Country: Belgium

Number of People Groups

95

People Groups Unreached

29 (30.5%)

Progress Level

Progress Gauge

Total
Population

11,679,000

Population in Unreached

919,000 (7.9%)

Largest Religion

% Christian Adherent

64.36%

% Evangelical

1.48%

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

2.5%
Map Notes

Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
Photo People Group Population
this Country
Global
Population
Indigenous Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale
% Christian
Adherent
% Evangelical Est. Workers
Needed
 Romani, Vlax 16,000 1,169,000 Romani, Vlax Christianity 90.00 % 18.00 % -
 Romanian 122,000 21,564,000 Romanian Christianity 90.00 % 5.00 % -
 Russian 63,000 136,151,000 Russian Christianity 70.00 % 0.30 % -
 Serb 6,300 8,286,000 Serbian Christianity 75.00 % 1.00 % -
 Slovak 5,800 5,387,000 Slovak Christianity 90.00 % 1.00 % -
 Somali 1,400 26,892,000 Somali Islam 1.00 % 1.00 % 1
 South Asian, general 33,000 12,179,000 Urdu Islam 2.00 % 0.80 % 1
 Spaniard 80,000 29,945,000 Spanish Christianity 75.00 % 0.15 % -
 Swedish 4,700 9,480,000 Swedish Christianity 57.00 % 6.00 % -
 Syrian Aramaic, Turoyo 2,000 180,000 Turoyo Christianity 90.00 % 2.00 % -
 Tajik 5,100 11,025,000 Tajik Islam ☀︎ 0.03 % 0.02 % 1
 Thai 3,500 24,271,000 Thai Buddhism 1.00 % 0.50 % 1
 Tibetan 5,000 1,127,000 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Turk 163,000 67,389,000 Turkish Islam 0.10 % 0.07 % 3
 Ukrainian 4,200 32,574,000 Ukrainian Christianity 75.00 % 3.00 % -
 Urdu 9,700 2,161,000 Urdu Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Uzbek, Northern 1,700 32,965,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Vietnamese 1,300 87,374,000 Vietnamese Buddhism 17.00 % 10.00 % -
 Walloon 3,582,000 3,655,000 Walloon Christianity 69.98 % 1.32 % -
 Wolof 2,000 6,756,000 Wolof Islam 4.00 % 2.00 % 1
  Totals:  95 11,679,000         29 64.36 % 1.48 % 37 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 37,000                
  UN Country Population (2024) 11,716,000                
  Download   Sources   Definitions
Prayer Cards

Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
Province Estimated
Population
Bruxelles 1,125,000
Vlaanderen 6,772,000
Wallonie 3,752,000
Provinces:  3 11,649,000
UN Country Population 11,716,000
Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
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, Tosk als 1 0 Complete Bible
Amharic amh 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Algerian arq 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Egyptian arz 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Levantine apc 2 1 Bible Portions
Arabic, Libyan ayl 1 1 Unspecified
Arabic, Mesopotamian acm 1 1 Complete Bible
Arabic, Moroccan ary 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Tunisian aeb 1 1 New Testament
Armenian, Western hyw 1 0 Complete Bible
Azerbaijani, North azj 1 1 Complete Bible
Bavarian bar 1 0 Complete Bible
Belarusian bel 1 0 Complete Bible
Bosnian bos 1 1 Complete Bible
Bulgarian bul 1 0 Complete Bible
Chechen che 1 1 Complete Bible
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 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 6 0 Complete Bible
Estonian, Standard ekk 1 0 Complete Bible
Finnish fin 1 0 Complete Bible
French fra 3 1 Complete Bible
French Belgian Sign Language sfb 1 0 Translation Needed
Georgian kat 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Standard deu 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Swiss gsw 1 0 New Testament
Greek ell 1 0 Complete Bible
Hassaniyya mey 1 1 New Testament
Hungarian hun 1 0 Complete Bible
Italian ita 1 0 Complete Bible
Japanese jpn 1 1 Complete Bible
Kabyle kab 1 1 Complete Bible
Kazakh kaz 1 1 Complete Bible
Khmer khm 1 0 Complete Bible
Kinyarwanda kin 1 0 Complete Bible
Korean kor 1 0 Complete Bible
Kurdish, Northern kmr 1 1 Complete Bible
Latvian, Standard lvs 1 0 Complete Bible
Lingala lin 1 0 Complete Bible
Lithuanian lit 1 0 Complete Bible
Luxembourgish ltz 1 0 New Testament
Macedonian mkd 1 0 Complete Bible
Mongolian, Halh khk 1 1 Complete Bible
Moore mos 1 0 Complete Bible
Morisyen mfe 1 0 New Testament
Norwegian nor 1 0 Complete Bible
Persian, Iranian pes 1 1 Complete Bible
Polish pol 1 0 Complete Bible
Portuguese por 2 0 Complete Bible
Pular fuf 1 1 New Testament
Romani, Vlax rmy 1 0 Complete Bible
Romanian ron 2 0 Complete Bible
Rundi run 1 0 Complete Bible
Russian rus 1 0 Complete Bible
Serbian srp 1 0 Complete Bible
Slovak slk 1 0 Complete Bible
Somali som 1 1 Complete Bible
Spanish spa 9 0 Complete Bible
Swedish swe 1 0 Complete Bible
Tachawit shy 1 1 Bible Portions
Tagalog tgl 1 0 Complete Bible
Tajik tgk 1 1 Complete Bible
Thai tha 1 1 Complete Bible
Tibetan, Central bod 1 1 Complete Bible
Turkish tur 1 1 Complete Bible
Turoyo tru 1 0 New Testament
Ukrainian ukr 1 0 Complete Bible
Urdu urd 2 2 Complete Bible
Uzbek, Northern uzn 1 1 Complete Bible
Vietnamese vie 1 0 Complete Bible
Walloon wln 1 0 Bible Portions
West Flemish vls 1 0 Bible Portions
Wolof wol 1 1 New Testament
Totals: 76 95 29   65 67 70 71 57
Networking Possibilities

Search the Web
There are many agencies and churches looking for additional staff to help them in their mission and calling in Belgium. Internet searches are probably the best way to find these organizations. The following are some example search topics you might try:

  • Church planting agencies in Belgium
  • Christian ministry in Belgium
  • Business as mission
  • Christian literature distribution
  • Evangelism agencies
  • Christian discipleship
  • Short term Christian missions
  • Long term Christian missions
  • Urban ministries
  • Christian media opportunities
  • Bible translation opportunities
  • Relief and development agencies
  • Clean water projects
  • Christian medical outreaches

Belgium Statistics
People Groups 95
Unreached People Groups 29  (30.5%)
Population 11,679,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 0.6%
Population in Unreached 919,000  (7.9%)
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 64.4%
Percent Evangelical 1.5%
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate 2.5%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 37
Country Progress Level 3
Urbanization 98%
Continent Europe
Region Europe, Western
10/40 Window No
Country Code BE
Official Language(s) West FlemishFrench
Literacy Rate 100%
Estimated Illiterate Population 0
Persecution Ranking Not ranked
Belgium Maps
Language Map (Ethnologue)
Perry-Castaneda Map Collection


Joshua Project logo    Terms of Use   Privacy Policy   Contact Us   Copyright © 2024