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 457,000 632,000 Italian Islam 30.00 % 0.50 % -
 Algerian, Arabic-speaking 21,000 36,748,000 Arabic, Algerian Islam 2.00 % 1.10 % 1
 Americans, U.S. 13,000 196,885,000 English Christianity 80.00 % 28.90 % -
 Amhara, Ethiopian 6,800 26,487,000 Amharic Christianity 80.00 % 1.00 % -
 Arab, Egyptian 75,000 76,839,000 Arabic, Egyptian 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 21,539,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Islam 2.00 % 0.30 % 1
 Arab, Sudanese 2,000 18,263,000 Arabic, Sudanese 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 5,691,000 Armenian, Western Christianity 94.00 % 8.70 % -
 Austrian, Bavarian 254,000 14,419,000 Bavarian Christianity 83.00 % 0.50 % -
 Baule 23,000 7,585,000 Baoule Christianity 60.00 % 12.00 % -
 Belarusian 7,300 9,058,000 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 3,159,000 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 6,706,000 Bulgarian Christianity 80.00 % 1.50 % -
 Calabrian 5,248,000 5,248,000 Napoletano Christianity 83.00 % 1.68 % -
 Cape Verdean 4,000 819,000 Kabuverdianu Christianity 95.00 % 6.60 % -
  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 1,293,000
Apulia 4,009,000
Basilicata 572,000
Calabria 1,938,000
Campania 5,704,000
Emilia-Romagna 4,295,000
Friuli-Venezia Giulia 1,206,000
Lazio 5,443,000
Liguria 1,554,000
Lombardia 9,598,000
Marche 1,524,000
Molise 311,000
Piemonte 4,317,000
Sardegna 1,621,000
Sicily 4,949,000
Toscana 3,632,000
Trentino-Alto Adige 1,018,000
Umbria 874,000
Valle d'Aosta 126,000
Veneto 4,804,000
Provinces:  20 58,788,000
UN Country Population 58,871,000
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Language Code # Peoples
w/ this Primary
Language
# Unreached
w/ this Primary
Language
Scripture
Status
YouVersion
Bible
Resources
Faith Comes
By Hearing
Bible Resources
Jesus Film
Online
Global
Recordings
Resources
Gospel
Tract
Online
Akan aka 1 0 Complete Bible
Albanian, Arbereshe aae 1 0 Bible Portions
Amharic amh 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Algerian arq 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Egyptian arz 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Libyan Spoken ayl 1 1 Unspecified
Arabic, Mesopotamian acm 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Sudanese apd 1 1 New Testament
Armenian, Western hyw 1 0 Complete Bible
Arpitan frp 1 0 New Testament
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
Gascon Aranese oci 1 0 Complete Bible
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
Mòcheno mhn 1 0 Translation Needed
Moore mos 1 0 Complete Bible
Morisyen mfe 1 0 New Testament
Napoletano nap 1 0 Bible Portions
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   62 57 65 71 48
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  • Church planting agencies in Italy
  • Christian ministry in Italy
  • Business as mission
  • Christian literature distribution
  • Evangelism agencies
  • Christian discipleship
  • Short term Christian missions
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  • Christian medical outreaches

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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