Country: Sweden

Number of People Groups

88

People Groups Unreached

22 (25.0%)

Progress Level

Progress Gauge

Total
Population

10,601,000

Population in Unreached

413,000 (3.9%)

Largest Religion

% Christian Adherent

55.86%

% Evangelical

5.74%

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

-0.6%
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 *
 Albanian 5,300 5,064,000 Albanian, Gheg Islam 3.00 % 0.30 % 1
 Algerian, Arabic-speaking 2,500 36,748,000 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Americans, U.S. 16,000 196,885,000 English Christianity 80.00 % 28.90 % -
 Amhara, Ethiopian 11,000 26,438,000 Amharic Christianity 85.00 % 5.00 % -
 Anglo-Australian 3,900 18,622,000 English Christianity 65.00 % 14.00 % -
 Anglo-Canadian 2,900 17,003,000 English Christianity 78.00 % 9.00 % -
 Arab, Egyptian 5,500 76,698,000 Arabic, Egyptian Spoken Islam 12.00 % 3.00 % -
 Arab, Iraqi 98,000 18,639,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam 1.00 % 0.30 % 2
 Arab, Jordanian 3,400 4,931,000 Arabic, Levantine Islam 2.00 % 0.30 % 1
 Arab, Lebanese 24,000 6,330,000 Arabic, Levantine Islam 32.00 % 0.50 % -
 Arab, Libyan 2,200 2,766,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam 1.50 % 0.30 % 1
 Arab, Moroccan 5,900 29,810,000 Arabic, Moroccan Spoken Islam 0.09 % 0.00 % 1
 Arab, Sudanese 2,300 18,763,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam 4.00 % 0.60 % 1
 Arab, Syrian 30,000 19,465,000 Arabic, Levantine Islam 6.00 % 0.10 % -
 Arab, Tunisian 4,400 11,936,000 Arabic, Tunisian Spoken Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Assyrian 96,000 934,000 Assyrian Neo-Aramaic Christianity 80.00 % 1.00 % -
 Austrian, Bavarian 5,400 14,419,000 Bavarian Christianity 83.00 % 0.50 % -
 Azerbaijani 2,300 9,048,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Bolivian, Mestizo 3,300 8,407,000 Spanish Christianity 90.00 % 13.00 % -
 Bosniak 34,000 3,116,000 Bosnian Islam 0.30 % 0.04 % 1
 Brazilian, general 3,500 222,000 Portuguese Christianity 91.00 % 26.30 % -
 British 30,000 53,969,000 English Christianity 60.00 % 8.80 % -
 Bulgarian 7,100 6,757,000 Bulgarian Christianity 80.00 % 1.90 % -
 Cape Verdean 800 819,000 Kabuverdianu Christianity 95.00 % 6.60 % -
 Chilean 19,000 17,860,000 Spanish Christianity 87.00 % 18.00 % -
 Colombian, Mestizo 7,100 35,890,000 Spanish Christianity 95.00 % 6.00 % -
 Croat 4,800 5,248,000 Croatian Christianity 92.00 % 0.40 % -
 Czech 1,500 10,667,000 Czech Non-Religious 26.00 % 0.80 % -
 Danish 49,000 5,276,000 Danish Christianity 86.00 % 0.70 % -
 Deaf 21,000 49,661,000 Swedish Sign Language Christianity 57.20 % -
 Dutch 11,000 13,830,000 Dutch Non-Religious 47.00 % 4.30 % -
 Estonian 6,400 1,120,000 Estonian, Standard Non-Religious 45.00 % 4.90 % -
 Filipino, Tagalog 3,600 40,521,000 Tagalog Christianity 92.00 % 12.30 % -
 Finland Swede 115,000 384,000 Swedish Christianity 57.00 % 6.90 % -
 Finnish 98,000 5,688,000 Finnish Christianity 84.00 % 12.10 % -
 Finnish, Tornedalen 35,000 73,000 Finnish, Tornedalen Christianity 84.00 % 12.10 % -
 French 9,700 50,459,000 French Christianity 61.00 % 1.00 % -
 German 40,000 67,100,000 German, Standard Christianity 64.00 % 2.10 % -
 German Swiss 3,100 4,922,000 German, Swiss Christianity 76.00 % 4.40 % -
 Greek 13,000 10,478,000 Greek Christianity 91.00 % 0.40 % -
 Han Chinese, Cantonese 22,000 79,810,000 Chinese, Yue Non-Religious 5.00 % 4.00 % -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 20,000 931,685,000 Chinese, Mandarin Non-Religious 8.00 % 6.00 % -
 Hungarian 12,000 12,208,000 Hungarian Christianity 88.00 % 2.80 % -
 Icelander 5,300 420,000 Icelandic Christianity 91.00 % 3.80 % -
 Irish 3,300 8,464,000 English Christianity 95.00 % 0.80 % -
 Italian 11,000 37,702,000 Italian Christianity 82.00 % 1.10 % -
 Japanese 2,700 119,869,000 Japanese Buddhism 3.00 % 2.00 % 1
 Jewish, Swedish 15,000 15,000 Swedish Ethnic Religions 0.30 % 0.10 % 1
 Korean 4,900 81,888,000 Korean Christianity 31.00 % 16.80 % -
 Kurd, Kurmanji 11,000 16,339,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam 1.00 % 1.00 % 1
 Latvian 4,900 1,399,000 Latvian, Standard Christianity 60.00 % 7.00 % -
 Lithuanian 9,900 2,796,000 Lithuanian Christianity 84.00 % 1.00 % -
 Macedonian 4,100 1,955,000 Macedonian Christianity 66.00 % 0.20 % -
 Mandaean 5,700 73,000 Mandaic Other / Small 2.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Norwegian 38,000 4,759,000 Norwegian Christianity 91.00 % 8.40 % -
Ovdalian 2,600 2,600 Ovdalian Christianity 55.00 % 3.00 % -
 Persian 46,000 46,297,000 Persian, Iranian Islam 8.00 % 6.00 % -
 Peruvian 4,500 26,208,000 Spanish Christianity 93.00 % 13.00 % -
 Polish 61,000 45,420,000 Polish Christianity 90.00 % 0.30 % -
 Portuguese 3,000 22,749,000 Portuguese Christianity 96.00 % 2.80 % -
 Romani, Kalo Finnish 3,400 26,000 Romani, Kalo Finnish Christianity 55.00 % 3.00 % -
 Romani, Swedish 5,100 5,100 Swedish Christianity 65.00 % 2.00 % -
Romani, Tottare 29,000 36,000 Swedish Christianity 55.00 % 3.00 % -
 Romani, Vlax 12,000 1,159,000 Romani, Vlax Christianity 55.00 % 4.00 % -
 Romanian 18,000 21,659,000 Romanian Christianity 97.00 % 5.40 % -
 Russian 9,600 135,461,000 Russian Christianity 67.00 % 1.20 % -
Saami, Lule 7,200 9,100 Saami, Lule Christianity 94.00 % 5.00 % -
 Saami, Northern 6,000 43,000 Saami, North Christianity 93.00 % 5.00 % -
 Saami, Pite 2,100 2,100 Swedish Christianity 94.00 % 6.00 % -
Saami, Southern 700 1,400 Saami, South Christianity 94.00 % 6.00 % -
Saami, Ume 1,100 1,100 Swedish Christianity 94.00 % 6.00 % -
 Serb 11,000 8,544,000 Serbian Christianity 80.00 % 0.60 % -
 Slovak 1,300 5,355,000 Slovak Christianity 93.00 % 1.20 % -
 Slovene 1,000 1,972,000 Slovene Christianity 54.00 % 0.10 % -
 Somali 49,000 26,240,000 Somali Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 South Asian, general 64,000 12,146,000 Hindi Hinduism 5.00 % 0.50 % 1
 Spaniard 8,900 29,952,000 Spanish Christianity 77.00 % 1.00 % -
 Swedish 9,096,000 9,425,000 Swedish Christianity 57.00 % 6.05 % -
 Syrian Aramaic, Turoyo 18,000 180,000 Turoyo Christianity 90.00 % 0.30 % -
 Tajik 27,000 10,774,000 Tajik Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Thai 33,000 24,237,000 Thai Buddhism 0.50 % 0.30 % 1
 Tigray, Tigrinya 14,000 9,808,000 Tigrigna Christianity 90.00 % 3.00 % -
 Turk 35,000 67,115,000 Turkish Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Ukrainian 3,300 31,481,000 Ukrainian Christianity 80.00 % 3.00 % -
 Uyghur 2,100 12,315,000 Uyghur Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Uzbek, Northern 3,200 32,500,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Vietnamese 9,500 86,363,000 Vietnamese Buddhism 9.00 % 1.80 % -
 Yazidi 4,500 781,000 Kurdish, Northern Ethnic Religions 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
  Totals:  88 10,601,000         22 55.86 % 5.74 % 23 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 11,000                
  UN Country Population (2023) 10,612,000                

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Province Estimated
Population
Blekinge 164,000
Dalarna 300,000
Gävleborg 300,000
Gotland 62,000
Halland 314,000
Jämtland 138,000
Jönköping 361,000
Kalmar 254,000
Kronoberg 195,000
Norrbotten 274,000
Orebro 299,000
Östergötland 454,000
Skåne 1,287,000
Södermanland 286,000
Stockholm 2,083,000
Uppsala 347,000
Värmland 296,000
Västerbotten 280,000
Västernorrland 265,000
Västmanland 269,000
Västra Götaland 1,670,000
Provinces:  21 9,898,000
UN Country Population 10,612,000
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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
Albanian, Gheg aln 1 1 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 3 1 Bible Portions
Arabic, Libyan Spoken ayl 1 1 Unspecified
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken acm 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Moroccan Spoken ary 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Sudanese Spoken apd 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Tunisian Spoken aeb 1 1 New Testament
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic aii 1 0 Complete Bible
Azerbaijani, North azj 1 1 Complete Bible
Bavarian bar 1 0 Complete Bible
Bosnian bos 1 1 Complete Bible
Bulgarian bul 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Yue yue 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 5 0 Complete Bible
Estonian, Standard ekk 1 0 Complete Bible
Finnish fin 1 0 Complete Bible
Finnish, Tornedalen fit 1 0 Bible Portions
French fra 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Standard deu 1 0 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
Icelandic isl 1 0 Complete Bible
Italian ita 1 0 Complete Bible
Japanese jpn 1 1 Complete Bible
Kabuverdianu kea 1 0 Bible Portions
Korean kor 1 0 Complete Bible
Kurdish, Northern kmr 2 2 Complete Bible
Latvian, Standard lvs 1 0 Complete Bible
Lithuanian lit 1 0 Complete Bible
Macedonian mkd 1 0 Complete Bible
Mandaic mid 1 1 Unspecified
Norwegian nor 1 0 Complete Bible
Ovdalian ovd 1 0 Unspecified
Persian, Iranian pes 1 0 Complete Bible
Polish pol 1 0 Complete Bible
Portuguese por 2 0 Complete Bible
Romani, Kalo Finnish rmf 1 0 Bible Portions
Romani, Vlax rmy 1 0 Complete Bible
Romanian ron 1 0 Complete Bible
Russian rus 1 0 Complete Bible
Saami, Lule smj 1 0 New Testament
Saami, North sme 1 0 Complete Bible
Saami, South sma 1 0 Bible Portions
Serbian srp 1 0 Complete Bible
Slovak slk 1 0 Complete Bible
Slovene slv 1 0 Complete Bible
Somali som 1 1 Complete Bible
Spanish spa 5 0 Complete Bible
Swedish swe 7 1 Complete Bible
Swedish Sign Language swl 1 0 Bible Portions
Tagalog tgl 1 0 Complete Bible
Tajik tgk 1 1 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
Uyghur uig 1 1 Complete Bible
Uzbek, Northern uzn 1 1 Complete Bible
Vietnamese vie 1 0 Complete Bible
Totals: 70 88 22   0 55 59 60 54
Networking Possibilities

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  • Church planting agencies in Sweden
  • Christian ministry in Sweden
  • 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

Sweden Statistics
People Groups 88
Unreached People Groups 22  (25.0%)
Population 10,601,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 0.7%
Population in Unreached 413,000  (3.9%)
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 55.9%
Percent Evangelical 5.7%
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate -0.6%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 23
Country Progress Level 4
Urbanization 87%
Continent Europe
Region Europe, Western
10/40 Window No
Country Code SW
Official Language(s) Swedish
Literacy Rate 99%
Estimated Illiterate Population 106,000
Persecution Ranking Not ranked
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