Unreached peoples of Levant

73 unreached peoples in Levant: peoples with little or no access to the gospel in at least one country of the region, from largest to smallest.

Overview

How reached these peoples are

73unreached

55.2Mpeople

6countries

44frontier peoples

90.4% Unreached (66)
9.6% Minimally reached (7)

Source: Joshua Project. Estimates, may vary.

The Bible in these peoples’ languages

30Complete Bible

34Only portions of the Bible

5No book translated

43.5% Complete Bible (30)
39.1% New Testament complete (27)
10.1% Portions translated (7)
7.2% No book translated (5)

Source: Joshua Project and Progress.Bible. Estimates, may vary.

Unreached people groups · 73

People	Country	Population	Language	Evang.	Chr.
Syrian Arab	Syria	17.2M	Levantine Arabic	0.3%	8.5%
Palestinian Arab	Palestine	10M	Levantine Arabic	1%	3.6%
Israeli Jews	Israel	4.7M	Hebrew	0.2%	0.2%
Jordanian Arab	Jordan	4.7M	Levantine Arabic	0.3%	3.6%
Muslim Lebanese Arab	Lebanon	2.5M	Levantine Arabic	0.7%	17.3%
Middle Eastern Turkmen Frontier	Syria	2.1M	South Azerbaijani	0%	0%
Alawite Frontier	Syria	2M	Levantine Arabic	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Kurmanji Kurd Frontier	Syria	1.8M	Northern Kurdish	< 0.1%	0.1%
Najdi Arabs Frontier	Syria	1.7M	Najdi Arabic	0.1%	0.1%
Bedouin Arab Frontier	Jordan	1.6M	Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic	< 0.1%	0.1%
Druze	Syria	1.2M	Levantine Arabic	0.3%	0.3%
Northern Iraqi Arab	Syria	977K	North Mesopotamian Arabic	0.2%	0.7%
Russian Jew	Israel	741K	Russian	1.8%	2.1%
Hasidic Jew Frontier	Israel	516K	Hebrew	0%	0%
Litvish Jew Frontier	Israel	500K	Hebrew	0%	0%
Eastern Bedawi Bedouin Frontier	Israel	260K	Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic	0%	< 0.1%
Turkish Cypriot	Cyprus	246K	Turkish	0.2%	0.4%
Eastern Circassian Kabardian Frontier	Jordan	213K	Kabardian	< 0.1%	0.1%
Romanian Jew Frontier	Israel	182K	Hebrew	0.1%	0.1%
Deaf Frontier	Syria	151K	Pakistan Sign Language	1.8%	3.7%
Adyghe Frontier	Jordan	141K	Adyghe	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Polish Jew	Israel	139K	Polish	0.4%	0.6%
Yahudic Jews Frontier	Israel	105K	Judeo-Iraqi Arabic	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Egyptian Arab	Lebanon	91K	Egyptian Arabic	0.5%	1.4%
Iraqi Arab	Syria	81K	Mesopotamian Arabic	0.2%	1.2%
Tat Jew Frontier	Israel	80K	Judeo-Tat	0%	0%
Domari Roma Frontier	Jordan	72K	Iranian Persian	0.1%	0.1%
Bukharan Jew Frontier	Israel	70K	English	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Persian	Syria	67K	Iranian Persian	1.5%	1.8%
Georgian Jew	Israel	65K	Judeo-Georgian	0.9%	1%
Ossetian Frontier	Syria	64K	Ossetic	0.1%	7.7%
Tehrani Persian Jew Frontier	Israel	62K	Iranian Persian	0%	0%
Moroccan Jew Frontier	Israel	60K	French	0%	0%
Turkish Jew Frontier	Israel	51K	Hebrew	0%	0%
Turkish Azeri	Syria	50K	South Azerbaijani	1.6%	1.8%
Muslim Bengali	Lebanon	49K	Bengali	0.2%	0.2%
Spanish Jew	Israel	48K	Hebrew	0.1%	0.2%
Arabic-Speaking Algerian Frontier	Israel	44K	Algerian Arabic	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Ladino Frontier	Israel	43K	Ladino	0%	0%
Tripolitanian Jew Frontier	Israel	43K	Judeo-Tripolitanian Arabic	0%	0%
French Jew Frontier	Israel	42K	French	< 0.1%	0.1%
Yemenite Jew Frontier	Israel	41K	Judeo-Yemeni Arabic	0%	0%
Central Kurd Frontier	Jordan	39K	Central Kurdish	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Libyan Arab Frontier	Jordan	38K	Libyan Arabic	0.1%	0.8%
Saudi Hijazi Arab Frontier	Jordan	33K	Hijazi Arabic	0.1%	0.1%
Jew	Israel	30K	Levantine Arabic	0.3%	0.7%
Hungarian-speaking Jew Frontier	Israel	26K	Hungarian	0.1%	0.1%
Sudanese Arab Frontier	Lebanon	25K	Sudanese Arabic	0.1%	0.4%
Western Aramaic	Syria	22K	Western Neo-Aramaic	0.1%	40%
Generic Nepali	Jordan	21K	Nepali	1.6%	2%
South Asian	Cyprus	17K	Hindi	1.2%	4.3%
German Jews	Israel	16K	Standard German	0.1%	0.4%
Yazidi	Syria	15K	Northern Kurdish	0.1%	0.1%
Cochin Jews Frontier	Israel	13K	Malayalam	0.1%	0.1%
Marathi-speaking Jew Frontier	Israel	12K	Marathi	< 0.1%	0.1%
Tunisian Jews Frontier	Israel	12K	Hebrew	0%	0%
Chechen Frontier	Jordan	11K	Chechen	0%	0%
Mashhadi Persian Jew Frontier	Israel	10K	Hebrew	0%	0%
Sinhalese	Cyprus	10K	Sinhala	1.3%	3.6%
Kurdish Jew Frontier	Israel	10K	Lishana Deni	0%	0%
Vietnamese	Cyprus	8K	Vietnamese	1.5%	9.9%
Abkhaz Frontier	Syria	7K	Abkhaz	0.1%	2.8%
Kurdish Jew Frontier	Israel	6K	Hulaula	0%	0%
Masalit	Israel	5K	Masalit	0.1%	0.2%
Lishanan Jew Frontier	Israel	5K	Lishan Noshan	0%	0%
Arbil Lishanid Noshan Frontier	Israel	4K	Jewish Inter-Zab Neo-Aramaic	0%	0%
Berber Jew Frontier	Israel	3K	Judeo-Berber	0%	0%
Dutch Jew	Israel	3K	Dutch	0.1%	0.5%
Portuguese-speaking Jews	Israel	2K	Portuguese	0.3%	0.9%
Samaritan Frontier	Palestine	2K	Hebrew	0%	0%
Romani Carpathian	Cyprus	2K	Carpathian Romani	1%	85%
Greek Jew Frontier	Cyprus	300	Greek	0%	0%
Yevanic Jew Frontier	Israel	90	Hebrew	0%	0%

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