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North Macedonia

Unreached peoples of North Macedonia

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.

Overview

Of the 16 people groups living in North Macedonia, 9 are considered unreached, most of them Muslim Albanian, Turkish, and Roma communities, concentrated mainly in the north and west of the country. Although most of the population identifies as Orthodox Christian, evangelicals make up less than 1% of the inhabitants, and faith remains more a family inheritance than a path of personal discipleship. Few of these peoples today have an active local church capable of reaching their own neighbors.

In the country i
65.1%Christians
0.2%evangelicals
By population i
31%unreached
0%significantly reached
  • 31% Unreached (556K)
  • 2.7% Minimally reached (48K)
  • 66.3% Superficially reached (1.2M)
  • 0% Partially reached (0)
  • 0% Significantly reached (0)
By people groups i
16people groups
9unreached · 56.2%
  • 56.2% Unreached (9)
  • 6.2% Minimally reached (1)
  • 37.5% Superficially reached (6)
  • 0% Partially reached (0)
  • 0% Significantly reached (0)

Source of people group data: Joshua Project (joshuaproject.net). Estimates, may vary.

Source: Joshua Project. Estimates, may vary.

Unreached people groups · 16
People Population Language Evang. Chr.
Balkan Egyptian 19K Tosk Albanian 0.1% 2.5%
Gorano 53K Serbian 0% 4.9%
Bosniak Frontier 3.1M Bosnian < 0.1% 0.3%
Pomak 106K Bulgarian 0.4% 1.5%
Macedonian Albanian Frontier 453K Gheg Albanian 0% 0%
Serbian-speaking Jews Frontier 2K Serbian 0% 0%
Yoruk Frontier 14K Balkan Gagauz Turkish 0% 0%
Turk Frontier 66.8M Turkish < 0.1% < 0.1%
Meglenite Vlachs 5K Megleno Romanian 0.2% 91.5%
Macedonian 1.8M Macedonian 0.2% 84.8%

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