Country: Italy

People Groups
Total

105

People Groups Unreached

23 (21.9%)

People Groups Unreached Frontier

7 (6.7%)

Population
Total

59,078,000

Population in Unreached

2,114,000 (3.6%)

Population in Unreached Frontier

148,000 (0.3%)

% Evangelical

1.46%

Progress Level

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Map Notes

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Photo People Group Population
this Ctry
Population
Global
Count
Ctrys
Indigenous Primary Language Primary
Religion
Progress
Scale
% Christian
Adherent
% Evangelical Needed
Workers
 Akan 48,000 6,133,000 13 Akan Christianity 70.00 % 15.00 % -
 Albanian 459,000 5,715,000 27 Albanian, Gheg Islam 30.00 % 0.50 % -
 Algerian, Arabic-speaking 22,000 38,230,000 19 Arabic, Algerian Islam 2.00 % 1.10 % 1
 Americans, U.S. 13,000 201,096,000 104 English Christianity 80.00 % 28.90 % -
 Amhara, Ethiopian 6,800 28,457,000 23 Amharic Christianity 80.00 % 1.00 % -
 Arab 1,212,000 3,066,000 39 Arabic, Libyan Islam 0.30 % 0.06 % 24
 Arab, Egyptian general 76,000 73,774,000 35 Arabic, Egyptian Islam 13.00 % 3.90 % -
 Arab, Iraqi 2,200 22,609,000 24 Arabic, Mesopotamian Islam 2.00 % 0.30 % 1
 Arab, Sudanese 2,000 19,600,000 19 Arabic, Sudanese Islam 3.00 % 0.50 % 1
 Arbereshe 101,000 101,000 1 Albanian, Arbereshe Christianity 83.00 % 0.80 % -
 Argentinian, White 7,900 36,421,000 9 Spanish Christianity 90.00 % 8.00 % -
 Armenian 700 6,047,000 54 Armenian, Western Christianity 94.00 % 8.70 % -
 Austrian, Bavarian 255,000 14,621,000 21 Bavarian Christianity 83.00 % 0.50 % -
 Baule 23,000 8,590,000 4 Baoule Christianity 60.00 % 12.00 % -
 Belarusian 7,300 8,633,000 30 Belarusian Christianity 65.00 % 1.40 % -
 Berber, Shawiya 39,000 2,798,000 6 Tachawit Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bergamasco 137,000 137,000 1 Lombard Christianity 80.00 % 0.80 % -
 Black African, general 123,000 1,155,000 10 Swahili Christianity 70.00 % 7.00 % -
 Bolivian, Mestizo 12,000 8,538,000 7 Spanish Christianity 90.00 % 12.00 % -
 Bosniak 29,000 3,129,000 24 Bosnian Islam 0.40 % 0.05 % 1
 Brazilian, White 39,000 100,860,000 16 Portuguese Christianity 92.00 % 24.00 % -
 British 23,000 55,399,000 126 English Christianity 60.00 % 8.00 % -
 Bulgarian 47,000 6,765,000 41 Bulgarian Christianity 80.00 % 1.50 % -
 Calabrian 5,273,000 5,273,000 1 Napoletano Christianity 83.00 % 1.68 % -
 Cape Verdean 4,000 779,000 18 Kabuverdianu Christianity 95.00 % 6.60 % -
  Totals:  105 59,078,000           7 ☀︎  23 81.23 % 1.46 % 56 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 68,000                  
  UN Country Population (2025) 59,146,000                  

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Province Estimated
Population
Abruzzo 1,303,000
Apulia 4,039,000
Basilicata 576,000
Calabria 1,952,000
Campania 5,748,000
Emilia-Romagna 4,328,000
Friuli-Venezia Giulia 1,215,000
Lazio 5,485,000
Liguria 1,566,000
Lombardia 9,672,000
Marche 1,536,000
Molise 313,000
Piemonte 4,349,000
Sardegna 1,634,000
Sicily 4,986,000
Toscana 3,660,000
Trentino-Alto Adige 1,026,000
Umbria 881,000
Valle d'Aosta 127,000
Veneto 4,841,000
Provinces:  20 59,237,000
UN Country Population 59,146,000
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Language Code # Peoples
w/ this Primary
Language
# Unreached
w/ this Primary
Language
Scripture
Status
YouVersion
Bible
Resources
Faith Comes
By Hearing
Bible Resources
Jesus Film
Online
Global
Recordings
Resources
Gospel
Tract
Online
Akan aka 1 0 Complete Bible
Albanian, Arbereshe aae 1 0 Bible Portions
Albanian, Gheg aln 1 0 New Testament
Amharic amh 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Algerian arq 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Egyptian arz 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Libyan ayl 1 1 Unspecified
Arabic, Mesopotamian acm 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Sudanese apd 1 1 New Testament
Armenian, Western hyw 1 0 Complete Bible
Arpitan frp 1 0 New Testament
Baoule bci 1 0 Complete Bible
Bavarian bar 1 0 Complete Bible
Belarusian bel 1 0 Complete Bible
Bengali ben 1 1 Complete Bible
Bosnian bos 1 1 Complete Bible
Bulgarian bul 2 1 Complete Bible
Catalan cat 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Cimbrian cim 1 0 Unspecified
Corsican cos 1 0 Bible Portions
Croatian hrv 1 0 Complete Bible
Czech ces 1 0 Complete Bible
Dutch nld 1 0 Complete Bible
English eng 2 0 Complete Bible
Ewe ewe 1 0 Complete Bible
French fra 1 0 Complete Bible
Friulian fur 1 0 New Testament
Gascon Aranese oci 1 0 Complete Bible
Georgian kat 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Standard deu 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Swiss gsw 1 0 New Testament
Greek ell 1 0 Complete Bible
Hungarian hun 1 0 Complete Bible
Italian ita 4 0 Complete Bible
Italian Sign Language ise 1 0 Unspecified
Japanese jpn 1 1 Complete Bible
Judeo-Italian itk 1 1 Unspecified
Kabuverdianu kea 1 0 Bible Portions
Kazakh kaz 1 1 Complete Bible
Kurdish, Northern kmr 1 1 Complete Bible
Kyrgyz kir 1 1 Complete Bible
Ladin lld 1 0 New Testament
Ligurian lij 1 0 Bible Portions
Lombard lmo 2 0 Bible Portions
Macedonian mkd 1 0 Complete Bible
Maltese mlt 1 0 Complete Bible
Mòcheno mhn 1 0 Unspecified
Moore mos 1 0 Complete Bible
Morisyen mfe 1 0 New Testament
Napoletano nap 1 0 Bible Portions
Persian, Iranian pes 1 1 Complete Bible
Piedmontese pms 1 0 New Testament
Polish pol 1 0 Complete Bible
Portuguese por 1 0 Complete Bible
Pular fuf 1 1 New Testament
Romani, Balkan rmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Romani, Sinte rmo 1 0 Complete Bible
Romani, Vlax rmy 1 0 Complete Bible
Romanian ron 2 0 Complete Bible
Romansh roh 1 0 Complete Bible
Russian rus 1 0 Unspecified
Sardinian, Campidanese sro 1 0 Bible Portions
Sardinian, Gallurese sdn 1 0 Bible Portions
Sardinian, Logudorese src 1 0 Bible Portions
Sardinian, Sassarese sdc 1 0 Bible Portions
Sicilian scn 1 0 Bible Portions
Sinhala sin 1 1 Complete Bible
Slavomolisano svm 1 0 Unspecified
Slovak slk 1 0 Complete Bible
Slovene slv 1 0 Complete Bible
Somali som 1 1 Complete Bible
Spanish spa 10 0 Complete Bible
Swahili swh 1 0 Complete Bible
Tachawit shy 1 1 Bible Portions
Tagalog tgl 1 0 Complete Bible
Tajik tgk 1 1 Complete Bible
Tamil tam 1 0 Complete Bible
Thai tha 1 1 Complete Bible
Tigrigna tir 1 0 Complete Bible
Turkish tur 1 1 Complete Bible
Ukrainian ukr 1 0 Complete Bible
Urdu urd 1 1 Complete Bible
Uzbek, Northern uzn 1 1 Unspecified
Venetian vec 1 0 Bible Portions
Vietnamese vie 1 0 Complete Bible
Walser wae 1 0 New Testament
Wolof wol 1 1 New Testament
Yoruba yor 1 0 Complete Bible
Totals: 89 105 23   65 60 66 72 40
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Italy Statistics
People Groups 105
Unreached People Groups 23  (21.9%)
Population 59,078,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 0.0%
Population in Unreached 2,114,000  (3.6%)
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 81.2%
Percent Evangelical 1.5%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 56
Country Progress Level 3
Continent Europe
Region Europe, Western
10/40 Window No
Country Code IT
Official Language(s) Italian
Literacy Rate 99%
Estimated Illiterate Population 591,000
Persecution Ranking Not ranked