Country: Switzerland

People Groups
Total

48

People Groups Unreached

10 (20.8%)

People Groups Unreached Frontier

5 (10.4%)

Population
Total

8,906,000

Population in Unreached

272,000 (3.1%)

Population in Unreached Frontier

126,000 (1.4%)

% Evangelical

4.01%

Progress Level

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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
 Afghani, general 19,000 937,000 12 Dari Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Albanian 113,000 5,715,000 27 Albanian, Gheg Islam 30.00 % 0.50 % -
 Americans, U.S. 20,000 201,096,000 104 English Christianity 79.00 % 28.90 % -
 Arab, Lebanese general 17,000 5,439,000 42 Arabic, Levantine Islam 32.00 % 0.50 % -
 Arab, Syrian 24,000 21,074,000 37 Arabic, Levantine Islam 5.00 % 0.80 % 1
 Austrian, Bavarian 46,000 14,621,000 21 Bavarian Christianity 83.00 % 0.50 % -
 Bosniak 30,000 3,129,000 24 Bosnian Islam 0.20 % 0.04 % 1
 Brazilian, general 23,000 226,000 6 Portuguese Christianity 90.00 % -
 British 44,000 55,399,000 126 English Christianity 60.00 % 8.00 % -
 Bulgarian 14,000 6,765,000 41 Bulgarian Christianity 91.00 % 2.00 % -
 Cape Verdean 2,400 779,000 18 Kabuverdianu Christianity 95.00 % 6.60 % -
 Croat 29,000 5,074,000 28 Croatian Christianity 92.00 % 0.40 % -
 Czech 11,000 10,590,000 28 Czech Non-Religious 26.00 % 0.70 % -
 Danish 5,400 5,360,000 20 Danish Christianity 78.00 % 3.00 % -
 Deaf 18,000 51,182,000 216 Swiss-German Sign Language Christianity 75.76 % -
 Dutch 14,000 14,377,000 29 Dutch Non-Religious 47.00 % 4.30 % -
 Filipino, Tagalog 18,000 40,441,000 56 Tagalog Christianity 94.00 % 12.30 % -
 Finnish 2,400 5,128,000 16 Finnish Christianity 84.00 % 12.10 % -
 Flemish 15,000 5,779,000 13 West Flemish Christianity 70.00 % 1.50 % -
Franco-Provencal 8,800 146,000 3 Arpitan Christianity 62.00 % 1.00 % -
Franco-Swiss 1,838,000 1,871,000 2 French Christianity 80.00 % 3.50 % -
 German 258,000 67,725,000 78 German, Standard Christianity 64.00 % 2.10 % -
 German Swiss 4,795,000 5,016,000 16 German, Swiss Christianity 78.00 % 5.20 % -
 Greek 17,000 10,116,000 70 Greek Christianity 91.00 % 0.40 % -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 20,000 925,478,000 53 Chinese, Mandarin Non-Religious 9.00 % 5.70 % -
  Totals:  48 8,906,000           5 ☀︎  10 76.14 % 4.01 % 11 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 61,000                  
  UN Country Population (2025) 8,967,000                  
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Province Estimated
Population
Aargau 687,000
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 60,000
Appenzell Innerrhoden 18,000
Basel-Landschaft 308,000
Basel-Stadt 208,000
Bern 1,102,000
Fribourg 313,000
Genève 515,000
Glarus 44,000
Graubünden 217,000
Jura 79,000
Lucerne 425,000
Neuchâtel 193,000
Nidwalden 46,000
Obwalden 40,000
Sankt Gallen 539,000
Schaffhausen 85,000
Schwyz 165,000
Solothurn 287,000
Thurgau 279,000
Ticino 376,000
Uri 39,000
Valais 352,000
Vaud 802,000
Zug 127,000
Zürich 1,544,000
Provinces:  26 8,850,000
UN Country Population 8,967,000
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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
Albanian, Gheg aln 1 0 New Testament
Arabic, Levantine apc 2 1 Bible Portions
Arpitan frp 1 0 New Testament
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
Croatian hrv 1 0 Complete Bible
Czech ces 1 0 Complete Bible
Danish dan 1 0 Complete Bible
Dari prs 1 1 Complete Bible
Dutch nld 1 0 Complete Bible
English eng 2 0 Complete Bible
Finnish fin 1 0 Complete Bible
French fra 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Standard deu 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Swiss gsw 3 1 New Testament
Greek ell 1 0 Complete Bible
Hungarian hun 1 0 Complete Bible
Italian ita 1 0 Complete Bible
Japanese jpn 1 1 Complete Bible
Kabuverdianu kea 1 0 Bible Portions
Kurdish, Northern kmr 1 1 Complete Bible
Lombard lmo 1 0 Bible Portions
Macedonian mkd 1 0 Complete Bible
Portuguese por 2 0 Complete Bible
Romani, Sinte rmo 1 0 Complete Bible
Romanian ron 1 0 Complete Bible
Romansh roh 1 0 Complete Bible
Russian rus 1 0 Unspecified
Serbian srp 1 0 Complete Bible
Sinhala sin 1 1 Complete Bible
Slovak slk 1 0 Complete Bible
Spanish spa 1 0 Complete Bible
Swedish swe 1 0 Complete Bible
Swiss-German Sign Language sgg 1 0 Unspecified
Tagalog tgl 1 0 Complete Bible
Thai tha 1 1 Complete Bible
Tibetan, Central bod 1 1 Complete Bible
Tigrigna tir 1 0 Complete Bible
Turkish tur 1 1 Complete Bible
Walser wae 1 0 New Testament
West Flemish vls 1 0 Bible Portions
Totals: 43 48 10   34 33 35 39 28
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Switzerland Statistics
People Groups 48
Unreached People Groups 10  (20.8%)
Population 8,906,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 0.9%
Population in Unreached 272,000  (3.1%)
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 76.1%
Percent Evangelical 4.0%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 11
Country Progress Level 4
Continent Europe
Region Europe, Western
10/40 Window No
Country Code SZ
Official Language(s) German, SwissFrench
Literacy Rate 100%
Estimated Illiterate Population 0
Persecution Ranking Not ranked
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