Country: Finland
Number of People Groups
60
People Groups Unreached
16 (26.7%)
Progress Level
Total
Population
5,504,000
Population in Unreached
107,000 (1.9%)
Largest Religion
% Christian Adherent
80.30%
% Evangelical
10.19%
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate
-1.0%
| Photo | People Group |
Population this Country |
Global Population |
Indigenous | Primary Language | Primary Religion |
Progress Scale |
% Christian Adherent |
% Evangelical |
Est. Workers Needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Akan | 1,300 | 6,034,000 | Akan | Christianity | 5 ● | 90.00 % | 25.00 % | -1 - | |
|
Albanian | 12,000 | 5,119,000 | Albanian, Gheg | Islam | 2 ● | 38.00 % | 0.50 % | -1 - | |
|
Americans, U.S. | 2,900 | 197,948,000 | English | Christianity | 5 ● | 82.00 % | 28.90 % | -1 - | |
|
Amhara, Ethiopian | 1,100 | 27,147,000 | Amharic | Christianity | 3 ● | 86.00 % | 1.10 % | -1 - | |
|
Anglo-Canadian | 700 | 17,345,000 | English | Christianity | 4 ● | 78.00 % | 9.00 % | -1 - | |
|
Arab, Egyptian | 600 | 78,032,000 | Arabic, Egyptian | Islam | 4 ● | 13.00 % | 3.00 % | -1 - | |
|
Arab, Iraqi | 16,000 | 21,994,000 | Arabic, Mesopotamian | Islam | 1 ● | 3.00 % | 0.20 % | 1 | |
|
Arab, Moroccan | 1,000 | 30,794,000 | Arabic, Moroccan | Islam | 1 ● | 0.11 % | 0.08 % | 1 | |
|
Arab, Syrian | 16,000 | 20,176,000 | Arabic, Levantine | Islam | 2 ● | 6.00 % | 2.00 % | -1 - | |
|
Bosniak | 1,700 | 3,151,000 | Bosnian | Islam | 0 ☀︎ | 0.03 % | 0.02 % | 1 | |
|
Brazilian, White | 900 | 103,114,000 | Portuguese | Christianity | 5 ● | 90.00 % | 26.00 % | -1 - | |
|
British | 4,400 | 54,161,000 | English | Christianity | 4 ● | 60.00 % | 8.00 % | -1 - | |
|
Bulgarian | 1,800 | 6,677,000 | Bulgarian | Christianity | 3 ● | 80.00 % | 2.00 % | -1 - | |
|
Burmese | 2,200 | 32,181,000 | Burmese | Buddhism | 1 ● | 0.35 % | 0.07 % | 1 | |
|
Cameroonian Creole, Detribalized | 800 | 1,782,000 | French | Christianity | 5 ● | 65.00 % | 12.00 % | -1 - | |
|
Deaf | 11,000 | 50,266,000 | ● | Finnish Sign Language | Christianity | 3 ● | 83.75 % | -1 | -1 - |
|
Dutch | 1,300 | 13,875,000 | Dutch | Non-Religious | 4 ● | 48.00 % | 4.40 % | -1 - | |
|
Estonian | 50,000 | 1,116,000 | Estonian, Standard | Non-Religious | 4 ● | 45.00 % | 4.90 % | -1 - | |
|
Filipino, Tagalog | 2,400 | 41,069,000 | Tagalog | Christianity | 5 ● | 99.00 % | 13.00 % | -1 - | |
|
Finland Swede | 270,000 | 386,000 | ● | Swedish | Christianity | 4 ● | 67.00 % | 7.00 % | -1 - |
|
Finnish | 4,827,000 | 5,064,000 | ● | Finnish | Christianity | 5 ● | 84.00 % | 10.84 % | -1 - |
|
Finnish, Tornedalen | 38,000 | 73,000 | ● | Finnish, Tornedalen | Christianity | 5 ● | 95.00 % | 12.00 % | -1 - |
|
French | 2,000 | 50,757,000 | French | Christianity | 3 ● | 61.00 % | 1.00 % | -1 - | |
|
German | 4,200 | 67,020,000 | German, Standard | Christianity | 4 ● | 64.00 % | 2.10 % | -1 - | |
|
Han Chinese, Mandarin | 13,000 | 931,432,000 | Chinese, Mandarin | Non-Religious | 4 ● | 8.00 % | 5.70 % | -1 - | |
| Totals: 60 | 5,504,000 | 16 ● | 80.30 % | 10.19 % | 16 | |||||
| Unclassified / Other Individuals | 46,000 | |||||||||
| UN Country Population (2024) | 5,550,000 |
| Province ▲ | Estimated Population |
|---|---|
| Eastern Finland | 689,000 |
| Lapland | 222,000 |
| Oulu | 246,000 |
| Southern Finland | 2,671,000 |
| Western Finland | 1,668,000 |
| Provinces: 5 | 5,496,000 |
| UN Country Population | 5,550,000 |
| 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 | 5 Complete Bible | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
| Albanian, Gheg | aln | 1 | 0 | 4 New Testament | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Amharic | amh | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Arabic, Egyptian | arz | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Arabic, Levantine | apc | 1 | 0 | 3 Bible Portions | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Arabic, Mesopotamian | acm | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Arabic, Moroccan | ary | 1 | 1 | 4 New Testament | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bengali | ben | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bosnian | bos | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bulgarian | bul | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Burmese | mya | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Chinese, Mandarin | cmn | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dutch | nld | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| English | eng | 3 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Estonian, Standard | ekk | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Finnish | fin | 2 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Finnish Sign Language | fse | 1 | 0 | 3 Bible Portions | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 |
| Finnish, Tornedalen | fit | 1 | 0 | 3 Bible Portions | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 |
| French | fra | 2 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| German, Standard | deu | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Gikuyu | kik | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
| Hindi | hin | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Hungarian | hun | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Italian | ita | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Japanese | jpn | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Karelian | krl | 1 | 0 | 4 New Testament | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
| Kinyarwanda | kin | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Kituba (Democratic Republic of the Congo) | ktu | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
| Komi-Zyrian | kpv | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
| Kurdish, Northern | kmr | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
| Latvian, Standard | lvs | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Lithuanian | lit | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Livvi-Karelian | olo | 1 | 0 | 4 New Testament | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | -1 |
| Nepali | npi | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Persian, Iranian | pes | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Polish | pol | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Portuguese | por | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Romani, Kalo Finnish | rmf | 1 | 0 | 3 Bible Portions | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 |
| Romanian | ron | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Russian | rus | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Saami, Inari | smn | 1 | 0 | 3 Bible Portions | -1 | -1 | -1 | 1 | -1 |
| Saami, North | sme | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | -1 | -1 | -1 | 1 | -1 |
| Saami, Skolt | sms | 1 | 0 | 3 Bible Portions | 1 | -1 | -1 | 1 | -1 |
| Serbian | srp | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Somali | som | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Spanish | spa | 2 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Swedish | swe | 2 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tagalog | tgl | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tajik | tgk | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tatar | tat | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
| Thai | tha | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Turkish | tur | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ukrainian | ukr | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Vietnamese | vie | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals: | 54 | 60 | 16 | 48 | 46 | 47 | 46 | 40 |
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| People Groups | 60 |
| Unreached People Groups | 16 (26.7%) |
| Population | 5,504,000 |
| Population Annual Growth Rate | 0.3% |
| Population in Unreached | 107,000 (1.9%) |
| Primary Religion | Christianity |
| Percent Christian Adherent | 80.3% |
| Percent Evangelical | 10.2% |
| Evangelical Annual Growth Rate | -1.0% |
| Pioneer Workers Needed * | 16 |
| Country Progress Level | 5 ● |
| Urbanization | 85% |
| Continent | Europe |
| Region | Europe, Western |
| 10/40 Window | No |
| Country Code | FI |
| Official Language(s) | Finnish | Swedish |
| Literacy Rate | 100% |
| Estimated Illiterate Population | 0 |
| Persecution Ranking | Not ranked |
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