Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken

The Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken people group is reported in 12 countries

Photo Source: Richard Messenger Creative Commons

Send us a photo of this people group

Prayer Cards

Population All Countries

7,028,300

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
1	Unreached - 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%

Map Notes

Click column headings for sorting ▲▼

Progress Scale: ●●●●●
☀
= Frontier peoples
Country ▲	Population	Indigenous	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherents	% Evangelical	Bible Status	Jesus Film	Global Recordings	Est. Workers Needed *
Canada	78,000		Arabic, Gulf Spoken	Islam	1 ●	1.90 %	0.80 %	4 New Testament	●	●	2
Denmark	1,300		Arabic, Gulf Spoken	Islam	4 ●	6.00 %	4.00 %	4 New Testament	●	●	-1 -
Egypt	1,695,000		Arabic, Gulf Spoken	Islam	1 ●	1.10 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	●	●	34
Iran	277,000		Arabic, Gulf Spoken	Islam	1 ●	1.20 %	0.10 %	4 New Testament	●	●	6
Iraq	78,000		Arabic, Gulf Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.90 %	0.10 %	4 New Testament	●	●	2
Kuwait	1,345,000	●	Arabic, Gulf Spoken	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.53 %	4 New Testament	●	●	27
Oman	819,000		Arabic, Gulf Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.35 %	0.30 %	4 New Testament	●	●	16
Qatar	564,000	●	Arabic, Gulf Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.08 %	4 New Testament	●	●	11
Saudi Arabia	994,000	●	Arabic, Gulf Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.10 %	4 New Testament	●	●	20
United Arab Emirates	1,142,000	●	Arabic, Gulf Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.40 %	0.30 %	4 New Testament	●	●	23
United States	20,000		Arabic, Gulf Spoken	Islam	1 ●	4.00 %	2.00 %	4 New Testament	●	●	1
Yemen	15,000		Arabic, Gulf Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.60 %	0.20 %	4 New Testament	●	●	1
Totals: 12	7,028,300				11 ●	0.91 %	0.23 %				143

Other reported countries: 2

Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken

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.

Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
Country ▲	Population	Progress Scale	Primary Language	Primary Religion
Denmark	300	1 ●	Arabic, Gulf Spoken	Islam
Egypt	-1 Unknown	1 ●	Arabic, Gulf Spoken	Islam
Totals: 2

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.

Download Data Data Sources Definitions

Prayer Cards