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Country: Russia

Number of People Groups

185

People Groups Unreached

118 (63.8%)

Progress Level

Progress Gauge

Total
Population

144,666,000

Population in Unreached

17,500,000 (12.1%)

Largest Religion

Christianity (57.6%)

% Christian Adherent

57.62%

% Evangelical

1.46%

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

2.3%
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this Country		 Global
Population		 Indigenous Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale		 % Christian
Adherent 		% Evangelical Est. Workers
Needed *
Abaza 45,000 74,000 ● Abaza Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.02 % 1
Abkhaz 7,900 308,000 Abkhaz Christianity ● 70.00 % 0.09 % -
Adyghe, West Circassian 142,000 694,000 ● Adyghe Islam ☀ 0.08 % 0.07 % 3
Aghul 35,000 35,000 ● Aghul Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Akhvakh 6,800 6,800 ● Akhvakh Islam ☀ 0.03 % 0.03 % 1
Akkin 104,000 104,000 ● Chechen Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 2
Aleut, Eastern 500 2,800 ● Aleut Non-Religious ● 1.00 % 0.60 % 1
Altai-Kizhi 76,000 77,000 ● Altai, Southern Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 0.33 % 2
Alutor 2,000 2,000 ● Russian Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Americans, U.S. 1,600 193,448,000 English Christianity ● 75.00 % 22.00 % -
Andalal 62,000 62,000 ● Avar Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Andi, Qwannab 31,000 31,000 ● Andi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Antsukh 52,000 52,000 ● Avar Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arab, Uzbeki 9,800 23,000 Arabic, Uzbeki Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Archi, Archintsy 2,100 2,100 ● Archi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Armenian 1,206,000 6,276,000 Armenian Christianity ● 94.00 % 10.65 % -
Assyrian 35,000 859,000 Assyrian Neo-Aramaic Christianity ● 90.00 % 1.00 % -
Avar, Dagestani 779,000 840,000 ● Avar Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 16
Azerbaijani 615,000 10,046,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam ● 3.00 % 0.20 % 12
Bagulal 6,800 6,800 ● Bagvalal Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Balkar 112,000 117,000 ● Karachay-Balkar Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.04 % 2
Baraba Tatar, Siberian 21,000 21,000 ● Siberian Tatar Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bashkir 1,616,000 1,711,000 ● Bashkort Islam ● 4.00 % 1.10 % 32
Batlukh-Gid 31,000 31,000 ● Avar Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Belarusian 532,000 9,393,000 Belarusian Christianity ● 71.00 % 1.30 % -
Besermyan 2,300 2,300 ● Udmurt Christianity ● 55.00 % 0.00 % -
Bezhta 9,400 10,000 ● Bezhta Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % 1
Botlikh 7,300 7,300 ● Botlikh Islam ☀ 0.03 % 0.02 % 1
British 1,000 54,300,000 English Christianity ● 60.00 % 8.00 % -
Bulgarian 25,000 6,996,000 Bulgarian Christianity ● 80.00 % 1.90 % -
Buriat, Russian 470,000 472,000 ● Buriat, Russia Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.04 % 9
Chamalal 9,900 9,900 ● Chamalal Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Chechen, Nohchi 1,454,000 1,728,000 ● Chechen Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 29
Chelkan 1,200 1,200 ● Altai, Northern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Chinese, general 30,000 15,579,000 Russian Non-Religious ● 6.00 % 5.70 % -
Chirag / Amuq 3,100 3,100 ● Dargwa Islam ☀ 0.07 % 0.07 % 1
Chukchi 16,000 16,000 ● Chukchi Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 1.25 % 1
Chuvan 1,600 2,200 ● Russian Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.30 % 1
Chuvash, Bolgar 1,464,000 1,510,000 ● Chuvash Christianity ● 50.00 % 1.47 % -
Cuban 700 9,157,000 Spanish Christianity ● 52.00 % 4.00 % -
Czech 1,900 10,903,000 Czech Non-Religious ● 26.00 % 0.70 % -
Dargin 447,000 459,000 ● Dargwa Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 9
Deaf 292,000 48,207,000 ● Russian Sign Language Christianity ● 66.90 % -
Didoi, Tsez 19,000 20,000 ● Dido Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 1
Digor 104,000 104,000 ● Ossetic Islam ☀ 0.03 % 0.02 % 2
Dolgan 8,000 8,000 ● Dolgan Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.90 % 1
Dungan 1,700 152,000 Dungan Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Enets, Yenisei Samoyed 200 200 ● Russian Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.00 % 1
Eskimo, Siberian 1,800 5,100 ● Yupik, Saint Lawrence Island Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 0.80 % 1
Estonian 18,000 1,131,000 Estonian, Standard Non-Religious ● 45.00 % 4.90 % -
Even, Lamut 22,000 22,000 ● Even Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 0.32 % 1
Evenki 39,000 75,000 ● Evenki Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.18 % 1
Finnish 21,000 5,677,000 Finnish Christianity ● 84.00 % 12.10 % -
French 1,500 50,718,000 French Christianity ● 61.00 % 1.00 % -
Gagauzi Turk 14,000 176,000 Gagauz Christianity ● 80.00 % 4.00 % -
Georgian, Ajari 161,000 3,546,000 Georgian Christianity ● 79.00 % 1.50 % -
German 402,000 66,472,000 German, Standard Christianity ● 64.00 % 2.10 % -
Ghunzib, Hunzib 2,500 2,800 ● Hunzib Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Gilyak, Nivkh 4,700 5,200 ● Gilyak Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.40 % 1
Ginukh, Hinux 600 600 ● Hinukh Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Godoberi 3,100 3,100 ● Ghodoberi Islam ● 1.70 % 1.70 % 1
Greek 87,000 10,266,000 Greek Christianity ● 91.00 % 0.40 % -
Hemshin 2,100 26,000 Turkish Islam ● 10.00 % 2.00 % -
Hungarian 2,800 11,717,000 Hungarian Christianity ● 88.00 % 2.80 % -
Ingush, Galgai 429,000 448,000 ● Ingush Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % 9
Italian 1,400 38,258,000 Italian Christianity ● 83.00 % 1.10 % -
Itelmen 3,300 3,300 ● Russian Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.94 % 1
Izhor, Ingrian 300 1,100 ● Russian Christianity ● 70.00 % 0.80 % -
Japanese 900 122,406,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % 1
Jew, Eastern Yiddish-speaking 1,700 650,000 Yiddish, Eastern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jew, Karaite 200 1,800 Russian Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jew, Russian 160,000 1,600,000 ● Russian Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.80 % 3
Jewish Tat, Mountain Jew 500 102,000 ● Judeo-Tat Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kabardian, East Circassian 587,000 2,005,000 ● Kabardian Islam ● 2.00 % 0.02 % 12
Kaitag 21,000 21,000 ● Dargwa Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol 187,000 653,000 ● Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ● 0.16 % 0.16 % 4
Kamchadal 2,000 2,000 ● Russian Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.90 % 1
Karachai 229,000 253,000 ● Karachay-Balkar Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % 5
Karakalpak 1,500 885,000 Karakalpak Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Karata 6,700 6,700 ● Karata Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Karelian, Norgorod 62,000 76,000 ● Karelian Christianity ● 60.00 % 5.00 % -
Kazakh 660,000 17,128,000 Kazakh Islam ● 0.10 % 0.01 % 13
Kerek 400 400 ● Russian Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 0.90 % 1
Kets, Yenisei Ostyak 1,200 1,200 ● Ket Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 2.40 % -
Khanty, Ostyak 32,000 32,000 ● Khanty Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.90 % 1
Khvarshin 4,200 4,200 ● Khvarshi Islam ● 0.80 % 0.80 % 1
Kist 700 6,100 ● Chechen Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Komi-Permyat 96,000 99,000 ● Komi-Permyak Christianity ● 43.00 % 1.20 % -
Komi-Yazva 4,300 4,400 ● Komi-Zyrian Ethnic Religions ● 40.00 % 1.00 % -
Komi-Zyrian 233,000 235,000 ● Komi-Zyrian Ethnic Religions ● 37.00 % 1.10 % -
Korean 156,000 81,133,000 Korean Christianity ● 31.00 % 17.00 % -
Koryak, Nymylan 8,100 8,100 ● Koryak Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.88 % 1
Kubachi 7,300 7,300 ● Dargwa Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kumandin 2,900 2,900 ● Altai, Northern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kumyk 512,000 517,000 ● Kumyk Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 10
Kurd, Kurmanji 24,000 15,639,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ● 3.00 % 1.00 % 1
Kyrgyz 105,000 5,801,000 Kyrgyz Islam ● 5.00 % 0.70 % 2
Lak 163,000 177,000 ● Lak Islam ☀ 0.03 % 0.03 % 3
Latvian, Lett 19,000 1,435,000 Latvian, Standard Christianity ● 60.00 % 7.00 % -
Lezgin 431,000 665,000 ● Lezgi Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % 9
Lithuanian 32,000 2,795,000 Lithuanian Christianity ● 85.00 % 1.10 % -
Ludian, Lyudikovian 13,000 13,000 ● Ludian Christianity ● 65.00 % 1.10 % -
Lyuli 500 22,000 Tajik Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Mansi, Vogul 13,000 13,000 ● Mansi Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.60 % 1
Mari, Eastern 152,000 157,000 ● Mari, Meadow Ethnic Religions ● 45.00 % 0.50 % -
Mari, High 24,000 24,000 ● Mari, Hill Christianity ● 90.00 % 0.00 % -
Mari, Low 406,000 415,000 ● Mari, Meadow Christianity ● 60.00 % 1.10 % -
Mingrelian 600 310,000 Mingrelian Christianity ● 85.00 % 1.00 % -
Moldavian 159,000 3,865,000 Romanian Christianity ● 73.00 % 3.70 % -
Mongol, Khalka 3,000 2,470,000 ● Mongolian, Halh Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.20 % 1
Mordvin-Erzya 58,000 106,000 ● Erzya Christianity ● 64.00 % 1.60 % -
Mordvin-Moksha 759,000 759,000 ● Moksha Christianity ● 65.00 % 1.60 % -
Murego-Gubden 41,000 41,000 ● Dargwa Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Mussulman Tat 2,100 37,000 ● Tat, Muslim Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Nagaibak 8,500 8,500 ● Tatar Christianity ● 70.00 % 0.50 % -
Nanai, Gold 12,000 17,000 ● Nanai Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.41 % 1
Negidal, Nizovsk 500 500 ● Russian Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.30 % 1
Nenets, Yurak Samoyed 46,000 46,000 ● Nenets Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.67 % 1
Nganasan, Tavgi Samoyed 900 900 ● Russian Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.30 % 1
Nogai 95,000 97,000 ● Nogai Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % 2
Norwegian 4,900 4,752,000 Norwegian Christianity ● 90.00 % 8.00 % -
Olonetsian, Livvikovian 13,000 19,000 ● Livvi-Karelian Christianity ● 60.00 % 4.00 % -
Orochi 600 1,500 ● Russian Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.50 % 1
Orok 300 1,200 ● Russian Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 0.40 % 1
Ossetic 445,000 577,000 ● Ossetic Christianity ● 65.00 % 1.14 % -
Pashtun, Northern 5,500 29,661,000 Pashto, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Persian 3,800 42,533,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Polish 48,000 42,436,000 Polish Christianity ● 90.00 % 0.30 % -
Portuguese 11,000 19,394,000 Portuguese Christianity ● 90.00 % 0.50 % -
Romani, Ruska Roma 209,000 209,000 ● Russian Christianity ● 60.00 % 2.00 % -
Romani, Vlax 11,000 1,135,000 Romani, Vlax Christianity ● 65.00 % 5.00 % -
Romanian 3,300 21,169,000 Romanian Christianity ● 97.00 % 5.40 % -
Russian 117,301,000 134,985,000 ● Russian Christianity ● 65.00 % 1.47 % -
Rutul 31,000 49,000 ● Rutul Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 1
Saami, Kildin 400 500 ● Russian Christianity ● 70.00 % 2.00 % -
Saami, Skolt 400 900 Saami, Skolt Christianity ● 85.00 % 1.20 % -
Saami, Ter 400 400 ● Russian Christianity ● 60.00 % 1.00 % -
Selkup, Ostyak Samoyed 3,700 3,700 ● Selkup Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.70 % 1
Serb 3,600 9,910,000 Serbian Christianity ● 80.00 % 0.60 % -
Shapsug, Circassian 4,000 4,000 ● Adyghe Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Slovak 1,500 5,081,000 Slovak Christianity ● 86.00 % 1.60 % -
Slovene 2,000 1,942,000 Slovene Christianity ● 55.00 % 2.00 % -
South Asian, general 36,000 12,252,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 3.00 % 0.30 % 1
Soyot 3,700 3,700 ● Tuvan Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Spaniard 1,200 28,760,000 Spanish Christianity ● 77.00 % 1.00 % -
Swedish 7,400 9,077,000 Swedish Christianity ● 54.00 % 0.60 % -
Tabasaran 152,000 154,000 ● Tabasaran Islam ☀ 0.08 % 0.08 % 3
Tajik 204,000 10,080,000 Tajik Islam ● 1.00 % 0.10 % 4
Talysh 2,600 236,000 Talysh Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Tatar 5,415,000 6,364,000 ● Tatar Islam ● 3.00 % 0.49 % 108
Tatar, Chulym 400 400 ● Russian Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Tatar, Crimean 2,500 610,000 ● Crimean Tatar Islam ● 0.50 % 0.05 % 1
Tatar, Khakass 74,000 76,000 ● Khakas Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.10 % 1
Tatar, Kriashen 36,000 36,000 ● Tatar Christianity ● 95.00 % 0.30 % -
Tatar, Mishari 800 800 ● Tatar Islam ● 1.00 % 0.20 % 1
Tatar, Shorian 13,000 14,000 ● Shor Ethnic Religions ● 30.00 % 0.50 % -
Taz 300 300 ● Russian Non-Religious ● 5.00 % 0.70 % 1
Telengit 3,800 3,800 ● Altai, Southern Ethnic Religions ● 8.00 % 5.70 % -
Teleut, Altai 2,700 2,800 ● Altai, Southern Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 1.00 % 1
Tindi 10,000 10,000 ● Tindi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Tobol-Irtysh Tatar, Siberian 75,000 75,000 ● Siberian Tatar Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Tofalar 800 800 ● Russian Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.50 % 1
Tomsk Tatar, Siberian 6,700 6,700 ● Siberian Tatar Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Tsakhur 13,000 44,000 Tsakhur Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Tsudakar 20,000 20,000 ● Dargwa Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 1
Tubalar 2,000 2,000 ● Altai, Northern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Turk 55,000 65,298,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Turk, Meskhetian 62,000 281,000 Russian Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Turkmen 38,000 8,047,000 Turkmen Islam ● 2.00 % 0.00 % 1
Tuvan, Uriankhai 269,000 314,000 ● Tuvan Non-Religious ● 1.50 % 0.19 % 5
Tuvans-Todzhan 1,900 1,900 ● Tuvan Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Udege 1,500 1,500 ● Russian Ethnic Religions ● 0.30 % 0.20 % 1
Udin 4,400 9,800 Udi Christianity ● 90.00 % 1.00 % -
Udmurt, Votyak 563,000 581,000 ● Udmurt Christianity ● 58.00 % 0.01 % -
Ukranian 1,966,000 37,190,000 Ukrainian Christianity ● 79.00 % 4.65 % -
Ulchi 2,800 2,800 ● Ulch Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.70 % 1
Uyghur 3,800 12,453,000 Uyghur Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Uzbek, Northern 296,000 31,315,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam ● 0.75 % 0.30 % 6
Vepsian 8,400 8,800 ● Veps Christianity ● 65.00 % 0.80 % -
Vietnamese, Kinh 14,000 85,922,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.80 % -
Vod, Votish Unknown Unknown ● Russian Christianity ● 70.00 % 1.00 % -
Yakut 487,000 490,000 ● Yakut Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 0.10 % 10
Yazidi 41,000 737,000 Kurdish, Northern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yukagir 1,600 1,600 ● Russian Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 0.60 % 1
Yupik, Naukan 500 500 ● Russian Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.80 % 1
  Totals:  185 144,666,000         118 ● 57.62 % 1.46 % 417 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 1,246,000                
  UN Country Population (2021) 145,912,000                
Other minor groups:  12
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Population
Adygey 440,000
Altay 2,421,000
Amur 830,000
Arkhangel'sk 1,187,000
Astrakhan' 1,010,000
Bashkortostan 4,074,000
Belgorod 1,534,000
Bryansk 1,279,000
Buryat 972,000
Chechnya 1,270,000
Chelyabinsk 3,477,000
Chukot 51,000
Chuvash 1,253,000
City of St. Petersburg 4,993,000
Dagestan 2,911,000
Gorno-Altay 206,000
Ingush 413,000
Irkutsk 2,430,000
Ivanovo 1,062,000
Kabardin-Balkar 860,000
Kaliningrad 942,000
Kalmyk 289,000
Kaluga 1,011,000
Kamchatka 322,000
Karachay-Cherkess 478,000
Karelia 644,000
Kemerovo 2,764,000
Khabarovsk 1,345,000
Khakass 532,000
Khanty-Mansiy 1,533,000
Kirov 1,342,000
Komi 901,000
Kostroma 668,000
Krasnodar 5,229,000
Krasnoyarsk 2,829,000
Kurgan 911,000
Kursk 1,127,000
Leningrad 1,718,000
Lipetsk 1,174,000
Maga Buryatdan 21,000
Mariy-El 696,000
Mordovia 835,000
Moscow City 11,509,000
Moskva 7,098,000
Murmansk 795,000
Nenets 42,000
Nizhegorod 3,312,000
North Ossetia 713,000
Novgorod 634,000
Novosibirsk 2,667,000
Omsk 1,979,000
Orel 787,000
Orenburg 2,034,000
Penza 1,387,000
Perm' 2,636,000
Primor'ye 1,957,000
Pskov 673,000
Rostov 4,280,000
Ryazan' 1,154,000
Sakha 959,000
Sakhalin 498,000
Samara 3,217,000
Saratov 2,523,000
Smolensk 986,000
Stavropol' 2,787,000
Sverdlovsk 4,300,000
Tambov 1,092,000
Tatarstan 3,788,000
Tomsk 1,047,000
Tula 1,555,000
Tuva 308,000
Tver' 1,354,000
Tyumen' 1,342,000
Udmurt 1,522,000
Ul'yanovsk 1,294,000
Vladimir 1,445,000
Volgograd 2,611,000
Vologda 1,203,000
Voronezh 2,336,000
Yamal-Nenets 523,000
Yaroslavl' 1,273,000
Yevrey 177,000
Zabaykal'ye 1,107,000
Provinces:  83 142,888,000
UN Country Population 145,912,000
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Class ▲ Population % Popl % Hindu % Muslim % Christian % Buddhist % Sikh % Other
 
 Forward Caste (FC) 289,990,000 200.5 % 97.3 % 0.0 % 1.1 % 0.1 % 0.0 % 1.5 %
 
 Other Backward Classes (OBC) 774,293,000 535.2 % 70.2 % 24.9 % 1.7 % 0.1 % 2.3 % 0.8 %
 
 Scheduled Caste (SC) 207,376,000 143.3 % 93.5 % 0.0 % 0.5 % 3.4 % 2.6 % 0.0 %
 
 Scheduled Tribe (ST) 115,473,000 79.8 % 81.9 % 1.5 % 9.1 % 0.8 % 0.0 % 6.7 %
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Abaza abq 1 1 Bible Portions
Abkhaz abk 1 0 New Testament
Adyghe ady 2 2 New Testament
Aghul agx 1 1 Bible Portions
Akhvakh akv 1 1 Translation Needed
Aleut ale 1 1 Bible Portions
Altai, Northern atv 3 3 Unspecified
Altai, Southern alt 3 2 New Testament
Andi ani 1 1 Bible Portions
Arabic, Uzbeki Spoken auz 1 1 Unspecified
Archi aqc 1 1 Translation Needed
Armenian hye 1 0 Complete Bible
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic aii 1 0 Complete Bible
Avar ava 4 4 New Testament
Azerbaijani, North azj 1 1 Complete Bible
Bagvalal kva 1 1 Unspecified
Bashkort bak 1 1 New Testament
Belarusian bel 1 0 Complete Bible
Bezhta kap 1 1 Unspecified
Botlikh bph 1 1 Translation Needed
Bulgarian bul 1 0 Complete Bible
Buriat, Russia bxr 1 1 Complete Bible
Chamalal cji 1 1 Translation Needed
Chechen che 3 3 Complete Bible
Chukchi ckt 1 1 Bible Portions
Chuvash chv 1 0 Complete Bible
Crimean Tatar crh 1 1 Complete Bible
Czech ces 1 0 Complete Bible
Dargwa dar 6 6 Bible Portions
Dido ddo 1 1 Bible Portions
Dolgan dlg 1 1 Bible Portions
Dungan dng 1 1 Bible Portions
English eng 2 0 Complete Bible
Erzya myv 1 0 New Testament
Estonian, Standard ekk 1 0 Complete Bible
Even eve 1 1 Bible Portions
Evenki evn 1 1 Bible Portions
Finnish fin 1 0 Complete Bible
French fra 1 0 Complete Bible
Gagauz gag 1 0 New Testament
Georgian kat 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Standard deu 1 0 Complete Bible
Ghodoberi gdo 1 1 Unspecified
Gilyak niv 1 1 Bible Portions
Greek ell 1 0 Complete Bible
Hindi hin 1 1 Complete Bible
Hinukh gin 1 1 Translation Needed
Hungarian hun 1 0 Complete Bible
Hunzib huz 1 1 Unspecified
Ingush inh 1 1 Bible Portions
Italian ita 1 0 Complete Bible
Japanese jpn 1 1 Complete Bible
Judeo-Tat jdt 1 1 Bible Portions
Kabardian kbd 1 1 New Testament
Kalmyk-Oirat xal 1 1 New Testament
Karachay-Balkar krc 2 2 New Testament
Karakalpak kaa 1 1 Complete Bible
Karata kpt 1 1 Translation Needed
Karelian krl 1 0 New Testament
Kazakh kaz 1 1 Complete Bible
Ket ket 1 0 Bible Portions
Khakas kjh 1 1 New Testament
Khanty kca 1 1 Bible Portions
Khvarshi khv 1 1 Translation Needed
Komi-Permyak koi 1 0 New Testament
Komi-Zyrian kpv 2 0 Complete Bible
Korean kor 1 0 Complete Bible
Koryak kpy 1 1 Unspecified
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
Livvi-Karelian olo 1 0 New Testament
Ludian lud 1 0 Unspecified
Mansi mns 1 1 Bible Portions
Mari, Hill mrj 1 0 New Testament
Mari, Meadow mhr 2 0 New Testament
Mingrelian xmf 1 0 Bible Portions
Moksha mdf 1 0 New Testament
Mongolian, Halh khk 1 1 Complete Bible
Nanai gld 1 1 Bible Portions
Nenets yrk 1 1 Bible Portions
Nogai nog 1 1 New Testament
Norwegian nor 1 0 Complete Bible
Ossetic oss 2 1 Complete Bible
Pashto, Northern pbu 1 1 Complete Bible
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 2 0 Complete Bible
Russian rus 26 19 Complete Bible
Russian Sign Language rsl 1 0 Bible Portions
Rutul rut 1 1 Unspecified
Saami, Skolt sms 1 0 Bible Portions
Selkup sel 1 1 Translation Needed
Serbian srp 1 0 Complete Bible
Shor cjs 1 0 Bible Portions
Siberian Tatar sty 3 3 Bible Portions
Slovak slk 1 0 Complete Bible
Slovene slv 1 0 Complete Bible
Spanish spa 2 0 Complete Bible
Swedish swe 1 0 Complete Bible
Tabasaran tab 1 1 New Testament
Tajik tgk 2 2 Complete Bible
Talysh tly 1 1 New Testament
Tat, Muslim ttt 1 1 Bible Portions
Tatar tat 4 2 Complete Bible
Tindi tin 1 1 Translation Needed
Tsakhur tkr 1 1 Unspecified
Turkish tur 2 1 Complete Bible
Turkmen tuk 1 1 Complete Bible
Tuvan tyv 3 3 Complete Bible
Udi udi 1 0 Unspecified
Udmurt udm 2 0 Complete Bible
Ukrainian ukr 1 0 Complete Bible
Ulch ulc 1 1 Unspecified
Uyghur uig 1 1 Complete Bible
Uzbek, Northern uzn 1 1 Complete Bible
Veps vep 1 0 New Testament
Vietnamese vie 1 0 Complete Bible
Yakut sah 1 1 New Testament
Yiddish, Eastern ydd 1 1 Complete Bible
Yupik, Saint Lawrence Island ess 1 1 Complete Bible
Totals: 127 185 118   52 67 82 68 36

MAJOR RELIGIONS ▲ Percent
Buddhism
0.3 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 1.5 %)
57.6 %
Ethnic Religions
1.7 %
Hinduism
0.0 %
Islam
10.0 %
Non-Religious
30.3 %
Other / Small Religions
0.0 %
Unknown
0.0 %

CHRISTIAN SEGMENTS ▲ Percent
Anglican
0.0 %
Independent
1.1 %
Orthodox
94.2 %
Other Christian
0.1 %
Protestant
2.6 %
Roman Catholic
1.7 %
Notes:

Major Religions: Religion percentages are derived from summing Joshua Project's data for all people groups who live in each country. The number of individuals who practice each religion, by people group, are summed. This number is divided by the country's total population to derive the religion's percentage.

Christianity Segments: Christian segment percentages are derived from summing Joshua Project's data for all the people groups who live in each country. The number of individuals who practice each segment of Christianity, by people group, are summed. This number is divided by the country's total number of Christians to derive the Christian segment's percentage.

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  • Church planting agencies in Russia
  • Christian ministry in Russia
  • Business as mission
  • Christian literature distribution
  • Evangelism agencies
  • Christian discipleship
  • Short term Christian missions
  • Long term Christian missions
  • Urban ministries
  • Christian media opportunities
  • Bible translation opportunities
  • Relief and development agencies
  • Clean water projects
  • Christian medical outreaches

Russia Statistics
People Groups 185
Unreached People Groups 118  (63.8%)
Population 144,666,000
Population Annual Growth Rate -0.0%
Population in Unreached 17,500,000  (12.1%)
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 57.6%
Percent Evangelical 1.5%
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate 2.3%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 417
Country Progress Level 3 ●
Urbanization 74%
Continent Asia
Region Europe, Eastern and Eurasia
10/40 Window No
Country Code RS
Official Language(s) Russian
Literacy Rate 100%
Estimated Illiterate Population 0
Persecution Ranking Not ranked
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  1. Joshua Project data is drawn from many sources and of varying accuracy depending on source and editorial decisions. Populations are scaled to the current year. Other data may have varying ages. We welcome suggested updates.
  2. A displayed zero can mean true zero, a very small rounded number or sometimes unknown. Blanks mean an unknown value.
  3. The data is sometimes not as precise as it appears. Values for %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical (which determine unreached status) are often informed estimates, some more accurate than others. We recommend against using %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical to calculate absolute numbers.
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