Unreached peoples of Portugal
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.
Portugal has 35 people groups, most already reached by the gospel through centuries of Christian tradition. Even so, five groups are considered unreached, mostly small communities tied to recent immigration, among them the Moroccan Arab community, the Gujarati community (Hindus originally from India), the Portuguese Jewish community and the Deaf community, which faces communication barriers to receiving the gospel in its own sign language.
- 1.2% Unreached (122K)
- 0.4% Minimally reached (40K)
- 2% Superficially reached (202K)
- 94.3% Partially reached (9.7M)
- 2.1% Significantly reached (221K)
- 14.3% Unreached (5)
- 5.7% Minimally reached (2)
- 28.6% Superficially reached (10)
- 42.9% Partially reached (15)
- 8.6% Significantly reached (3)
Source of people group data: Joshua Project (joshuaproject.net). Estimates, may vary.
Source: Joshua Project. Estimates, may vary.
| People | Population | Language | Evang. | Chr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portuguese-speaking Jews | 67K | Portuguese | 0.3% | 0.9% |
| Gujarati Frontier | 2.9M | Gujarati | 0.3% | 1.4% |
| Muslim Lebanese Arab | 5.4M | Levantine Arabic | 0.7% | 17.3% |
| Moroccan Arab Frontier | 31.5M | Moroccan Arabic | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Galician | 3.3M | Galician | 0.4% | 84.1% |
| Portuguese Roma | 74K | Portuguese | 1% | 90% |
| South Asian | 10.8M | Hindi | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Generic Nepali | 1.7M | Nepali | 1.6% | 2% |
| Deaf Frontier | 27.5M | Pakistan Sign Language | 1.8% | 3.7% |
| Guinea-Bissauan (general) | 20K | Portuguese | 1.6% | 11% |
| Asturian | 600K | Asturian | 1% | 84.1% |
| Mirandese | 14K | Mirandese | 1% | 96% |
| French | 52M | French | 1.1% | 66.7% |
| Spaniard | 30.1M | Spanish | 1.3% | 77.7% |
| Italian | 37.4M | Italian | 1.3% | 86.2% |
| Moldovan | 2.5M | Romanian | 1.6% | 73.7% |
| Bulgarian | 6.7M | Bulgarian | 2.1% | 91.5% |
| German | 66.7M | Standard German | 2.5% | 64.3% |
| Portuguese | 17.8M | Portuguese | 2.9% | 94.6% |
| Chinese | 15.5M | Mandarin Chinese | 4.5% | 8.5% |
| Minderico | 500 | Portuguese | 4% | 70% |
| Ukrainian | 33.8M | Ukrainian | 4% | 75.1% |
| Dutch | 14.4M | Dutch | 4.4% | 48% |
| Portuguese-speaking Swiss | 2K | Portuguese | 4.4% | 76% |
| Upper Guinea Creole | 569K | Guinea-Bissau Creole | 5.7% | 55.1% |
| Mixed-Race Saotomense | 201K | Saotomense | 5.9% | 85.1% |
| Romanian | 20.8M | Romanian | 6.3% | 95.1% |
| Cape Verdean | 791K | Kabuverdianu | 8% | 96.8% |
| British | 55M | English | 8.9% | 60.4% |
| Caló Romani | 937K | Calo | 9% | 93.7% |
| Mixed-race Mozambican | 4K | Portuguese | 10% | 48% |
| Venezuelans | 26.8M | Spanish | 12.8% | 85% |
| Angolan Mestico | 25K | Portuguese | 14% | 94% |
| Timorese | 859K | Uab Meto | 15% | 95% |
| Brazilians abroad | 1.1M | Portuguese | 18.8% | 91.8% |
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