Country: United Kingdom

Number of People Groups

116

People Groups Unreached

36 (31.0%)

Progress Level

Progress Gauge

Total
Population

67,880,000

Population in Unreached

5,477,000 (8.1%)

Largest Religion

% Christian Adherent

56.15%

% Evangelical

7.57%

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

0.0%
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
 South Asian, Bengali-speaking 353,000 2,410,000 Bengali Islam 1.00 % 0.13 % 7
 South Asian, general 3,062,000 12,179,000 Hindi Hinduism 3.00 % 1.50 % 61
 Spaniard 142,000 29,945,000 Spanish Christianity 77.00 % 1.00 % -
 Swahili 15,000 1,208,000 Swahili Islam 2.00 % 0.70 % 1
 Swedish 42,000 9,480,000 Swedish Christianity 57.00 % 6.90 % -
 Tajik 5,000 11,025,000 Tajik Islam 0.40 % 0.01 % 1
 Thai 54,000 24,271,000 Thai Buddhism 0.50 % 0.30 % 1
 Tibetan 700 1,127,000 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Tigray, Tigrinya 12,000 10,006,000 Tigrigna Christianity 90.00 % 1.50 % -
 Tigre, Eritrean 15,000 1,030,000 Tigre Islam ☀︎ 0.10 % 0.00 % 1
 Turk 71,000 67,389,000 Turkish Islam 0.20 % 0.20 % 1
 Ukrainian 38,000 32,574,000 Ukrainian Christianity 79.00 % 3.80 % -
Ulster Irish 929,000 929,000 English Christianity 92.00 % 14.00 % -
 Vietnamese 27,000 87,374,000 Vietnamese Buddhism 9.00 % 1.80 % -
 Welsh, Cymraeg 560,000 662,000 Welsh Christianity 60.00 % 8.00 % -
 Yoruba 102,000 40,859,000 Yoruba Christianity 55.00 % 11.00 % -
  Totals:  116 67,880,000         36 56.15 % 7.57 % 124 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 81,000                
  UN Country Population (2024) 67,961,000                

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Subdivision Estimated
Population
England 57,001,000
Northern Ireland 1,916,000
Scotland 5,537,000
Wales 3,196,000
Subdivisions:  4 67,650,000
UN Country Population 67,961,000
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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
Afrikaans afr 1 0 Complete Bible
Akan aka 1 0 Complete Bible
Albanian, Gheg aln 1 0 New Testament
Amharic amh 1 0 Complete Bible
Angloromani rme 1 0 Bible Portions
Arabic, Egyptian arz 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Judeo-Iraqi yhd 1 1 Unspecified
Arabic, Levantine apc 4 2 Bible Portions
Arabic, Libyan ayl 1 1 Unspecified
Arabic, Mesopotamian acm 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Moroccan ary 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Najdi ars 1 1 Bible Portions
Arabic, Omani acx 1 1 Unspecified
Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni acq 1 1 Bible Portions
Armenian, Western hyw 1 0 Complete Bible
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic aii 1 0 Complete Bible
Bavarian bar 1 0 Complete Bible
Belarusian bel 1 0 Complete Bible
Bengali ben 1 1 Complete Bible
British Sign Language bfi 1 0 Bible Portions
Bulgarian bul 1 0 Complete Bible
Burmese mya 1 1 Complete Bible
Chinese, Hakka hak 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Yue yue 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 12 2 Complete Bible
Estonian, Standard ekk 1 0 Complete Bible
Finnish fin 1 0 Complete Bible
French fra 1 0 Complete Bible
Ganda lug 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Standard deu 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Swiss gsw 1 0 New Testament
Greek ell 2 0 Complete Bible
Gujarati guj 1 1 Complete Bible
Hindi hin 1 1 Complete Bible
Hungarian hun 1 0 Complete Bible
Igbo ibo 1 0 Complete Bible
Irish gle 1 0 Complete Bible
Italian ita 1 0 Complete Bible
Jamaican English Creole jam 1 0 New Testament
Japanese jpn 1 1 Complete Bible
Kabyle kab 1 1 Complete Bible
Kannada kan 1 1 Complete Bible
Khmer khm 1 1 Complete Bible
Korean kor 1 0 Complete Bible
Krio kri 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
Macedonian mkd 1 0 Complete Bible
Malay zlm 1 1 Complete Bible
Maltese mlt 1 0 Complete Bible
Morisyen mfe 1 0 New Testament
Neo-Mandaic mid 1 1 Unspecified
Norwegian nor 1 0 Complete Bible
Pashto, Northern pbu 1 1 Complete Bible
Pashto, Southern pbt 1 1 Bible Portions
Persian, Iranian pes 1 1 Complete Bible
Polish pol 1 0 Complete Bible
Portuguese por 2 0 Complete Bible
Romani, Balkan rmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Romani, Vlax rmy 1 0 Complete Bible
Romanian ron 1 0 Complete Bible
Russian rus 1 0 Complete Bible
Scots sco 1 0 New Testament
Scottish Gaelic gla 1 0 Complete Bible
Serbian srp 1 0 Complete Bible
Seychelles French Creole crs 1 0 Complete Bible
Shelta sth 1 0 Unspecified
Shona sna 1 0 Complete Bible
Slovak slk 1 0 Complete Bible
Slovene slv 1 0 Complete Bible
Somali som 1 1 Complete Bible
Spanish spa 3 0 Complete Bible
Swahili swh 1 1 Complete Bible
Swedish swe 1 0 Complete Bible
Sylheti syl 1 1 New Testament
Tagalog tgl 1 0 Complete Bible
Tajik tgk 1 1 Complete Bible
Tamazight, Central Atlas tzm 1 1 Bible Portions
Thai tha 1 1 Complete Bible
Tibetan, Central bod 1 1 Complete Bible
Tigre tig 1 1 Complete Bible
Tigrigna tir 1 0 Complete Bible
Traveller Scottish trl 1 0 Translation Needed
Turkish tur 2 2 Complete Bible
Ukrainian ukr 1 0 Complete Bible
Vietnamese vie 1 0 Complete Bible
Welsh cym 2 0 Complete Bible
West Flemish vls 1 0 Bible Portions
Yoruba yor 1 0 Complete Bible
Totals: 96 116 36   77 80 84 84 65
Networking Possibilities

Search the Web
There are many agencies and churches looking for additional staff to help them in their mission and calling in United Kingdom. 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 United Kingdom
  • Christian ministry in United Kingdom
  • 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

United Kingdom Statistics
People Groups 116
Unreached People Groups 36  (31.0%)
Population 67,880,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 0.6%
Population in Unreached 5,477,000  (8.1%)
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 56.1%
Percent Evangelical 7.6%
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate 0.0%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 124
Country Progress Level 4
Urbanization 83%
Continent Europe
Region Europe, Western
10/40 Window No
Country Code UK
Official Language(s) English
Literacy Rate 99%
Estimated Illiterate Population 679,000
Persecution Ranking Not ranked
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