Unreached peoples of Ireland
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.
Ireland is ethnically quite homogeneous, but immigration in recent decades has brought diversity to its cities. Among the groups with least access to a living gospel are secular Irish and nominal Catholics, who carry the Christian name without practiced faith, along with the Traveller community, an itinerant people with its own identity, and recently arrived immigrants. The greatest field is not geographic but an entire generation that has grown up distant from Christ.
- 1.1% Unreached (57K)
- 0.6% Minimally reached (30K)
- 91% Superficially reached (4.7M)
- 6.3% Partially reached (325K)
- 1.1% Significantly reached (54K)
- 13.9% Unreached (5)
- 5.6% Minimally reached (2)
- 30.6% Superficially reached (11)
- 33.3% Partially reached (12)
- 16.7% Significantly reached (6)
Source of people group data: Joshua Project (joshuaproject.net). Estimates, may vary.
Source: Joshua Project. Estimates, may vary.
| People | Population | Language | Evang. | Chr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czech | 10.5M | Czech | 0.7% | 26% |
| Bengali-speaking South Asian | 5.5M | Bengali | 0.2% | 0.8% |
| Western Punjabi Frontier | 998K | Western Punjabi | 0% | < 0.1% |
| Urdu Frontier | 2.9M | Urdu | 0% | < 0.1% |
| Polish | 42.9M | Polish | 0.3% | 90% |
| Croat | 5M | Croatian | 0.3% | 93.5% |
| Gaelic-speaking Irish | 267K | Irish | 0.9% | 95% |
| South Asian | 10.8M | Hindi | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Arab | 2M | Swahili | 1.9% | 14.4% |
| French | 52M | French | 1.1% | 66.7% |
| Spaniard | 30.1M | Spanish | 1.3% | 77.7% |
| Italian | 37.4M | Italian | 1.3% | 86.2% |
| Slovak | 5.1M | Slovak | 1.4% | 93.8% |
| Lithuanian | 2.9M | Lithuanian | 1.4% | 85.7% |
| Irish Romani | 25K | English | 1.5% | 90% |
| Irish | 8.7M | English | 1.6% | 93.4% |
| Irish Traveller | 52K | Shelta | 2.2% | 84.6% |
| German | 66.7M | Standard German | 2.5% | 64.3% |
| Hindu Tamil | 3.6M | Tamil | 3.4% | 6.7% |
| Malayali | 2.1M | Tamil | 3.6% | 10.9% |
| Scottish | 5.6M | English | 3% | 51% |
| Hungarians | 11.5M | Hungarian | 3.1% | 88.2% |
| Chinese | 15.5M | Mandarin Chinese | 4.5% | 8.5% |
| Estonian | 1.1M | Standard Estonian | 5.8% | 40.9% |
| Romanian | 20.8M | Romanian | 6.3% | 95.1% |
| Lowland Scots | 130K | Scots | 7.9% | 60.2% |
| Welsh | 680K | Welsh | 8% | 60.3% |
| Mandarin-speaking Han Chinese | 925.1M | Mandarin Chinese | 8.3% | 9.9% |
| British | 55M | English | 8.9% | 60.4% |
| Latvian | 1.4M | Standard Latvian | 10.1% | 56.9% |
| Mauritian | 1.1M | Morisyen | 11.6% | 35% |
| Tagalog Filipino | 40.4M | Tagalog | 14.7% | 97.8% |
| Brazilians abroad | 1.1M | Portuguese | 18.8% | 91.8% |
| Anglo South African | 1.6M | English | 19.8% | 84.8% |
| US Americans | 202.4M | English | 32.9% | 81% |
| Yoruba | 49.6M | Yoruba | 53% | 60% |
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