Unreached peoples of Serbia
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.
Serbia has 27 catalogued ethnic groups, with a population of around 6.5 million people. Most belong to the Serbian people, predominantly Orthodox, but the country is also home to Hungarians, Muslim Bosniaks, Roma and other smaller minorities. Despite the high percentage of people who identify as Christian, the number of truly active evangelicals is very small, which classifies most of the Serbian population as "superficially reached": they know the name of Christ but remain far from a personal, transforming faith.
- 2.6% Unreached (168K)
- 1.7% Minimally reached (109K)
- 90.7% Superficially reached (6M)
- 5.1% Partially reached (335K)
- 0% Significantly reached (0)
- 22.2% Unreached (6)
- 11.1% Minimally reached (3)
- 48.1% Superficially reached (13)
- 18.5% Partially reached (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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balkan Egyptian | 19K | Tosk Albanian | 0.1% | 2.5% |
| Gorano | 53K | Serbian | 0% | 4.9% |
| Czech | 10.5M | Czech | 0.7% | 26% |
| Bosniak Frontier | 3.1M | Bosnian | < 0.1% | 0.3% |
| Muslim Lebanese Arab | 5.4M | Levantine Arabic | 0.7% | 17.3% |
| Serbian-speaking Jews Frontier | 2K | Serbian | 0% | 0% |
| Adyghe Frontier | 458K | Adyghe | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Albanian | 5.8M | Gheg Albanian | 0.5% | 24.3% |
| Slovene | 2M | Slovene | 0.1% | 55.1% |
| Macedonian | 1.8M | Macedonian | 0.2% | 84.8% |
| Polish | 42.9M | Polish | 0.3% | 90% |
| Montenegrin | 399K | Montenegrin | 0.3% | 83.4% |
| Croat | 5M | Croatian | 0.3% | 93.5% |
| Romano-Serbs | 72K | Romano-Serbian | 0.4% | 65% |
| Istro-Romanian | 3K | Istro Romanian | 0.5% | 91.4% |
| Serb | 7.9M | Serbian | 0.5% | 81.1% |
| Aromanians | 207K | Aromanian | 0.9% | 84.8% |
| Deaf Frontier | 27.5M | Pakistan Sign Language | 1.8% | 3.7% |
| Balkan Romani | 946K | Balkan Romani | 1.9% | 59.4% |
| Ruthenians | 13K | Ruthenian | 1.1% | 91% |
| Slovak | 5.1M | Slovak | 1.4% | 93.8% |
| Sinte Roma | 223K | Sinte Romani | 2.1% | 67.9% |
| Bulgarian | 6.7M | Bulgarian | 2.1% | 91.5% |
| Hungarians | 11.5M | Hungarian | 3.1% | 88.2% |
| Chinese | 15.5M | Mandarin Chinese | 4.5% | 8.5% |
| Ukrainian | 33.8M | Ukrainian | 4% | 75.1% |
| Romanian | 20.8M | Romanian | 6.3% | 95.1% |
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