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.
Libya has 45 people groups, of which 34 (75.6% of the groups, nearly 90% of the population) are still considered unreached with the gospel. The vast majority are Libyan Arab or Cyrenaican Arab, predominantly Sunni Muslim, with small Amazigh (Berber), Tuareg, and Tebu minorities in the desert regions of the south, with very little access to the church or to the Scriptures in their own languages.
- 6.5M Unreached 88.1%
- 719K Minimally reached 9.7%
- 111K Superficially reached 1.5%
- 14K Partially reached 0.2%
- 30K Significantly reached 0.4%
- 34 Unreached 75.6%
- 2 Minimally reached 4.4%
- 6 Superficially reached 13.3%
- 1 Partially reached 2.2%
- 2 Significantly reached 4.4%
Source of people group data: Joshua Project (joshuaproject.net). Estimates, may vary.
Source: Joshua Project. Estimates, may vary.
| People | Population | Language | Evang. | Chr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tubu Teda Frontier | 161K | Tedaga | 0% | 0% |
| Fezzan Bedouin Frontier | 236K | Libyan Arabic | 0% | 0% |
| Zuwarah Berber Frontier | 45K | Nafusi | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Zaghawa Frontier | 353K | Zaghawa | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Kufra Bedouin Frontier | 31K | Libyan Arabic | 0% | 0% |
| Moroccan Arab Frontier | 31.5M | Moroccan Arabic | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Muslim Bengali | 133.4M | Bengali | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Tunisian Arab | 11.9M | Tunisian Arabic | 0% | 0.2% |
| Cyrenaican Arab Frontier | 1.5M | Libyan Arabic | < 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Moor Frontier | 296K | Hassaniyya | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Arabic-Speaking Algerian Frontier | 38.2M | Algerian Arabic | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Turk Frontier | 66.8M | Turkish | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Ghadames Berber Frontier | 17K | Ghadames | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Malay Frontier | 18.9M | Malay | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Hoggar Tuareg Frontier | 156K | Tahaggart Tamahaq | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Black Arabized Akhdam Frontier | 1.7M | Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic | < 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Jabal Nafusah Frontier | 217K | Nafusi | 0% | 0% |
| Egyptian Arab | 73.6M | Egyptian Arabic | 0.5% | 1.4% |
| Yemeni Arab Frontier | 9.6M | Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic | 0% | < 0.1% |
| Jalo Berber Frontier | 55K | Libyan Arabic | 0% | 0% |
| Palestinian Arab | 11.5M | Levantine Arabic | 1% | 3.6% |
| Siwa Berbers | 28K | Siwi | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Jofra Berber | 36K | Libyan Arabic | 0.3% | 0.6% |
| Western Punjabi Frontier | 998K | Western Punjabi | 0% | < 0.1% |
| Ali Awlad Bedouin Frontier | 670K | Libyan Arabic | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Libyan Arab Frontier | 2.8M | Libyan Arabic | 0.1% | 0.8% |
| Sudanese Arab Frontier | 21.8M | Sudanese Arabic | 0.1% | 0.4% |
| Domari Roma Frontier | 1.9M | Iranian Persian | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Riyah Bedouin Frontier | 39K | Libyan Arabic | 0% | 0% |
| Somali Frontier | 28.9M | Somali | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Sanusi Bedouin Frontier | 635K | Libyan Arabic | 0% | 0% |
| Shuwa Arab | 4.6M | Chadian Arabic | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| Awjilah Berber Frontier | 3K | Awjilah | 0% | 0% |
| Sirtican Bedouin Frontier | 39K | Libyan Arabic | 0% | 0% |
| Greek | 10M | Greek | 0.3% | 94.4% |
| Croat | 5M | Croatian | 0.3% | 93.5% |
| Serb | 7.9M | Serbian | 0.5% | 81.1% |
| Sinhalese | 715K | Sinhala | 1.3% | 3.6% |
| Deaf Frontier | 27.5M | Pakistan Sign Language | 1.8% | 3.7% |
| French | 52M | French | 1.1% | 66.7% |
| Italian | 37.4M | Italian | 1.3% | 86.2% |
| Maltese | 699K | Maltese | 1.4% | 97.7% |
| Indonesian | 15.1M | Indonesian | 11.2% | 16.7% |
| Korean | 80.3M | Korean | 12.3% | 22.1% |
| Filipino tagalo | 40.4M | Tagalog | 14.7% | 97.8% |
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