Country: Italy

Number of People Groups

105

People Groups Unreached

23 (21.9%)

Progress Level

Progress Gauge

Total
Population

58,786,000

Population in Unreached

2,035,000 (3.5%)

Largest Religion

% Christian Adherent

81.33%

% Evangelical

1.46%

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

1.9%
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 *
 Akan 48,000 5,921,000 Akan Christianity 70.00 % 15.00 % -
 Albanian, general 457,000 634,000 Italian Islam 30.00 % 0.50 % -
 Algerian, Arabic-speaking 21,000 36,748,000 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam 2.00 % 1.10 % 1
 Americans, U.S. 13,000 196,886,000 English Christianity 80.00 % 28.90 % -
 Amhara, Ethiopian 6,800 26,438,000 Amharic Christianity 80.00 % 1.00 % -
 Arab, Egyptian 75,000 75,618,000 Arabic, Egyptian Spoken Islam 13.00 % 3.90 % -
 Arab, general 1,206,000 2,252,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam 0.30 % 0.06 % 24
 Arab, Iraqi 2,200 19,654,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam 2.00 % 0.30 % 1
 Arab, Sudanese 2,000 18,763,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam 3.00 % 0.50 % 1
 Arbereshe 100,000 100,000 Albanian, Arbereshe Christianity 83.00 % 0.80 % -
 Argentinian, White 7,900 36,355,000 Spanish Christianity 90.00 % 8.00 % -
 Armenian 700 5,944,000 Armenian, Western Christianity 94.00 % 8.70 % -
 Austrian, Bavarian 254,000 14,419,000 Bavarian Christianity 83.00 % 0.50 % -
 Baule 23,000 7,485,000 Baoule Christianity 60.00 % 12.00 % -
 Belarusian 7,300 9,413,000 Belarusian Christianity 65.00 % 1.40 % -
 Berber, Shawiya 38,000 2,695,000 Tachawit Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bergamasco 136,000 136,000 Lombard Christianity 80.00 % 0.80 % -
 Black African, general 123,000 1,137,000 Swahili Christianity 70.00 % 7.00 % -
 Bolivian, Mestizo 12,000 8,407,000 Spanish Christianity 90.00 % 12.00 % -
 Bosniak 28,000 3,116,000 Bosnian Islam 0.40 % 0.05 % 1
 Brazilian, White 38,000 102,539,000 Portuguese Christianity 92.00 % 24.00 % -
 British 23,000 53,969,000 English Christianity 60.00 % 8.00 % -
 Bulgarian 47,000 6,769,000 Bulgarian Christianity 80.00 % 1.50 % -
 Calabrian 5,248,000 5,248,000 Napoletano-Calabrese Christianity 83.00 % 1.68 % -
 Cape Verdean 4,000 819,000 Kabuverdianu Christianity 95.00 % 6.60 % -
 Catalonian, Algerhese 23,000 4,334,000 Catalan Christianity 88.00 % 0.30 % -
Cimbrian 2,300 2,300 Cimbrian Christianity 88.00 % 0.50 % -
 Colombian, Mestizo 18,000 35,890,000 Spanish Christianity 94.00 % 6.00 % -
Corsican 5,900 172,000 Corsican Christianity 80.00 % 0.40 % -
 Croat 17,000 5,248,000 Croatian Christianity 92.00 % 0.40 % -
 Cuban 17,000 9,118,000 Spanish Christianity 55.00 % 4.00 % -
 Czech 5,500 10,667,000 Czech Non-Religious 26.00 % 0.60 % -
 Deaf 118,000 49,661,000 Italian Sign Language Christianity 82.38 % -
Dolomite, Ladino 35,000 35,000 Ladin Christianity 82.00 % 0.80 % -
 Dominican 25,000 9,291,000 Spanish Christianity 94.00 % 7.00 % -
 Dutch 7,200 13,830,000 Dutch Non-Religious 48.00 % 3.00 % -
 Ecuadorian 81,000 14,283,000 Spanish Christianity 94.00 % 8.50 % -
 Emilian 2,082,000 2,082,000 Italian Christianity 82.00 % 1.20 % -
 Ewe 4,500 6,658,000 Ewe Christianity 84.00 % 13.00 % -
 Filipino, Tagalog 137,000 40,521,000 Tagalog Christianity 92.00 % 12.30 % -
Franco-Provencal 70,000 143,000 Arpitan Christianity 80.00 % 0.50 % -
 French 25,000 50,459,000 French Christianity 61.00 % 1.00 % -
Friulian 276,000 276,000 Friulian Christianity 83.00 % 0.10 % -
 Fulbe 3,800 5,395,000 Pular Islam 0.02 % 0.00 % 1
 Georgian 9,000 3,152,000 Georgian Christianity 85.00 % 1.50 % -
 German 35,000 67,303,000 German, Standard Christianity 64.00 % 2.10 % -
 German Swiss 7,800 4,922,000 German, Swiss Christianity 76.00 % 3.00 % -
 Greek 5,600 10,480,000 Greek Christianity 91.00 % 0.40 % -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 219,000 925,688,000 Chinese, Mandarin Non-Religious 8.00 % 5.70 % -
 Hungarian 6,700 12,210,000 Hungarian Christianity 85.00 % 2.60 % -
 Italian 31,395,000 37,702,000 Italian Christianity 87.00 % 1.32 % -
 Italian, Sicilian 4,320,000 4,321,000 Sicilian Christianity 81.00 % 1.56 % -
 Japanese 6,200 119,824,000 Japanese Buddhism 1.50 % 0.50 % 1
 Jew, Italian 27,000 27,000 Judeo-Italian Ethnic Religions 0.50 % 0.10 % 1
 Kazakh 1,200 16,799,000 Kazakh Islam 0.20 % 0.05 % 1
 Kurd, Kurmanji 12,000 16,636,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam 2.00 % 0.20 % 1
 Kyrgyz 900 5,923,000 Kyrgyz Islam 0.20 % 0.09 % 1
 Ligurian 460,000 505,000 Ligurian Christianity 85.00 % 0.80 % -
 Lombard 3,171,000 3,484,000 Lombard Christianity 85.00 % 0.48 % -
 Macedonian 75,000 1,955,000 Macedonian Christianity 66.00 % 0.20 % -
 Maltese 30,000 671,000 Maltese Christianity 97.00 % 1.30 % -
 Mauritian 7,300 1,104,000 Morisyen Christianity 51.00 % 4.00 % -
Mocheno 2,000 2,000 Mocheno Christianity 60.00 % 0.00 % -
 Moldovans 137,000 3,317,000 Romanian Christianity 70.00 % 3.00 % -
 Mossi 14,000 13,756,000 Moore Islam 30.00 % 11.00 % -
 Persian 7,100 46,617,000 Persian, Iranian Islam 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
 Peruvian 97,000 26,208,000 Spanish Christianity 95.00 % 9.00 % -
Piedmontese 687,000 687,000 Piedmontese Christianity 80.00 % 1.10 % -
 Polish 87,000 45,446,000 Polish Christianity 88.00 % 0.25 % -
 Pomak 2,400 494,000 Bulgarian Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Provencal, Occitani 105,000 3,055,000 Occitan Christianity 82.00 % 0.50 % -
Rhaeto-Romansch 23,000 67,000 Romansh Christianity 85.00 % 1.00 % -
 Romani, Balkan 59,000 1,120,000 Romani, Balkan Christianity 60.00 % 0.60 % -
Romani, Italian 24,000 24,000 Italian Christianity 70.00 % 0.30 % -
 Romani, Sinte 15,000 222,000 Romani, Sinte Christianity 80.00 % 1.00 % -
 Romani, Vlax 3,700 1,159,000 Romani, Vlax Christianity 80.00 % 1.00 % -
 Romanian 917,000 21,660,000 Romanian Christianity 97.00 % 5.40 % -
 Russian 30,000 133,461,000 Russian Christianity 67.00 % 1.20 % -
 Salvadorian 10,000 6,965,000 Spanish Christianity 92.00 % 20.00 % -
 Sardinian, Campidanese 502,000 502,000 Sardinian, Campidanese Christianity 80.00 % 1.10 % -
 Sardinian, Logudorese 524,000 524,000 Sardinian, Logudorese Christianity 80.00 % 1.00 % -
 Sardinian, Sard 178,000 178,000 Italian Christianity 84.00 % 0.70 % -
 Sardinian, Sassarese 105,000 105,000 Sardinian, Sassarese Christianity 80.00 % 0.76 % -
 Sardinian, Tempiese 105,000 105,000 Sardinian, Gallurese Christianity 80.00 % 0.80 % -
 Sinhalese 59,000 400,000 Sinhala Buddhism 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Slavomolisano 2,000 2,000 Slavomolisano Christianity 90.00 % 1.00 % -
 Slovak 7,700 5,356,000 Slovak Christianity 90.00 % 1.00 % -
 Slovene 2,500 1,974,000 Slovene Christianity 54.00 % 0.10 % -
 Somali 5,100 26,240,000 Somali Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 South Asian, Bengali-speaking 91,000 1,884,000 Bengali Islam 4.00 % 0.20 % 2
 South Asian, general 414,000 12,146,000 Urdu Islam 4.00 % 0.50 % 8
 Spaniard 17,000 29,952,000 Spanish Christianity 77.00 % 1.00 % -
 Tajik 4,700 10,626,000 Tajik Islam 1.00 % 0.01 % 1
 Tamil (Hindu traditions) 29,000 2,857,000 Tamil Hinduism 6.00 % 3.00 % -
 Thai 5,300 24,237,000 Thai Buddhism 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
 Tigray, Tigrinya 8,600 9,808,000 Tigrigna Christianity 92.00 % 4.00 % -
 Turk 17,000 67,053,000 Turkish Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Ukrainian 188,000 32,543,000 Ukrainian Christianity 79.00 % 3.80 % -
 Uzbek, Northern 1,100 32,470,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Venetian 3,492,000 3,540,000 Venetian Christianity 82.00 % 1.20 % -
 Venezuelan 5,000 26,336,000 Spanish Christianity 86.00 % 8.00 % -
 Vietnamese 1,000 86,369,000 Vietnamese Buddhism 7.00 % 2.00 % -
 Walser 3,500 32,000 Walser Christianity 90.00 % 0.50 % -
 Wolof 79,000 6,612,000 Wolof Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
 Yoruba 55,000 39,913,000 Yoruba Christianity 60.00 % 20.00 % -
  Totals:  105 58,786,000         23 81.33 % 1.46 % 55 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 85,000                
  UN Country Population (2023) 58,871,000                

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Province Estimated
Population
Abruzzo 1,305,000
Apulia 4,047,000
Basilicata 577,000
Calabria 1,956,000
Campania 5,759,000
Emilia-Romagna 4,336,000
Friuli-Venezia Giulia 1,217,000
Lazio 5,495,000
Liguria 1,569,000
Lombardia 9,690,000
Marche 1,539,000
Molise 314,000
Piemonte 4,358,000
Sardegna 1,637,000
Sicily 4,996,000
Toscana 3,667,000
Trentino-Alto Adige 1,028,000
Umbria 883,000
Valle d'Aosta 127,000
Veneto 4,850,000
Provinces:  20 59,350,000
UN Country Population 58,871,000
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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
Akan aka 1 0 Complete Bible
Albanian, Arbereshe aae 1 0 Bible Portions
Amharic amh 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Algerian Spoken arq 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Egyptian Spoken arz 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Libyan Spoken ayl 1 1 Unspecified
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken acm 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Sudanese Spoken apd 1 1 New Testament
Armenian, Western hyw 1 0 Complete Bible
Arpitan frp 1 0 Bible Portions
Baoule bci 1 0 Complete Bible
Bavarian bar 1 0 Complete Bible
Belarusian bel 1 0 Complete Bible
Bengali ben 1 1 Complete Bible
Bosnian bos 1 1 Complete Bible
Bulgarian bul 2 1 Complete Bible
Catalan cat 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Cimbrian cim 1 0 Unspecified
Corsican cos 1 0 Bible Portions
Croatian hrv 1 0 Complete Bible
Czech ces 1 0 Complete Bible
Dutch nld 1 0 Complete Bible
English eng 2 0 Complete Bible
Ewe ewe 1 0 Complete Bible
French fra 1 0 Complete Bible
Friulian fur 1 0 New Testament
Georgian kat 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Standard deu 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Swiss gsw 1 0 New Testament
Greek ell 1 0 Complete Bible
Hungarian hun 1 0 Complete Bible
Italian ita 5 0 Complete Bible
Italian Sign Language ise 1 0 Translation Needed
Japanese jpn 1 1 Complete Bible
Judeo-Italian itk 1 1 Unspecified
Kabuverdianu kea 1 0 Bible Portions
Kazakh kaz 1 1 Complete Bible
Kurdish, Northern kmr 1 1 Complete Bible
Kyrgyz kir 1 1 Complete Bible
Ladin lld 1 0 New Testament
Ligurian lij 1 0 Bible Portions
Lombard lmo 2 0 Bible Portions
Macedonian mkd 1 0 Complete Bible
Maltese mlt 1 0 Complete Bible
Mocheno mhn 1 0 Translation Needed
Moore mos 1 0 Complete Bible
Morisyen mfe 1 0 New Testament
Napoletano-Calabrese nap 1 0 Bible Portions
Occitan oci 1 0 Complete Bible
Persian, Iranian pes 1 1 Complete Bible
Piedmontese pms 1 0 New Testament
Polish pol 1 0 Complete Bible
Portuguese por 1 0 Complete Bible
Pular fuf 1 1 New Testament
Romani, Balkan rmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Romani, Sinte rmo 1 0 Complete Bible
Romani, Vlax rmy 1 0 Complete Bible
Romanian ron 2 0 Complete Bible
Romansh roh 1 0 Complete Bible
Russian rus 1 0 Complete Bible
Sardinian, Campidanese sro 1 0 Bible Portions
Sardinian, Gallurese sdn 1 0 Bible Portions
Sardinian, Logudorese src 1 0 Bible Portions
Sardinian, Sassarese sdc 1 0 Bible Portions
Sicilian scn 1 0 Bible Portions
Sinhala sin 1 1 Complete Bible
Slavomolisano svm 1 0 Unspecified
Slovak slk 1 0 Complete Bible
Slovene slv 1 0 Complete Bible
Somali som 1 1 Complete Bible
Spanish spa 10 0 Complete Bible
Swahili swh 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
Ukrainian ukr 1 0 Complete Bible
Urdu urd 1 1 Complete Bible
Uzbek, Northern uzn 1 1 Complete Bible
Venetian vec 1 0 Bible Portions
Vietnamese vie 1 0 Complete Bible
Walser wae 1 0 New Testament
Wolof wol 1 1 New Testament
Yoruba yor 1 0 Complete Bible
Totals: 88 105 23   47 56 65 71 48
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Italy Statistics
People Groups 105
Unreached People Groups 23  (21.9%)
Population 58,786,000
Population Annual Growth Rate -0.0%
Population in Unreached 2,035,000  (3.5%)
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 81.3%
Percent Evangelical 1.5%
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate 1.9%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 55
Country Progress Level 3
Urbanization 70%
Continent Europe
Region Europe, Western
10/40 Window No
Country Code IT
Official Language(s) Italian
Literacy Rate 99%
Estimated Illiterate Population 588,000
Persecution Ranking Not ranked


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