Arab people group in all countries

Arab

The Arab people group is reported in 40 countries

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Population All Countries

3,110,500

People Cluster

Arab, Arabian

Number of Countries

Number Unreached

Largest Religion

Islam

Progress

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
0.3	Unreached Frontier - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
0.7	Unreached not Frontier - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Country ▲	Population	Indigenous	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherents	% Evangelical	Bible Status	Online Bible	Jesus Film	Global Recordings	Est. Workers Needed *
Algeria	45,000		Arabic, Levantine	Islam	2 ●	7.00 %	1.00 %	3 Portions	●	●	●	-1 -
Australia	52,000		Arabic, Mesopotamian	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.30 %	4 New Testament	●	●	●	1
Austria	56,000		Arabic, Levantine	Islam	2 ●	6.00 %	0.20 %	3 Portions	●	●	●	-1 -
Bahrain	158,000		Arabic, Gulf	Islam	4 ●	8.50 %	2.50 %	3 Portions	●	●	●	-1 -
Brazil	466,000		Arabic, Levantine	Islam	4 ●	36.00 %	5.00 %	3 Portions	●	●	●	-1 -
Bulgaria	11,000		Arabic, Levantine	Islam	1 ●	5.00 %	0.30 %	3 Portions	●	●	●	1
Burundi	4,000		Arabic, Levantine	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Portions	●	●	●	1
Canada	70,000		English	Islam	4 ●	37.00 %	3.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	-1 -
Chile	4,100		Arabic, Levantine	Christianity	4 ●	70.00 %	3.00 %	3 Portions	●	●	●	-1 -
Comoros	900		Comorian, Maore	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	●	●	●	1
Congo, Democratic Republic of	34,000		Arabic, Levantine	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.02 %	3 Portions	●	●	●	1
Congo, Republic of the	1,400		Arabic, Levantine	Islam	2 ●	50.00 %	0.30 %	3 Portions	●	●	●	-1 -
Costa Rica	3,600		Arabic, Levantine	Christianity	3 ●	84.00 %	0.50 %	3 Portions	●	●	●	-1 -
Cuba	20,000		Arabic, Levantine	Christianity	3 ●	65.00 %	1.00 %	3 Portions	●	●	●	-1 -
Ecuador	3,100		Arabic, Levantine	Islam	2 ●	22.00 %	1.00 %	3 Portions	●	●	●	-1 -
Egypt	208,000		Arabic, Levantine	Islam	2 ●	6.00 %	1.00 %	3 Portions	●	●	●	-1 -
El Salvador	1,200		Arabic, Levantine	Islam	2 ●	9.00 %	0.50 %	3 Portions	●	●	●	-1 -
Ethiopia	2,200		Arabic, Levantine	Islam	2 ●	8.00 %	1.00 %	3 Portions	●	●	●	-1 -
Gabon	6,100		Arabic, Levantine	Islam	1 ●	5.00 %	0.50 %	3 Portions	●	●	●	1
Ghana	3,400		Arabic, Levantine	Islam	1 ●	5.00 %	0.50 %	3 Portions	●	●	●	1
Haiti	5,700		Arabic, Levantine	Islam	2 ●	25.00 %	2.00 %	3 Portions	●	●	●	-1 -
Hungary	5,200		Arabic, Levantine	Islam	1 ●	4.00 %	0.50 %	3 Portions	●	●	●	1
India	2,800		Arabic, Mesopotamian	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	●	●	●	1
Indonesia	293,000		Arabic, Levantine	Islam	1 ●	4.01 %	0.11 %	3 Portions	●	●	●	6
Ireland	24,000		Arabic, Levantine	Islam	2 ●	33.00 %	0.50 %	3 Portions	●	●	●	-1 -
Italy	1,212,000		Arabic, Western Egyptian Bedawi	Islam	1 ●	0.30 %	0.06 %	3 Portions	●	●	●	24
Kenya	17,000		Swahili	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.20 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Luxembourg	8,100		Arabic, Levantine	Islam	2 ●	30.00 %	0.50 %	3 Portions	●	●	●	-1 -
Malaysia	16,000		Arabic, Levantine	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.00 %	3 Portions	●	●	●	1
Malta	2,700		Arabic, Egyptian	Islam	2 ●	10.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	-1 -
Mauritius	800	●	Arabic, Levantine	Islam	1 ●	5.00 %	0.20 %	3 Portions	●	●	●	1
Monaco	200		Arabic, Moroccan	Islam	2 ●	21.00 %	0.50 %	4 New Testament	●	●	●	-1 -
Nicaragua	700		Arabic, Levantine	Islam	2 ●	30.00 %	1.00 %	3 Portions	●	●	●	-1 -
North Macedonia	5,500		Arabic, Levantine	Islam	1 ●	5.00 %	0.50 %	3 Portions	●	●	●	1
Pakistan	6,400		Arabic, Mesopotamian	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	●	●	●	1
Philippines	35,000		Arabic, Mesopotamian	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.20 %	4 New Testament	●	●	●	1
Rwanda	3,000		Arabic, Levantine	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.30 %	3 Portions	●	●	●	1
Somalia	7,800		Arabic, Levantine	Islam	1 ●	3.00 %	0.50 %	3 Portions	●	●	●	1
Sri Lanka	5,600		Arabic, Mesopotamian	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	●	●	●	1
Tanzania	309,000		Swahili	Islam	1 ●	5.00 %	0.60 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	6
Totals: 40 ●	3,110,500			Islam	21 ● \| 5 ☀︎	9.43 %	1.17 %					54

Other reported countries: 6

Arab

Groups reported, but outside the Small People Group Policy conditions. Some may not be viable and/or have incorrect Progress Scale values. The groups listed below are not included in overall Joshua Project people group counts. For possible further information about these groups, please contact us.

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Country ▲	Population	Progress Scale	Primary Language	Primary Religion
Bangladesh	-1 Unknown	1 ●	Arabic, Baharna Spoken	Islam
Barbados	-1 Unknown	3 ●	Arabic, Standard	Islam
Curacao	500	3 ●	Arabic, North Levantine Spoken	Islam
Dominica	200	3 ●	Arabic, North Levantine Spoken	Islam
Maldives	500	1 ●	Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken	Islam
Mayotte	100	1 ●	Comorian, Maore	Islam
Totals: 6

For more information see the Joshua Project Small People Group Policy

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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