MENA

Unreached peoples of MENA

462 unreached peoples in MENA: 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

462unreached
637.2Mpeople
21countries
341frontier peoples
  • 97.4% Unreached (450)
  • 2.6% Minimally reached (12)

Source: Joshua Project. Estimates, may vary.

The Bible in these peoples’ languages

92Complete Bible
255Only portions of the Bible
96No book translated
  • 20.8% Complete Bible (92)
  • 42% New Testament complete (186)
  • 15.6% Portions translated (69)
  • 21.7% No book translated (96)

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

Unreached people groups · 462
People Country Population Language Evang. Chr.
Egyptian Arab Egypt 69.6M Egyptian Arabic 0.5% 1.4%
Turk Frontier Türkiye 61.3M Turkish < 0.1% < 0.1%
Persian Iran 46.3M Iranian Persian 1.5% 1.8%
Arabic-Speaking Algerian Frontier Algeria 37.2M Algerian Arabic < 0.1% < 0.1%
Moroccan Arab Frontier Morocco 28.5M Moroccan Arabic 0.1% 0.1%
Muslim Sa’idi Arab Frontier Egypt 23.7M Sa'idi Arabic < 0.1% < 0.1%
Iraqi Arab Iraq 21.5M Mesopotamian Arabic 0.2% 1.2%
Sudanese Arab Frontier Sudan 21.3M Sudanese Arabic 0.1% 0.4%
Syrian Arab Syria 20.1M Levantine Arabic 0.3% 8.5%
Northern Yemeni Arab Frontier Yemen 20M Sanaani Arabic 0% 0%
Turkish Azeri Iran 18.3M South Azerbaijani 1.6% 1.8%
Kurmanji Kurd Frontier Türkiye 15.7M Northern Kurdish < 0.1% 0.1%
Najdi Arabs Frontier Saudi Arabia 12.9M Najdi Arabic 0.1% 0.1%
Northern Iraqi Arab Iraq 12M North Mesopotamian Arabic 0.2% 0.7%
Tunisian Arab Tunisia 11.5M Tunisian Arabic 0% 0.2%
Palestinian Arab Palestine 11.2M Levantine Arabic 1% 3.6%
Saudi Hijazi Arab Frontier Saudi Arabia 10.5M Hijazi Arabic 0.1% 0.1%
Yemeni Arab Frontier Yemen 9.3M Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic 0% < 0.1%
Gulf Arab Egypt 7.5M Gulf Arabic 0.2% 0.9%
Kabyle Berber Algeria 6.7M Kabyle 0.4% 0.6%
Hadrami Arab Frontier Yemen 6M Hadrami Arabic 0% 0%
Southern Kurd Iran 6M Southern Kurdish 0.1% 0.1%
Middle Eastern Turkmen Frontier Iraq 4.9M South Azerbaijani 0% 0%
Jordanian Arab Jordan 4.8M Levantine Arabic 0.3% 3.6%
Israeli Jews Israel 4.7M Hebrew 0.2% 0.2%
Imazighen Berber Frontier Morocco 4.7M Central Atlas Tamazight 0.1% 0.1%
Gaaliin Sudan 4.1M Sudanese Arabic 0.8% 4.1%
South Asian United Arab Emirates 4.1M Hindi 1.2% 4.3%
Alevi Turk Frontier Türkiye 4M Turkish 0.1% 0.1%
Muslim Lebanese Arab Lebanon 4M Levantine Arabic 0.7% 17.3%

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