.00 % 0.50 % -
 Azerbaijani 15,000 9,048,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam 0.80 % 0.40 % 1
 Basque 33,000 2,359,000 Basque Christianity 94.00 % 1.00 % -
 Belarusian 5,400 9,095,000 Belarusian Christianity 71.00 % 1.30 % -
 Berber, Shawiya 1,500 2,695,000 Tachawit Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Black African, general 247,000 1,137,000 Swahili Christianity 60.00 % 6.00 % -
 Bosniak 435,000 3,116,000 Bosnian Islam 0.40 % 0.10 % 9
 British 106,000 53,969,000 English Christianity 60.00 % 8.80 % -
 Bulgarian 310,000 6,757,000 Bulgarian Christianity 80.00 % 1.90 % -
 Cape Verdean 3,100 819,000 Kabuverdianu Christianity 97.78 % 7.50 % -
 Catalonian 49,000 4,334,000 Catalan Christianity 75.00 % 0.50 % -
 Chaldean 3,000 130,000 Chaldean Neo-Aramaic Christianity 90.00 % 2.00 % -
 Chechen 12,000 1,952,000 Chechen Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Chinese, general 188,000 15,879,000 German, Standard Non-Religious 8.00 % 5.70 % -
 Croat 314,000 5,248,000 Croatian Christianity 92.00 % 0.40 % -
 Czech 33,000 10,667,000 Czech Non-Religious 26.00 % 0.70 % -
 Danish 22,000 5,276,000 Danish Christianity 85.00 % 3.50 % -
 Deaf 167,000 49,661,000 German Sign Language Christianity 64.25 % -
 Dutch 192,000 13,830,000 Dutch Non-Religious 47.00 % 4.30 % -
 Estonian 82,000 1,120,000 Estonian, Standard Non-Religious 45.00 % 4.90 % -
 Filipino, Tagalog 39,000 40,521,000 Tagalog Christianity 92.00 % 12.30 % -
 French 191,000 50,459,000 French Christianity 61.00 % 1.00 % -
Frisian, Eastern 2,000 2,000 Saxon, East Frisian Low Christianity 72.00 % 2.00 % -
Frisian, Northern 59,000 60,000 Frisian, Northern Christianity 65.00 % 2.00 % -
 Galician 41,000 3,277,000 Galician Christianity 96.00 % 0.30 % -
 Georgian 25,000 3,106,000 Georgian Christianity 90.00 % 2.00 % -
 German 60,703,000 67,100,000 German, Standard Christianity 64.00 % 2.40 % -
 German Swiss 34,000 4,922,000 German, Swiss Christianity 76.00 % 4.40 % -
 Greek 350,000 10,478,000 Greek Christianity 91.00 % 0.40 % -
 Hungarian 160,000 12,208,000 Hungarian Christianity 88.00 % 2.80 % -
 Indonesian 19,000 10,135,000 Indonesian Islam 15.00 % 11.00 % -
 Italian 867,000 37,702,000 Italian Christianity 82.00 % 1.10 % -
 Japanese 36,000 119,869,000 Japanese Buddhism 1.50 % 0.50 % 1
 Javanese 2,500 18,521,000 Javanese Islam 16.00 % 6.00 % -
 Jewish, German 118,000 144,000 German, Standard Ethnic Religions 0.50 % 0.10 % 2
 Kabardian 14,000 1,982,000 Kabardian Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Kazakh 17,000 16,737,000 Kazakh Islam 0.10 % 0.02 % 1
 Khmer 13,000 16,122,000 Khmer Buddhism 4.00 % 2.00 % 1
 Korean 16,000 81,888,000 Korean Non-Religious 31.00 % 16.80 % -
 Kurd, Kurmanji 224,000 16,339,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam 0.20 % 0.05 % 4
 Latvian 9,200 1,399,000 Latvian, Standard Christianity 60.00 % 7.00 % -
 Laz, Lazuri 1,000 108,000 Laz Islam 4.00 % 2.00 % 1
 Lithuanian 41,000 2,796,000 Lithuanian Christianity 85.00 % 1.10 % -
 Luxembourger 15,000 418,000 Luxembourgish Christianity 82.00 % 0.50 % -
 Macedonian 70,000 1,955,000 Macedonian Christianity 66.00 % 0.20 % -
 Mennonite 91,000 489,000 Plautdietsch Christianity 98.00 % 4.00 % -
 Mongol, Khalka 1,500 2,551,000 Mongolian, Halh Ethnic Religions 2.00 % 1.40 % 1
 Norwegian 6,700 4,759,000 Norwegian Christianity 88.00 % 8.00 % -
 Pashtun, Northern 39,000 40,328,000 Pashto, Northern Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Persian 235,000 46,297,000 Persian, Iranian Islam 4.00 % 4.00 % -
 Polish 1,986,000 45,420,000 Polish Christianity 90.00 % 0.30 % -
 Portuguese 133,000 22,749,000 Portuguese Christianity 94.00 % 3.00 % -
 Romani, Balkan 2,100 910,000 Romani, Balkan Christianity 65.00 % 2.00 % -
 Romani, German 66,000 66,000 German, Standard Christianity 65.00 % 2.00 % -
 Romani, Sinte 81,000 222,000 Romani, Sinte Christianity 65.00 % 1.50 % -
 Romani, Vlax 5,100 1,159,000 Romani, Vlax Christianity 65.00 % 2.00 % -
 Romanian 1,011,000 21,659,000 Romanian Christianity 97.00 % 5.40 % -
 Russian 1,378,000 135,461,000 Russian Christianity 67.00 % 1.20 % -
Saterfriesen 2,100 2,100 Saterfriesisch Christianity 80.00 % 1.50 % -
 Serb 327,000 8,544,000 Serbian Christianity 80.00 % 0.60 % -
 Slovak 57,000 5,355,000 Slovak Christianity 92.00 % 2.00 % -
 Slovene 82,000 1,972,000 Slovene Christianity 54.00 % 0.10 % -
 Sorb, Lower Lusatian 7,300 12,000 German, Standard Christianity 70.00 % 1.50 % -
Sorb, Wend 18,000 18,000 German, Standard Christianity 80.00 % 1.00 % -
 South Asian, general 194,000 12,146,000 Hindi Hinduism 3.00 % 0.20 % 4
 Spaniard 208,000 29,952,000 Spanish Christianity 77.00 % 1.00 % -
 Swedish 24,000 9,425,000 Swedish Christianity 52.00 % 0.40 % -
 Syrian Aramaic, Turoyo 20,000 180,000 Turoyo Christianity 95.00 % 0.90 % -
 Tajik 25,000 10,774,000 Tajik Islam 0.30 % 0.10 % 1
 Tamil (Hindu traditions) 34,000 2,857,000 Tamil Hinduism 6.00 % 3.00 % -
 Thai 21,000 24,237,000 Thai Buddhism 0.40 % 0.20 % 1
 Tigray, Tigrinya 25,000 9,808,000 Tigrigna Christianity 90.00 % 10.00 % -
 Turk 2,804,000 67,115,000 Turkish Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 56
 Ukrainian 312,000 31,481,000 Ukrainian Christianity 79.00 % 3.80 % -
 Urdu 23,000 2,146,000 Urdu Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Uyghur 700 12,315,000 Uyghur Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Vietnamese 187,000 86,363,000 Vietnamese Buddhism 9.00 % 1.80 % -
 Yazidi 51,000 781,000 Kurdish, Northern Ethnic Religions 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Yeniche 16,000 18,000 Yeniche Christianity 60.00 % 1.40 % -
 Zaza-Alevi 30,000 264,000 Zazaki, Northern Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
  Totals:  94 83,102,000         27 62.18 % 2.12 % 113 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 193,000                
  UN Country Population (2023) 83,295,000                

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State Estimated
Population
Baden-Württemberg 11,105,000
Bayern 13,119,000
Berlin 3,657,000
Brandenburg 2,520,000
Bremen 685,000
Hamburg 1,847,000
Hessen 6,647,000
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 1,615,000
Niedersachsen 8,008,000
Nordrhein-Westfalen 17,990,000
Rheinland-Pfalz 4,098,000
Saarland 994,000
Sachsen 4,091,000
Sachsen-Anhalt 2,215,000
Schleswig-Holstein 2,906,000
Thüringen 2,150,000
States:  16 83,647,000
UN Country Population 83,295,000
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Language Code # Peoples
w/ this Primary
Language
# Unreached
w/ this Primary
Language
Scripture
Status
NT Text
Online
NT Audio
Online
Jesus Film
Online
Audio
Recordings
Online
Gospel
Tract
Online
Abkhaz abk 1 0 New Testament
Adyghe ady 1 1 New Testament
Albanian, Gheg aln 1 0 New Testament
Amharic amh 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Algerian Spoken arq 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Egyptian Spoken arz 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Levantine apc 1 0 Bible Portions
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken acm 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Moroccan Spoken ary 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Tunisian Spoken aeb 1 1 New Testament
Armenian, Western hyw 1 0 Complete Bible
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic aii 1 0 Complete Bible
Azerbaijani, North azj 1 1 Complete Bible
Basque eus 1 0 Complete Bible
Bavarian bar 1 0 Complete Bible
Belarusian bel 1 0 Complete Bible
Bosnian bos 1 1 Complete Bible
Bulgarian bul 1 0 Complete Bible
Catalan cat 1 0 Complete Bible
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic cld 1 0 New Testament
Chechen che 1 1 Complete Bible
Croatian hrv 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 2 0 Complete Bible
Estonian, Standard ekk 1 0 Complete Bible
French fra 1 0 Complete Bible
Frisian, Northern frr 1 0 New Testament
Galician glg 1 0 Complete Bible
Georgian kat 1 0 Complete Bible
German Sign Language gsg 1 0 Bible Portions
German, Standard deu 6 1 Complete Bible
German, Swiss gsw 1 0 New Testament
Greek ell 1 0 Complete Bible
Hindi hin 1 1 Complete Bible
Hungarian hun 1 0 Complete Bible
Indonesian ind 1 0 Complete Bible
Italian ita 1 0 Complete Bible
Japanese jpn 1 1 Complete Bible
Javanese jav 1 0 Complete Bible
Kabardian kbd 1 1 New Testament
Kabuverdianu kea 1 0 Bible Portions
Kazakh kaz 1 1 Complete Bible
Khmer khm 1 1 Complete Bible
Korean kor 1 0 Complete Bible
Kurdish, Northern kmr 2 2 Complete Bible
Latvian, Standard lvs 1 0 Complete Bible
Laz lzz 1 1 Bible Portions
Lithuanian lit 1 0 Complete Bible
Luxembourgish ltz 1 0 New Testament
Macedonian mkd 1 0 Complete Bible
Mongolian, Halh khk 1 1 Complete Bible
Norwegian nor 1 0 Complete Bible
Pashto, Northern pbu 1 1 Complete Bible
Persian, Iranian pes 1 0 Complete Bible
Plautdietsch pdt 1 0 Complete Bible
Polish pol 1 0 Complete Bible
Portuguese por 1 0 Complete Bible
Romani, Balkan rmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Romani, Sinte rmo 1 0 Complete Bible
Romani, Vlax rmy 1 0 Complete Bible
Romanian ron 1 0 Complete Bible
Russian rus 1 0 Complete Bible
Saterfriesisch stq 1 0 Unspecified
Saxon, East Frisian Low frs 1 0 New Testament
Serbian srp 1 0 Complete Bible
Slovak slk 1 0 Complete Bible
Slovene slv 1 0 Complete Bible
Spanish spa 1 0 Complete Bible
Swahili swh 1 0 Complete Bible
Swedish swe 1 0 Complete Bible
Tachawit shy 1 1 Bible Portions
Tagalog tgl 1 0 Complete Bible
Tajik tgk 1 1 Complete Bible
Tamil tam 1 0 Complete Bible
Thai tha 1 1 Complete Bible
Tigrigna tir 1 0 Complete Bible
Turkish tur 1 1 Complete Bible
Turoyo tru 1 0 New Testament
Ukrainian ukr 1 0 Complete Bible
Urdu urd 1 1 Complete Bible
Uyghur uig 1 1 Complete Bible
Vietnamese vie 1 0 Complete Bible
Yeniche yec 1 0 Translation Needed
Zazaki, Northern kiu 1 1 Bible Portions
Totals: 87 94 27   0 71 77 79 60
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  • Christian medical outreaches

Germany Statistics
People Groups 94
Unreached People Groups 27  (28.7%)
Population 83,102,000
Population Annual Growth Rate -0.1%
Population in Unreached 5,090,000  (6.1%)
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 62.2%
Percent Evangelical 2.1%
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate 0.9%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 113
Country Progress Level 4
Urbanization 77%
Continent Europe
Region Europe, Western
10/40 Window No
Country Code GM
Official Language(s) German, Standard
Literacy Rate 99%
Estimated Illiterate Population 831,000
Persecution Ranking Not ranked


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