Unreached peoples of Kuwait
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.
Kuwait is a mosaic of nationalities: of every ten people living in the country, about seven are foreigners, coming mainly from India, Egypt, the Philippines, Pakistan and other Arab countries. Among the peoples considered unreached are the Kuwaiti Arabs themselves, mostly Muslim, and large communities of South Asian workers with very little contact with the Christian faith. Many of these groups live side by side with Christians of other nationalities, but almost never hear the gospel in their own language or within their own culture. Reaching these people within Kuwait can mean, at the same time, reaching their families and home communities, spread across Asia and other parts of the Middle East.
- 69.5% Unreached (3.4M)
- 12.5% Minimally reached (615K)
- 2.6% Superficially reached (129K)
- 10.7% Partially reached (529K)
- 4.7% Significantly reached (230K)
- 54.8% Unreached (17)
- 12.9% Minimally reached (4)
- 9.7% Superficially reached (3)
- 16.1% Partially reached (5)
- 6.5% Significantly reached (2)
Source of people group data: Joshua Project (joshuaproject.net). Estimates, may vary.
Source: Joshua Project. Estimates, may vary.
| People | Population | Language | Evang. | Chr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahra Frontier | 282K | Mehri | < 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Gulf Arab | 7.6M | Gulf Arabic | 0.2% | 0.9% |
| Omani Arab Frontier | 3.1M | Omani Arabic | < 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Yemeni Arab Frontier | 9.6M | Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic | 0% | < 0.1% |
| Egyptian Arab | 73.6M | Egyptian Arabic | 0.5% | 1.4% |
| Palestinian Arab | 11.5M | Levantine Arabic | 1% | 3.6% |
| Najdi Arabs Frontier | 13M | Najdi Arabic | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Bengali-speaking South Asian | 5.5M | Bengali | 0.2% | 0.8% |
| Central Kurd Frontier | 3.8M | Central Kurdish | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Urdu Frontier | 2.9M | Urdu | 0% | < 0.1% |
| Iraqi Arab | 22.4M | Mesopotamian Arabic | 0.2% | 1.2% |
| Sudanese Arab Frontier | 21.8M | Sudanese Arabic | 0.1% | 0.4% |
| Syrian Arab | 23.5M | Levantine Arabic | 0.3% | 8.5% |
| Jordanian Arab | 4.9M | Levantine Arabic | 0.3% | 3.6% |
| Turk Frontier | 66.8M | Turkish | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Muslim Lebanese Arab | 5.4M | Levantine Arabic | 0.7% | 17.3% |
| Punjabi | 2.1M | Eastern Punjabi | 0.3% | 1% |
| Black Arabized Akhdam Frontier | 1.7M | Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic | < 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Generic Nepali | 1.7M | Nepali | 1.6% | 2% |
| South Asian | 10.8M | Hindi | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Persian | 48.4M | Iranian Persian | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| French | 52M | French | 1.1% | 66.7% |
| Ethiopian Amhara | 29.3M | Amharic | 1.2% | 96.6% |
| Assyrian | 672K | Assyrian Neo-Aramaic | 1.4% | 91.6% |
| Malayali | 2.1M | Tamil | 3.6% | 10.9% |
| Mandarin Han Chinese | 925.1M | Mandarin Chinese | 8.3% | 9.9% |
| British | 55M | English | 8.9% | 60.4% |
| Armenian | 6M | Armenian | 9.3% | 94.6% |
| Indonesian | 15.1M | Indonesian | 11.2% | 16.7% |
| Filipino tagalo | 40.4M | Tagalog | 14.7% | 97.8% |
| US Americans | 202.4M | English | 32.9% | 81% |
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