Unreached people groups
An overview of the country's people groups, focusing on those who still have little or no access to the gospel in their own language and culture.
Egypt brings together dozens of people groups, but the vast majority are Muslim Egyptian Arabs, the country's largest unreached people group. Evangelicals make up less than 1% of the population, even though the Coptic Christian community is large and ancient. Peoples such as the Nubians in the south and the Bedouins of the desert and Sinai still have little access to the gospel. The great challenge is to bring Christ, with love and wisdom, to the vast Muslim population.
- 106.2M Unreached 90%
- 423K Minimally reached 0.4%
- 268K Superficially reached 0.2%
- 3.9M Partially reached 3.3%
- 7.2M Significantly reached 6.1%
- 33 Unreached 71.7%
- 3 Minimally reached 6.5%
- 5 Superficially reached 10.9%
- 4 Partially reached 8.7%
- 1 Significantly reached 2.2%
Source of people group data: Joshua Project (joshuaproject.net). Estimates, may vary.
Source: Joshua Project. Estimates, may vary.
| People | Population | Language | Evang. | Chr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somali Frontier | 28.9M | Somali | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Kharga Selima Frontier | 39K | Libyan Arabic | 0% | 0% |
| Adyghe Frontier | 458K | Adyghe | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Baharia Wahati Frontier | 34K | Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic | 0% | 0% |
| Palestinian Arab | 11.5M | Levantine Arabic | 1% | 3.6% |
| Arabic-Speaking Algerian Frontier | 38.2M | Algerian Arabic | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Turk Frontier | 66.8M | Turkish | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Egyptian Arabic-speaking Jew Frontier | - | Egyptian Arabic | - | - |
| Abaza Frontier | 72K | Abaza | 0% | 0.1% |
| Algerian Tuareg Frontier | 216K | Algerian Saharan Arabic | 0% | < 0.1% |
| Kunuz Nubian Frontier | 63K | Mattokki | 0% | 0.1% |
| Chechen Frontier | 2M | Chechen | 0% | 0% |
| Qatari Arab | 7.6M | Gulf Arabic | 0.2% | 0.9% |
| Albanian | 5.8M | Gheg Albanian | 0.5% | 24.3% |
| Ali Awlad Bedouin Frontier | 670K | Libyan Arabic | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Najdi Arabs Frontier | 13M | Najdi Arabic | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Egyptian Arab | 73.6M | Egyptian Arabic | 0.5% | 1.4% |
| Yemeni Arab Frontier | 9.6M | Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic | 0% | < 0.1% |
| Eritrean Tigre Frontier | 953K | Tigre | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Saudi Hijazi Arab Frontier | 10.6M | Hijazi Arabic | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Halebi Roma Frontier | 1.1M | Egyptian Arabic | 0% | 0.1% |
| Beja Bisharin Frontier | 626K | Bedawiyet | 0% | 0% |
| Eastern Bedawi Bedouin Frontier | 595K | Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic | 0% | < 0.1% |
| Domari Roma Frontier | 1.9M | Iranian Persian | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Fur Forok | 1.4M | Fur | 0.7% | 3.9% |
| Arabized Nubian Frontier | 628K | Egyptian Arabic | 0% | 0% |
| Muslim Lebanese Arab | 5.4M | Levantine Arabic | 0.7% | 17.3% |
| Sudanese Arab Frontier | 21.8M | Sudanese Arabic | 0.1% | 0.4% |
| Muslim Sa’idi Arab Frontier | 23.7M | Sa'idi Arabic | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Libyan Arab Frontier | 2.8M | Libyan Arabic | 0.1% | 0.8% |
| Fedicca-Mohas Nubian Frontier | 1.2M | Nobiin | 0% | < 0.1% |
| Siwa Berbers | 28K | Siwi | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Moroccan Arab Frontier | 31.5M | Moroccan Arabic | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Greek | 10M | Greek | 0.3% | 94.4% |
| Tigrayans and Tigrinyas | 10.5M | Tigrinya | 0.9% | 95.8% |
| Deaf Frontier | 27.5M | Pakistan Sign Language | 1.8% | 3.7% |
| Arab | 2M | Swahili | 1.9% | 14.4% |
| South Asian | 10.8M | Hindi | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| French | 52M | French | 1.1% | 66.7% |
| Ethiopian Amhara | 29.3M | Amharic | 1.2% | 96.6% |
| German | 66.7M | Standard German | 2.5% | 64.3% |
| Chinese | 15.5M | Mandarin Chinese | 4.5% | 8.5% |
| Coptic Saidi Arab | 3.9M | Sa'idi Arabic | 6% | 99% |
| British | 55M | English | 8.9% | 60.4% |
| Armenian | 6M | Armenian | 9.3% | 94.6% |
| Egyptian Copt | 7.3M | Egyptian Arabic | 17.5% | 95% |
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