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.
Greece has dozens of people groups, and about 14 of them are still considered unreached. Despite the majority's strong Orthodox Christian identity, evangelicals make up less than 1% of the population. The least-reached groups include historic Muslim communities, such as Turks and Pomaks in the north, Romani populations and, above all, the thousands of migrants and refugees from the Middle East, Asia and Africa who have arrived in the country in recent decades, many of them with no access to the Gospel at all.
- 307K Unreached 3.1%
- 343K Minimally reached 3.5%
- 9M Superficially reached 91.7%
- 135K Partially reached 1.4%
- 29K Significantly reached 0.3%
- 14 Unreached 30.4%
- 3 Minimally reached 6.5%
- 18 Superficially reached 39.1%
- 9 Partially reached 19.6%
- 2 Significantly reached 4.3%
Source of people group data: Joshua Project (joshuaproject.net). Estimates, may vary.
Source: Joshua Project. Estimates, may vary.
| People | Population | Language | Evang. | Chr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bengali-speaking South Asian | 5.5M | Bengali | 0.2% | 0.8% |
| Pomak | 106K | Bulgarian | 0.4% | 1.5% |
| Swahili Frontier | 1.2M | Swahili | 0.9% | 1.8% |
| Egyptian Arab | 73.6M | Egyptian Arabic | 0.5% | 1.4% |
| Alevi Zaza Frontier | 455K | Northern Zazaki | 0% | 0% |
| Muslim Sa’idi Arab Frontier | 23.7M | Sa'idi Arabic | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Kurmanji Kurd Frontier | 16.5M | Northern Kurdish | < 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Pontic Greek | 755K | Pontic | 0.5% | 86.9% |
| Greek Jew Frontier | 3K | Greek | 0% | 0% |
| Spanish Jew | 62K | Hebrew | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Syrian Arab | 23.5M | Levantine Arabic | 0.3% | 8.5% |
| Ladino Frontier | 57K | Ladino | 0% | 0% |
| Turk Frontier | 66.8M | Turkish | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Northern Iraqi Arab | 12.1M | North Mesopotamian Arabic | 0.2% | 0.7% |
| Afghan | 1.3M | Dari | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Kazakh | 18M | Kazakh | 0.2% | 0.4% |
| Albanian | 5.8M | Gheg Albanian | 0.5% | 24.3% |
| Meglenite Vlachs | 5K | Megleno Romanian | 0.2% | 91.5% |
| Macedonian | 1.8M | Macedonian | 0.2% | 84.8% |
| Polish | 42.9M | Polish | 0.3% | 90% |
| Greek | 10M | Greek | 0.3% | 94.4% |
| Greek Cypriot | 923K | Greek | 0.9% | 94.1% |
| Aromanians | 207K | Aromanian | 0.9% | 84.8% |
| Deaf Frontier | 27.5M | Pakistan Sign Language | 1.8% | 3.7% |
| Sarakatsani | 9K | Greek | 1% | 93.5% |
| Arvanites | 137K | Arvanitika Albanian | 1% | 65% |
| South Asian | 10.8M | Hindi | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Balkan Roma | 946K | Balkan Romani | 1.9% | 59.4% |
| Tsakonian | 1K | Tsakonian | 1% | 95% |
| Greek Roma | 45K | Greek | 1% | 85% |
| French | 52M | French | 1.1% | 66.7% |
| Italian | 37.4M | Italian | 1.3% | 86.2% |
| Assyrian | 672K | Assyrian Neo-Aramaic | 1.4% | 91.6% |
| Georgian | 3.2M | Georgian | 1.5% | 86.2% |
| Russian | 134.2M | Russian | 1.5% | 64.9% |
| Gagauz | 214K | Gagauz | 1.8% | 87.6% |
| Bulgarian | 6.7M | Bulgarian | 2.1% | 91.5% |
| German | 66.7M | Standard German | 2.5% | 64.3% |
| Chinese | 15.5M | Mandarin Chinese | 4.5% | 8.5% |
| Ukrainian | 33.8M | Ukrainian | 4% | 75.1% |
| Romanian | 20.8M | Romanian | 6.3% | 95.1% |
| British | 55M | English | 8.9% | 60.4% |
| Armenian | 6M | Armenian | 9.3% | 94.6% |
| Filipino tagalo | 40.4M | Tagalog | 14.7% | 97.8% |
| US Americans | 202.4M | English | 32.9% | 81% |
| Yoruba | 49.6M | Yoruba | 53% | 60% |
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