Country: Germany

Number of People Groups

94

People Groups Unreached

27 (28.7%)

Progress Level

Progress Gauge

Total
Population

83,041,000

Population in Unreached

5,070,000 (6.1%)

Largest Religion

% Christian Adherent

62.20%

% Evangelical

2.12%

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

0.9%
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
 Chaldean 3,000 131,000 Chaldean Neo-Aramaic Christianity 90.00 % 2.00 % -
 Chechen 12,000 1,948,000 Chechen Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Chinese, general 188,000 15,947,000 German, Standard Non-Religious 8.00 % 5.70 % -
 Croat 314,000 5,194,000 Croatian Christianity 92.00 % 0.40 % -
 Czech 33,000 10,488,000 Czech Non-Religious 26.00 % 0.70 % -
 Danish 22,000 5,304,000 Danish Christianity 85.00 % 3.50 % -
 Deaf 166,000 50,266,000 German Sign Language Christianity 64.25 % -
 Dutch 192,000 13,875,000 Dutch Non-Religious 47.00 % 4.30 % -
 Estonian 82,000 1,116,000 Estonian, Standard Non-Religious 45.00 % 4.90 % -
 Filipino, Tagalog 39,000 41,069,000 Tagalog Christianity 92.00 % 12.30 % -
 French 191,000 50,757,000 French Christianity 61.00 % 1.00 % -
Frisian, Eastern 2,000 2,000 Saxon, East Frisian Low Christianity 72.00 % 2.00 % -
Frisian, Northern 59,000 60,000 Frisian, Northern Christianity 65.00 % 2.00 % -
 Galician 41,000 3,278,000 Galician Christianity 96.00 % 0.30 % -
 Georgian 25,000 3,228,000 Georgian Christianity 90.00 % 2.00 % -
 German 60,671,000 67,020,000 German, Standard Christianity 64.00 % 2.40 % -
 German Swiss 34,000 4,952,000 German, Swiss Christianity 76.00 % 4.40 % -
 Greek 350,000 10,379,000 Greek Christianity 91.00 % 0.40 % -
 Hungarian 160,000 11,921,000 Hungarian Christianity 88.00 % 2.80 % -
 Indonesian 19,000 10,219,000 Indonesian Islam 15.00 % 11.00 % -
 Italian 866,000 37,587,000 Italian Christianity 82.00 % 1.10 % -
 Japanese 36,000 119,242,000 Japanese Buddhism 1.50 % 0.50 % 1
 Javanese 2,500 18,673,000 Javanese Islam 16.00 % 6.00 % -
 Jewish, German 118,000 145,000 German, Standard Ethnic Religions 0.50 % 0.10 % 2
 Kabardian 14,000 1,989,000 Kabardian Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
  Totals:  94 83,041,000         27 62.20 % 2.12 % 113 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 211,000                
  UN Country Population (2024) 83,252,000                

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State Estimated
Population
Baden-Württemberg 11,033,000
Bayern 13,033,000
Berlin 3,633,000
Brandenburg 2,504,000
Bremen 681,000
Hamburg 1,835,000
Hessen 6,604,000
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 1,605,000
Niedersachsen 7,955,000
Nordrhein-Westfalen 17,873,000
Rheinland-Pfalz 4,071,000
Saarland 988,000
Sachsen 4,064,000
Sachsen-Anhalt 2,201,000
Schleswig-Holstein 2,887,000
Thüringen 2,136,000
States:  16 83,103,000
UN Country Population 83,252,000
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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
Abkhaz abk 1 0 New Testament
Adyghe ady 1 1 New Testament
Albanian, Gheg aln 1 0 New Testament
Amharic amh 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Algerian arq 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Egyptian arz 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Levantine apc 1 0 Bible Portions
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
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic aii 1 0 Complete Bible
Azerbaijani, North azj 1 1 Complete Bible
Basque eus 1 0 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
Catalan cat 1 0 Complete Bible
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic cld 1 0 New Testament
Chechen che 1 1 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
Estonian, Standard ekk 1 0 Complete Bible
French fra 1 0 Complete Bible
Frisian, Northern frr 1 0 New Testament
Galician glg 1 0 Complete Bible
Georgian kat 1 0 Complete Bible
German Sign Language gsg 1 0 Bible Portions
German, Standard deu 6 1 Complete Bible
German, Swiss gsw 1 0 New Testament
Greek ell 1 0 Complete Bible
Hindi hin 1 1 Complete Bible
Hungarian hun 1 0 Complete Bible
Indonesian ind 1 0 Complete Bible
Italian ita 1 0 Complete Bible
Japanese jpn 1 1 Complete Bible
Javanese jav 1 0 Complete Bible
Kabardian kbd 1 1 New Testament
Kabuverdianu kea 1 0 Bible Portions
Kazakh kaz 1 1 Complete Bible
Khmer khm 1 1 Complete Bible
Korean kor 1 0 Complete Bible
Kurdish, Northern kmr 2 2 Complete Bible
Latvian, Standard lvs 1 0 Complete Bible
Laz lzz 1 1 Bible Portions
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
Norwegian nor 1 0 Complete Bible
Pashto, Northern pbu 1 1 Complete Bible
Persian, Iranian pes 1 0 Complete Bible
Plautdietsch pdt 1 0 Complete Bible
Polish pol 1 0 Complete Bible
Portuguese por 1 0 Complete Bible
Romani, Balkan rmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Romani, Sinte rmo 1 0 Complete Bible
Romani, Vlax rmy 1 0 Complete Bible
Romanian ron 1 0 Complete Bible
Russian rus 1 0 Complete Bible
Saterfriesisch stq 1 0 New Testament
Saxon, East Frisian Low frs 1 0 New Testament
Serbian srp 1 0 Complete Bible
Slovak slk 1 0 Complete Bible
Slovene slv 1 0 Complete Bible
Spanish spa 1 0 Complete Bible
Swahili swh 1 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
Tamil tam 1 0 Complete Bible
Thai tha 1 1 Complete Bible
Tigrigna tir 1 0 Complete Bible
Turkish tur 1 1 Complete Bible
Turoyo tru 1 0 New Testament
Ukrainian ukr 1 0 Complete Bible
Urdu urd 1 1 Complete Bible
Uyghur uig 1 1 Complete Bible
Vietnamese vie 1 0 Complete Bible
Yeniche yec 1 0 Unspecified
Zazaki, Northern kiu 1 1 Bible Portions
Totals: 87 94 27   74 73 78 79 60
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  • Church planting agencies in Germany
  • Christian ministry in Germany
  • Business as mission
  • Christian literature distribution
  • Evangelism agencies
  • Christian discipleship
  • Short term Christian missions
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  • Urban ministries
  • Christian media opportunities
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  • Relief and development agencies
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  • Christian medical outreaches

Germany Statistics
People Groups 94
Unreached People Groups 27  (28.7%)
Population 83,041,000
Population Annual Growth Rate -0.1%
Population in Unreached 5,070,000  (6.1%)
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 62.2%
Percent Evangelical 2.1%
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate 0.9%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 113
Country Progress Level 4
Urbanization 77%
Continent Europe
Region Europe, Western
10/40 Window No
Country Code GM
Official Language(s) German, Standard
Literacy Rate 99%
Estimated Illiterate Population 830,000
Persecution Ranking Not ranked


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