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.
Palestine brings together 8 people groups, according to Joshua Project, with the Palestinian Arabs standing out as the vast majority of the population. Six of these groups, including Palestinian Arabs, Syrians, and Levant Bedouin, along with the Israeli Jewish and Samaritan communities, are still considered unreached with the gospel. Small historic Christian communities, such as the Western Aramaic people linked to the Syriac churches, keep an ancient faith alive, increasingly diminished by emigration and conflict.
- 5.6M Unreached 99.1%
- 0 Minimally reached 0%
- 3K Superficially reached 0.1%
- 50K Partially reached 0.9%
- 0 Significantly reached 0%
- 6 Unreached 75%
- 0 Minimally reached 0%
- 1 Superficially reached 12.5%
- 1 Partially reached 12.5%
- 0 Significantly reached 0%
Source of people group data: Joshua Project (joshuaproject.net). Estimates, may vary.
Source: Joshua Project. Estimates, may vary.
| People | Population | Language | Evang. | Chr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egyptian Arab | 73.6M | Egyptian Arabic | 0.5% | 1.4% |
| Eastern Bedawi Bedouin Frontier | 595K | Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic | 0% | < 0.1% |
| Israeli Jews | 4.9M | Hebrew | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Palestinian Arab | 11.5M | Levantine Arabic | 1% | 3.6% |
| Samaritan Frontier | 2K | Hebrew | 0% | 0% |
| Syrian Arab | 23.5M | Levantine Arabic | 0.3% | 8.5% |
| Western Aramaic | 33K | Western Neo-Aramaic | 0.1% | 40% |
| Deaf Frontier | 27.5M | Pakistan Sign Language | 1.8% | 3.7% |
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