Country: Norway

People Groups
Total

61

People Groups Unreached

13 (21.3%)

People Groups Unreached Frontier

3 (4.9%)

Population
Total

5,601,000

Population in Unreached

269,000 (4.8%)

Population in Unreached Frontier

65,000 (1.2%)

% Evangelical

7.96%

Progress Level

Progress Gauge
Map Notes

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Photo People Group Population
this Ctry
Population
Global
Count
Ctrys
Indigenous Primary Language Primary
Religion
Progress
Scale
% Christian
Adherent
% Evangelical Needed
Workers
 Vietnamese 25,000 89,094,000 36 Vietnamese Buddhism 10.00 % 1.80 % -
 Urdu 36,000 2,158,000 24 Urdu Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Ukrainian 1,700 33,256,000 51 Ukrainian Christianity 79.00 % 3.80 % -
 Turk 21,000 68,472,000 68 Turkish Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Tigre, Eritrean 31,000 955,000 8 Tigre Islam 0.40 % 0.05 % 1
 Thai, Isan 19,000 19,068,000 6 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism 0.80 % 0.10 % 1
 Thai 21,000 24,313,000 29 Thai Buddhism 1.00 % 0.50 % 1
 Swedish 40,000 9,469,000 20 Swedish Christianity 57.00 % 6.90 % -
 Spaniard 1,800 30,202,000 50 Spanish Christianity 77.00 % 1.00 % -
 South Asian, general 28,000 13,288,000 59 Urdu Islam 3.00 % 0.70 % 1
 Somali 45,000 28,162,000 26 Somali Islam 0.50 % 0.10 % 1
 Slovak 3,900 5,199,000 27 Slovak Christianity 85.00 % 2.00 % -
 Serbo-Croatian 15,000 7,926,000 39 Serbian Christianity 80.00 % 0.60 % -
Saami, Southern 800 1,500 2 Saami, South Christianity 95.00 % 7.00 % -
 Saami, Northern 34,000 44,000 3 Saami, North Christianity 95.00 % 8.00 % -
Saami, Lule 1,900 9,100 2 Saami, Lule Christianity 98.00 % 7.00 % -
 Russian 23,000 136,004,000 70 Russian Christianity 67.00 % 1.20 % -
 Romanian 19,000 20,948,000 40 Romanian Christianity 97.00 % 5.40 % -
 Romani, Vlax 3,900 1,155,000 30 Romani, Vlax Christianity 90.00 % 2.00 % -
Romani, Tottare 7,500 37,000 2 Swedish Christianity 86.00 % 3.00 % -
 Polish 122,000 43,154,000 45 Polish Christianity 90.00 % 0.30 % -
 Persian 25,000 48,149,000 42 Persian, Iranian Islam 1.00 % 0.40 % 1
 Pashtun, Southern 7,700 9,281,000 9 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Norwegian 4,668,000 4,888,000 15 Norwegian Christianity 95.00 % 9.00 % -
 Macedonian 3,400 1,784,000 29 Macedonian Christianity 66.00 % 0.20 % -
  Totals:  61 5,601,000           3 ☀︎  13 87.23 % 7.96 % 13 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 22,000                  
  UN Country Population (2025) 5,623,000                  
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Province Estimated
Population
Akershus 585,000
Astfold 311,000
Aust-Agder 127,000
Buskerud 295,000
Finnmark 91,000
Hedmark 231,000
Hordaland 539,000
Møre og Romsdal 300,000
Nord-Trøndelag 156,000
Nordland 293,000
Oppland 225,000
Oslo 630,000
Rogaland 468,000
Sogn og Fjordane 132,000
Sør-Trøndelag 327,000
Telemark 204,000
Troms 187,000
Vest-Agder 194,000
Vestfold 266,000
Provinces:  19 5,561,000
UN Country Population 5,623,000
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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, Gheg aln 1 0 New Testament
Amharic amh 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Levantine apc 2 0 Bible Portions
Arabic, Mesopotamian acm 1 0 New Testament
Arabic, Moroccan ary 1 1 New Testament
Bosnian bos 1 1 Complete Bible
Bulgarian bul 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Croatian hrv 1 0 Complete Bible
Czech ces 1 0 Complete Bible
Danish dan 1 0 Complete Bible
Dutch nld 1 0 Complete Bible
English eng 2 0 Complete Bible
Estonian, Standard ekk 1 0 Complete Bible
Finnish fin 1 0 Complete Bible
Finnish, Kven fkv 1 0 Unspecified
French fra 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Standard deu 1 0 Complete Bible
Greek ell 1 0 Complete Bible
Hungarian hun 1 0 Complete Bible
Icelandic isl 1 0 Complete Bible
Italian ita 1 0 Complete Bible
Kurdish, Northern kmr 1 1 Complete Bible
Latvian, Standard lvs 1 0 Complete Bible
Lithuanian lit 1 0 Complete Bible
Macedonian mkd 1 0 Complete Bible
Norwegian nor 2 1 Complete Bible
Norwegian Sign Language nsl 1 0 Bible Portions
Norwegian, Traveller rmg 1 0 Unspecified
Pashto, Southern pbt 1 1 Bible Portions
Persian, Iranian pes 1 1 Complete Bible
Polish pol 1 0 Complete Bible
Portuguese por 1 0 Complete Bible
Romani, Vlax rmy 1 0 Complete Bible
Romanian ron 1 0 Complete Bible
Russian rus 1 0 Unspecified
Saami, Lule smj 1 0 New Testament
Saami, North sme 1 0 Complete Bible
Saami, South sma 1 0 New Testament
Serbian srp 1 0 Complete Bible
Slovak slk 1 0 Complete Bible
Somali som 1 1 Complete Bible
Spanish spa 3 0 Complete Bible
Swedish swe 2 0 Complete Bible
Tagalog tgl 1 0 Complete Bible
Thai tha 1 1 Complete Bible
Thai, Northeastern tts 1 1 New Testament
Tigre tig 1 1 Complete Bible
Turkish tur 1 1 Complete Bible
Ukrainian ukr 1 0 Complete Bible
Urdu urd 2 2 Complete Bible
Vietnamese vie 1 0 Complete Bible
Yoruba yor 1 0 Complete Bible
Totals: 54 61 13   43 45 48 47 38
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Norway Statistics
People Groups 61
Unreached People Groups 13  (21.3%)
Population 5,601,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 1.1%
Population in Unreached 269,000  (4.8%)
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 87.2%
Percent Evangelical 8.0%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 13
Country Progress Level 4
Continent Europe
Region Europe, Western
10/40 Window No
Country Code NO
Official Language(s) Norwegian
Literacy Rate 100%
Estimated Illiterate Population 0
Persecution Ranking Not ranked