Country: Nigeria

Number of People Groups

542

People Groups Unreached

54 (10.0%)

Progress Level

Progress Gauge

Total
Population

228,438,000

Population in Unreached

69,998,000 (30.6%)

Largest Religion

% Christian Adherent

51.57%

% Evangelical

25.98%

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

3.4%
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
Ukpe-Bayobiri 27,000 27,000 Bukpe Christianity 92.00 % 13.00 % -
Ukue-Ehuen 28,000 28,000 Ukue Ethnic Religions 25.00 % 5.00 % -
 Ukwa 700 700 Ukwa Ethnic Religions 6.00 % 5.00 % -
Ukwuani-Aboh, Kwale 347,000 347,000 Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni Christianity 95.00 % 31.00 % -
Ulukwumi 22,000 22,000 Ulukwumi Christianity 55.00 % 4.00 % -
Umon 40,000 40,000 Umon Christianity 94.00 % 12.00 % -
 Uneme 39,000 39,000 Uneme Ethnic Religions 33.00 % 7.00 % -
 Ungwai 37,000 37,000 Cahungwarya Islam 15.00 % 5.00 % -
 Ura 1,900 1,900 Fungwa Ethnic Religions 25.00 % 4.00 % -
 Urhobo 1,228,000 1,228,000 Urhobo Christianity 99.00 % 44.19 % -
Usakade 23,000 49,000 Usaghade Christianity 90.00 % 8.00 % -
Utange, Otank 24,000 24,000 Itang Christianity 55.00 % 6.00 % -
 Utugwang, East Mbube 96,000 96,000 Utugwang-Irungene-Afrike Christianity 90.00 % 10.00 % -
Uvbie, Evrie 39,000 39,000 Uvbie Christianity 82.00 % 6.00 % -
Uzekwe 18,000 18,000 Uzekwe Christianity 70.00 % 2.00 % -
 Vemgo-Mabas, Visik 21,000 23,000 Vemgo-Mabas Islam 5.00 % 4.00 % -
 Verre 205,000 218,000 Verre Ethnic Religions 20.00 % 2.50 % -
Viti Unknown Unknown Viti Christianity 70.00 % 6.00 % -
Voro Unknown Unknown Voro Islam 10.00 % 1.00 % -
Vute 3,500 47,000 Vute Christianity 60.00 % 0.03 % -
Wagga 158,000 158,000 Waja Ethnic Religions 12.50 % 2.50 % -
 Warji, Warjawa 150,000 150,000 Warji Islam 20.00 % 10.00 % -
Wom 11,000 56,000 Wom (Nigeria) Ethnic Religions 45.00 % 2.00 % -
Yako, Ugep 256,000 256,000 Lokaa Christianity 95.00 % 32.00 % -
 Yala 306,000 306,000 Yala Ethnic Religions 44.00 % 5.00 % -
  Totals:  542 228,438,000         54 51.57 % 25.98 % 1,421 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 714,000                
  UN Country Population (2024) 229,152,000                

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State Estimated
Population
Abia 4,296,000
Adamawa 4,896,000
Akwa Ibom 6,318,000
Anambra 6,371,000
Bauchi 7,534,000
Bayelsa 2,626,000
Benue 6,618,000
Borno 6,754,000
Cross River 4,456,000
Delta 6,527,000
Ebonyi 3,319,000
Edo 4,882,000
Ekiti 3,770,000
Enugu 5,084,000
Federal Capital Territory 4,108,000
Gombe 3,754,000
Imo 6,234,000
Jigawa 6,717,000
Kaduna 9,511,000
Kano 15,072,000
Katsina 9,026,000
Kebbi 5,117,000
Kogi 5,157,000
Kwara 3,679,000
Lagos 14,466,000
Nassarawa 2,908,000
Niger 6,404,000
Ogun 6,014,000
Ondo 5,385,000
Osun 5,424,000
Oyo 9,037,000
Plateau 4,841,000
Rivers 8,418,000
Sokoto 5,761,000
Taraba 3,535,000
Yobe 3,797,000
Zamfara 5,204,000
States:  37 223,020,000
UN Country Population 229,152,000
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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
Abanglekuo bzy 1 0 Bible Portions
Abanyom abm 1 0 Bible Portions
Abishi pcn 1 0 Translation Started
Abon abo 1 0 Translation Needed
Abua abn 1 0 Complete Bible
Abureni mgj 1 0 Bible Portions
Acipa, Eastern acp 1 0 Unspecified
Adara kad 1 0 Bible Portions
Aduge adu 1 0 Translation Started
Afade aal 1 1 Translation Needed
Agatu agc 1 0 New Testament
Agwagwune yay 1 0 Bible Portions
Ahan ahn 1 0 Translation Started
Ahwai nfd 3 0 Translation Started
Ajiri afo 1 0 Bible Portions
Ajiya idc 1 0 Translation Started
Akpes ibe 1 0 Translation Started
Akuku ayk 1 0 Translation Started
Akum aku 1 0 Translation Started
Akweya akf 1 0 Translation Started
Akye aik 1 0 Unspecified
Alago ala 1 0 Bible Portions
Ambo amb 1 0 Translation Started
Amo amo 1 0 Translation Started
Anaang anw 1 0 Bible Portions
Anca acb 1 0 Translation Started
Aninka aqk 1 0 Translation Needed
Arabic, Chadian shu 1 1 Complete Bible
Arabic, Levantine apc 2 0 Bible Portions
Arigidi aqg 1 0 Bible Portions
Arum aab 1 0 Unspecified
Ashe ahs 1 0 Bible Portions
Asu (Nigeria) aum 1 1 Unspecified
Atoro tdv 1 0 Translation Needed
Atsam cch 1 0 Bible Portions
Awak awo 1 0 Bible Portions
Ayere aye 1 0 Translation Started
Ayu ayu 1 0 Unspecified
Baan bvj 1 0 Translation Started
Baangi bqx 1 1 Unspecified
Baatonum bba 1 0 Complete Bible
Bacama bcy 1 0 New Testament
Bade bde 1 1 Bible Portions
Bali (Nigeria) bcn 1 0 New Testament
Bana bcw 1 0 New Testament
Bangwinji bsj 1 0 Bible Portions
Bankal jjr 1 1 Unspecified
Basa bzw 1 0 Complete Bible
Basa-Gurmana buj 1 1 Translation Started
Bassa-Kontagora bsr 1 0 Unspecified
Bata bta 1 0 Unspecified
Batu btu 1 0 Translation Started
Bauchi bsf 1 1 Unspecified
Bekwarra bkv 1 0 New Testament
Belning glb 1 0 Translation Started
Bena (Nigeria) yun 1 0 Bible Portions
Berom bom 1 0 Complete Bible
Bete-Bendi btt 1 0 New Testament
Biali beh 1 0 New Testament
Bijim jbm 1 0 Translation Started
Bille bil 1 0 Translation Started
Bina (Nigeria) byj 1 0 Unspecified
Bisa bqp 1 1 New Testament
Biseni ije 1 0 Translation Needed
Bitare brt 1 0 Translation Needed
Bo-Rukul mae 1 0 Translation Started
Boga bvw 1 0 Translation Started
Boghom bux 1 0 Bible Portions
Boko (Benin) bqc 1 1 Complete Bible
Bokobaru bus 1 0 New Testament
Bokyi bky 1 0 Complete Bible
Bole bol 1 1 Bible Portions
Bozo, Jenaama bze 1 1 Bible Portions
Bu (Afro-Asiatic) zbu 1 0 Translation Started
Bu (Niger-Congo) jid 1 0 Translation Started
Buduma bdm 1 1 Bible Portions
Bukpe ukp 1 0 Translation Started
Bukwen buz 1 0 Translation Started
Buli (Nigeria) uly 1 0 Bible Portions
Bumaji byp 1 0 Translation Started
Bura-Pabir bwr 1 0 Complete Bible
Burak bys 1 0 Bible Portions
Burku bbt 1 1 Translation Started
Buru (Nigeria) bqw 1 0 Translation Started
C'lela dri 2 0 New Testament
Cahungwarya nat 1 0 Unspecified
Cakfem-Mushere cky 1 0 Bible Portions
Cara cfd 1 0 Unspecified
Cha'ari cxh 1 0 Translation Needed
Cham cfa 1 0 Bible Portions
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Wu wuu 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Yue yue 1 0 Complete Bible
Choogen tgd 1 0 Unspecified
Cicipu awc 1 0 Translation Started
Cineni cie 1 0 Translation Needed
Cishingini asg 1 0 New Testament
Daba dbq 1 0 New Testament
Dadiya dbd 1 0 New Testament
Dass dot 1 0 Bible Portions
Degema deg 1 0 Translation Started
Dendi (Benin) ddn 1 1 New Testament
Deno dbb 1 0 Unspecified
Dera kna 1 0 Bible Portions
Dghwede dgh 1 0 New Testament
Dibo dio 1 1 Unspecified
Dir-Nyamzak-Mbarimi nzr 1 0 Translation Needed
Dirim dir 1 0 Bible Portions
Dirya dwa 1 0 Unspecified
Doko-Uyanga uya 1 0 Unspecified
Dong doh 1 0 Translation Started
Duguri dbm 1 1 Unspecified
Duhwa kbz 1 0 Bible Portions
Dungu dbv 1 0 Unspecified
Durop krp 1 0 Translation Started
Duwai dbp 1 1 Translation Needed
Duya ldb 1 0 New Testament
Dyarim dyr 1 0 Unspecified
Dza jen 1 0 Bible Portions
Ebira igb 2 1 Complete Bible
Ebughu ebg 1 0 Translation Started
Edo bin 1 0 Complete Bible
Efai efa 1 0 Translation Needed
Efik efi 1 0 Complete Bible
Efutop ofu 1 0 Bible Portions
Eggon ego 1 0 New Testament
Ehueun ehu 1 0 Translation Started
Ejagham etu 1 0 New Testament
Ejuele dbi 1 0 Bible Portions
Ekajuk eka 1 0 New Testament
Eki eki 1 0 Translation Started
Ekit eke 1 0 Translation Started
Ekpeye ekp 1 0 Translation Started
Elege alf 1 0 Bible Portions
Eleme elm 1 0 New Testament
Emai-Iuleha-Ora ema 1 0 Bible Portions
Engenni enn 1 0 New Testament
English eng 1 0 Complete Bible
Enwan (Nigeria, Akwa Ibom State) enw 1 0 Translation Started
Enwan (Nigeria, Edo State) env 1 0 Bible Portions
Epie epi 1 0 New Testament
Eruwa erh 1 0 Translation Started
Esan ish 1 0 Bible Portions
Esimbi ags 1 0 New Testament
Etebi etb 1 0 Unspecified
Etkywan ich 1 0 New Testament
Etsako ets 1 0 New Testament
Etulo utr 1 0 Bible Portions
Evant bzz 1 0 Translation Started
Ewe ewe 1 0 Complete Bible
Ezaa eza 1 0 Complete Bible
Fali Muchella fli 1 0 Bible Portions
Fam fam 1 0 Translation Started
Firan fir 1 0 Bible Portions
French fra 1 0 Complete Bible
Fulfulde, Adamawa fub 1 1 Complete Bible
Fulfulde, Nigerian fuv 1 1 New Testament
Fungwa ula 1 0 Unspecified
Fyer fie 1 0 Translation Needed
Ga'anda gqa 1 0 Bible Portions
Gaa ttb 1 1 Translation Started
Gade ged 1 0 Translation Needed
Galambi glo 1 0 Unspecified
Ganang gne 1 0 Translation Started
Gbagyi gbr 1 0 New Testament
Gbari gby 1 0 Bible Portions
Gengle geg 1 0 Translation Started
Gera gew 1 1 Unspecified
German, Standard deu 1 0 Complete Bible
Geruma gea 1 1 Unspecified
Ghotuo aaa 1 0 New Testament
Giiwo kks 1 0 Unspecified
Glavda glw 1 0 Bible Portions
Goemai ank 1 0 Bible Portions
Gokana gkn 1 0 New Testament
Gourmanchema gux 1 1 Complete Bible
Gude gde 1 0 New Testament
Gudu gdu 1 0 Unspecified
Guduf-Gava gdf 1 0 Bible Portions
Gun guw 1 0 Complete Bible
Gupa-Abawa gpa 1 1 Unspecified
Gurmana gvm 1 0 Unspecified
Guruntum-Mbaaru grd 1 1 Unspecified
Gvoko ngs 1 0 Translation Needed
Gwa gwb 1 1 Unspecified
Gwak jgk 1 0 Bible Portions
Gwandara gwn 1 0 Translation Started
Gyaazi gyz 1 0 Bible Portions
Gyem gye 1 0 Translation Started
Gyong kdm 1 0 Translation Needed
Hasha ybj 1 0 Translation Started
Hausa hau 14 4 Complete Bible
Hdi xed 1 0 New Testament
Hohumono bcs 1 0 Translation Started
Hone juh 1 0 Unspecified
Horom hoe 1 0 Translation Started
Hwana hwo 1 0 Bible Portions
Hya hya 1 0 Unspecified
Hyam jab 1 0 New Testament
Ibaas cen 1 0 New Testament
Ibani iby 1 0 New Testament
Ibibio ibb 1 0 New Testament
Ibino ibn 1 0 Translation Started
Ibuoro ibr 1 0 Translation Started
Iceve-Maci bec 1 0 Bible Portions
Idere ide 1 0 Translation Started
Idesa ids 1 0 Unspecified
Idoma idu 3 0 Complete Bible
Igala igl 1 0 Complete Bible
Igbo ibo 1 0 Complete Bible
Igede ige 1 0 Complete Bible
Iguta nar 1 0 Translation Started
Igwe igw 1 0 Translation Needed
Ihievbe ihi 1 0 Translation Started
Ijo, Southeast ijs 1 0 Complete Bible
Ika ikk 1 0 Complete Bible
Ikhin-Aokho ikh 1 0 Bible Portions
Iko iki 1 0 Translation Needed
Ikpeshi ikp 1 0 Bible Portions
Iku-Gora-Ankwa ikv 1 0 Bible Portions
Ikulu ikl 1 0 Translation Started
Ikwere ikw 1 0 New Testament
Ikwo iqw 1 0 Complete Bible
Ilue ilv 1 0 Unspecified
Isekiri its 1 0 Complete Bible
Isoko iso 1 0 Complete Bible
Itang uta 1 0 Bible Portions
Iten etx 1 0 New Testament
Ito itw 1 0 Translation Started
Itu Mbon Uzo itm 1 0 Translation Started
Ivbie North-Okpela-Arhe atg 1 0 New Testament
Iyayu iya 1 0 Translation Started
Iyive uiv 1 0 Unspecified
Iyongiyong bbs 1 0 Unspecified
Izere izr 1 0 New Testament
Izii izz 1 0 Complete Bible
Izon ijc 1 0 New Testament
Izora cbo 1 0 Translation Started
Jakattoe jrt 1 0 Unspecified
Janji jni 1 0 Translation Started
Jara jaf 1 0 Translation Started
Jere jer 1 0 Bible Portions
Jiba juo 1 0 Bible Portions
Jibu jib 1 0 New Testament
Jilbe jie 1 1 Unspecified
Jimi jmi 1 0 Unspecified
Jiru jrr 1 0 Translation Started
Jju kaj 1 0 New Testament
Jukun Takum jbu 2 0 New Testament
Juu juu 1 0 Translation Started
Kaan ldl 1 0 Translation Started
Kabba ksp 1 0 New Testament
Kadung dkg 1 0 Bible Portions
Kaivi kce 1 0 Translation Started
Kakanda kka 1 1 Unspecified
Kalabari ijn 1 0 Complete Bible
Kam kdx 1 0 Translation Started
Kamantan kci 1 0 Translation Started
Kami (Nigeria) kmi 1 0 Unspecified
Kamo kcq 1 0 New Testament
Kamuku cdr 1 0 Bible Portions
Kamwe hig 1 0 Complete Bible
Kanembu kbl 1 1 Bible Portions
Kanufi kni 1 0 Bible Portions
Kanuri, Manga kby 1 1 New Testament
Kanuri, Yerwa knc 1 1 New Testament
Kapya klo 1 0 Translation Started
Karekare kai 1 0 New Testament
Karimjo cfg 1 0 Unspecified
Kariya kil 1 1 Unspecified
Khana ogo 1 0 Complete Bible
Kholok ktc 1 0 Translation Started
Kibaku ckl 1 0 New Testament
Kiong kkm 1 0 Unspecified
Kir-Balar kkr 1 1 Unspecified
Kirike okr 1 0 Complete Bible
Kirya-Konzel fkk 1 0 Bible Portions
Kizamani izm 1 0 Unspecified
Koenoem kcs 1 0 Translation Started
Kofa kso 1 0 Translation Started
Kofyar kwl 1 0 Unspecified
Koma kmy 1 0 Bible Portions
Kono (Nigeria) klk 1 0 Translation Started
Koro Nulu vkn 1 0 Unspecified
Koro Wachi bqv 1 0 Unspecified
Koro Zuba vkz 1 0 Translation Needed
Kpan kpk 1 0 Translation Started
Kpasham pbn 1 0 Translation Started
Kuce ruk 1 0 Bible Portions
Kugama kow 1 0 Translation Started
Kugbo kes 1 0 Translation Started
Kukele kez 1 0 New Testament
Kulere kul 1 0 Translation Started
Kulung (Nigeria) bbu 1 0 Bible Portions
Kumba ksm 1 0 Translation Started
Kupa kug 1 1 Unspecified
Kurama krh 1 0 Unspecified
Kushi kuh 1 0 Bible Portions
Kusur-Myet tdl 1 0 Translation Started
Kutep kub 1 0 New Testament
Kutto kpa 1 0 Translation Started
Kuturmi khj 1 0 Translation Started
Kwa kwb 1 0 Translation Started
Kwaami ksq 1 0 Unspecified
Kyak bka 1 0 Translation Started
Kyanga tye 1 1 Bible Portions
Kyoli cry 1 0 Translation Started
Labir jku 1 0 Translation Started
Lala-Roba lla 1 0 Bible Portions
Lamang hia 1 0 Bible Portions
Lame bma 1 0 Unspecified
Lamja-Dengsa-Tola ldh 1 0 Translation Started
Lamnso' lns 1 0 Complete Bible
Laru lan 1 1 Unspecified
Leelau ldk 1 0 Unspecified
Legbo agb 1 0 Bible Portions
Lemoro ldj 1 0 Translation Started
Lenyima ldg 1 0 Translation Started
Lere gnh 1 0 Unspecified
Leyigha ayi 1 0 Translation Started
Lidzonka add 1 0 Bible Portions
Limbum lmp 1 0 New Testament
Lokaa yaz 1 0 New Testament
Longuda lnu 1 0 New Testament
Loo ldo 1 0 Translation Started
Lopa lop 1 1 Unspecified
Lubila kcc 1 0 Translation Started
Lufu ldq 1 0 Unspecified
Maaka mew 1 0 Translation Needed
Mada (Nigeria) mda 1 0 New Testament
Mafa maf 1 0 Complete Bible
Maghdi gmd 1 1 Translation Started
Mak (Nigeria) pbl 1 0 Translation Started
Mala (Nigeria) ruy 1 0 Unspecified
Mama mma 1 0 Translation Started
Mambila, Nigeria mzk 1 0 New Testament
Mansi (Nigeria) zns 1 0 Bible Portions
Marghi Central mrt 1 0 New Testament
Marghi South mfm 1 0 Bible Portions
Mashi (Nigeria) jms 1 0 Unspecified
Mbat bau 1 0 Unspecified
Mbay myb 1 0 Complete Bible
Mbe mfo 1 0 Bible Portions
Mbembe, Cross River mfn 1 0 New Testament
Mbembe, Tigon nza 1 0 New Testament
Mboi moi 1 0 Translation Started
Mbonga xmb 1 0 Translation Started
Mbula-Bwazza mbu 1 0 New Testament
Mgbolizhia gmz 1 0 Bible Portions
Migili mgi 1 0 New Testament
Mindat mmf 1 0 Bible Portions
Mingang Doso mko 1 0 Translation Started
Miship mjs 1 0 Translation Started
Moo gwg 1 0 Translation Started
Mubako muo 1 0 Translation Started
Mumuye mzm 1 0 New Testament
Mvanip mcj 1 0 Translation Needed
Mwaghavul sur 1 0 New Testament
Nde-Gbite ned 1 0 Translation Started
Nde-Nsele-Nta ndd 1 0 Bible Portions
Ndoe nbb 1 0 Bible Portions
Ndoola ndr 1 0 Bible Portions
Ndunda nuh 1 0 Translation Needed
Ngamo nbh 1 0 Bible Portions
Ngas anc 1 0 New Testament
Nggwahyi ngx 1 0 Unspecified
Ngizim ngi 1 0 Bible Portions
Ngwaba ngw 1 0 Translation Started
Nigerian Sign Language nsi 1 0 Bible Portions
Nikyob-Nindem kdp 1 0 Unspecified
Ninzo nin 1 0 New Testament
Nkari nkz 1 0 Translation Started
Nkem-Nkum isi 1 0 Bible Portions
Nkoroo nkx 2 0 Translation Needed
Nkukoli nbo 1 0 Translation Started
Nnam nbp 1 0 Bible Portions
Nteng nqt 1 0 Unspecified
Numana nbr 1 0 Translation Started
Nungu rin 1 0 Translation Started
Nupe-Nupe-Tako nup 2 1 Complete Bible
Nya Huba hbb 1 0 New Testament
Nyam nmi 1 0 Translation Started
Nyankpa yes 1 0 Bible Portions
Nzanyi nja 1 0 Bible Portions
Obolo ann 1 0 Complete Bible
Obulom obu 1 0 Translation Started
Odual odu 1 0 New Testament
Odut oda 1 0 Unspecified
Ogbah ogc 1 0 Bible Portions
Ogbia ogb 1 0 New Testament
Ogbogolo ogg 1 0 Translation Started
Ogbronuagum ogu 1 0 Translation Needed
Oko-Eni-Osayen oks 1 0 Translation Started
Okobo okb 1 0 Translation Needed
Okodia okd 1 0 Translation Needed
Okpamheri opa 2 0 Translation Started
Okpe (Northwestern Edoid) okx 1 0 Translation Needed
Okpe (Southwestern Edoid) oke 1 0 Bible Portions
Oloma olm 1 0 Translation Started
Olulumo-Ikom iko 1 0 Bible Portions
Oring org 1 0 Bible Portions
Oro orx 1 0 Translation Started
Oruma orr 1 0 Translation Needed
Ososo oso 1 0 Bible Portions
Pa'a pqa 1 1 Unspecified
Pana (Central African Republic) pnz 1 0 New Testament
Panawa pwb 1 0 Translation Started
Pangseng pgs 1 0 Translation Needed
Pangu png 1 0 Bible Portions
Pere pfe 1 0 New Testament
Pero pip 1 0 Bible Portions
Pesse pze 1 0 Translation Needed
Piapung pcw 1 0 Translation Started
Pidgin, Cameroon wes 1 0 New Testament
Pidgin, Nigerian pcm 1 0 Complete Bible
Piya-Kwonci piy 1 0 Bible Portions
Psikye kvj 1 0 Complete Bible
Pyam pym 1 0 Bible Portions
Pye pai 1 0 Translation Started
Rang rax 1 0 Unspecified
Reshe res 1 0 Bible Portions
Rigwe iri 1 0 New Testament
Rishiwa rsw 1 0 Unspecified
Rjili uji 1 0 Translation Started
Robambami ibm 1 0 Translation Started
Rom tdk 1 0 Translation Needed
Ron cla 1 0 New Testament
Ruma ruz 1 0 Bible Portions
Samba Daka ccg 1 0 Bible Portions
Samba Leko ndi 1 0 New Testament
Sanga (Nigeria) xsn 1 0 Bible Portions
Sasaru sxs 1 0 Translation Started
Saya say 1 0 Bible Portions
Shall-Zwall sha 1 0 Unspecified
Shama-Sambuga sqa 1 0 Unspecified
Shamang xsh 1 0 Translation Started
Shanga sho 1 1 Bible Portions
Shiki gua 1 0 Unspecified
Shoo-Minda-Nye bcv 1 0 Unspecified
Siri sir 1 1 Translation Started
Sukur syk 1 0 Bible Portions
Sya scw 1 0 Unspecified
Tagalog tgl 1 0 Complete Bible
Tal tal 1 0 Bible Portions
Tala tak 1 0 Bible Portions
Tamajaq, Tawallammat ttq 1 1 New Testament
Tangale tan 1 0 New Testament
Tarok yer 1 0 New Testament
Tedaga tuq 1 1 Translation Needed
Tee tkq 1 0 Translation Started
Tehl mtl 1 0 Bible Portions
Teme tdo 1 0 Translation Started
Tera ttr 1 0 New Testament
Tha thy 1 0 Translation Started
Tita tdq 1 0 Translation Started
Tiv tiv 1 0 Complete Bible
Tiyaa tyy 1 0 Bible Portions
Tsikimba kdl 1 0 New Testament
Tsishingini tsw 1 0 New Testament
Tso ldp 1 0 Translation Needed
Tsuvadi tvd 2 0 Bible Portions
Tugbiri-Niragu grh 1 0 Bible Portions
Tula tul 1 0 New Testament
Tumi kku 1 1 Unspecified
Tunzuii dza 1 0 Unspecified
Tyap kcg 1 0 New Testament
Ubaghara byc 1 0 Bible Portions
Ubang uba 1 0 Translation Started
Uda uda 1 0 Translation Needed
Uhami uha 1 0 Translation Started
Ukaan kcf 1 0 Translation Started
Ukpet-Ehom akd 1 0 Translation Started
Ukue uku 1 0 Translation Started
Ukwa ukq 1 0 Translation Started
Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni ukw 1 0 New Testament
Ulukwumi ulb 1 0 New Testament
Umon umm 1 0 Bible Portions
Uneme une 1 0 Bible Portions
Urhobo urh 1 0 Complete Bible
us-Saare uss 1 0 Bible Portions
Usaghade usk 1 0 Translation Started
ut-Hun uth 1 0 New Testament
Ut-Ma'in gel 1 0 Bible Portions
Utugwang-Irungene-Afrike afe 1 0 Bible Portions
Uvbie evh 1 0 Translation Started
Uzekwe eze 1 0 Translation Started
Vemgo-Mabas vem 1 0 Translation Started
Verre ver 1 0 Bible Portions
Viti vit 1 0 Translation Started
Vono kch 1 0 Bible Portions
Vori sde 1 0 Translation Started
Voro vor 1 0 Translation Started
Vune mi mkf 1 0 Bible Portions
Vute vut 1 0 New Testament
Waja wja 1 0 Bible Portions
Waka wav 1 0 Unspecified
Wandala mfi 1 1 New Testament
Wannu jub 1 0 Unspecified
Wapan juk 1 0 New Testament
Wapha juw 1 0 Translation Started
Warji wji 1 0 Bible Portions
Wom (Nigeria) wom 1 0 Unspecified
Yace ekr 1 0 Bible Portions
Yala yba 1 0 New Testament
Yamba yam 1 0 New Testament
Yendang ynq 1 0 Bible Portions
Yoruba yor 3 0 Complete Bible
Yotti yot 1 0 Unspecified
Yukuben ybl 1 0 Unspecified
Ywom gek 1 0 Bible Portions
Zarma dje 1 1 Complete Bible
Zhire zhi 1 0 Unspecified
Zibinju jmb 1 1 Translation Started
Zizilivakan ziz 1 0 Translation Needed
Zul zlu 1 0 Bible Portions
Totals: 515 542 54   132 124 189 407 18
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Nigeria Statistics
People Groups 542
Unreached People Groups 54  (10.0%)
Population 228,438,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 2.6%
Population in Unreached 69,998,000  (30.6%)
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 51.6%
Percent Evangelical 26.0%
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate 3.4%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 1,421
Country Progress Level 5
Urbanization 50%
Continent Africa
Region Africa, West and Central
10/40 Window Yes
Country Code NI
Official Language(s) English
Literacy Rate 62%
Estimated Illiterate Population 86,806,000
Persecution Ranking 6 (1=Highest) Open Doors
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