Netherlands people groups, languages and religions

Country: Netherlands

Number of People Groups

102

People Groups Unreached

23 (22.5%)

Progress Level

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

Total
Population

17,059,000

Population in Unreached

1,588,000 (9.3%)

Largest Religion

Non-Religious (42.6%)

% Christian Adherent

46.87%

% Evangelical

4.01%

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

0.6%

(Global Rate = 2.6%)

Map Notes

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= Frontier peoples
People Group ▲	Population this Country	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Afghani, general	52,000	727,000		Dari	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Afrikaner	29,000	4,683,000		Afrikaans	Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	25.00 %	-1 -
Akan	18,000	5,520,000		Akan	Christianity	4 ●	60.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Albanian	600	5,419,000		Albanian, Gheg	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	1
Algerian, Arabic-speaking	92,000	35,855,000		Arabic, Algerian Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.05 %	2
Ambonese	51,000	380,000		Malay, Ambonese	Christianity	5 ●	85.00 %	45.00 %	-1 -
Americans, U.S.	47,000	193,448,000		English	Christianity	5 ●	77.00 %	28.90 %	-1 -
Amhara, Ethiopian	27,000	24,655,000		Amharic	Christianity	3 ●	81.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Anglo-Australian	18,000	18,356,000		English	Christianity	5 ●	70.00 %	14.00 %	-1 -
Anglo-Canadian	17,000	16,691,000		English	Christianity	4 ●	78.00 %	9.00 %	-1 -
Anglo-New Zealander	900	3,366,000		English	Christianity	5 ●	53.00 %	18.00 %	-1 -
Antillean Creole, Papiamentu	80,000	289,000		Papiamentu	Christianity	4 ●	85.00 %	6.00 %	-1 -
Arab, Egyptian	28,000	70,222,000		Arabic, Egyptian Spoken	Islam	4 ●	13.00 %	3.90 %	-1 -
Arab, Iraqi	66,000	17,695,000		Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken	Islam	1 ●	1.60 %	0.20 %	1
Arab, Lebanese	600	7,268,000		Arabic, North Levantine Spoken	Islam	2 ●	30.00 %	0.50 %	-1 -
Arab, Moroccan	300,000	29,309,000		Arabic, Moroccan Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.30 %	0.05 %	6
Arab, Saudi - Najdi	600	17,658,000		Arabic, Najdi Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Arab, Sudanese	700	17,548,000		Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.10 %	1
Arab, Syrian	113,000	17,357,000		Arabic, North Levantine Spoken	Islam	2 ●	6.00 %	0.10 %	-1 -
Arab, Tunisian	1,100	11,456,000		Arabic, Tunisian Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.00 %	1
Armenian	1,100	6,276,000		Armenian, Western	Christianity	4 ●	94.00 %	8.70 %	-1 -
Austrian, Bavarian	16,000	14,499,000		Bavarian	Christianity	3 ●	85.00 %	0.30 %	-1 -
Belarusian	900	9,403,000		Belarusian	Christianity	3 ●	65.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Berber, Rif	161,000	1,883,000		Tarifit	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.10 %	3
Black African, general	18,000	1,127,000		Dutch	Christianity	4 ●	65.00 %	8.00 %	-1 -
Bosniak	2,200	3,176,000		Bosnian	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.02 %	1
Brazilian, White	35,000	100,397,000		Portuguese	Christianity	5 ●	88.00 %	24.00 %	-1 -
British	50,000	54,227,000		English	Christianity	4 ●	60.00 %	8.80 %	-1 -
Bulgarian	45,000	6,969,000		Bulgarian	Christianity	3 ●	75.00 %	1.50 %	-1 -
Cape Verdean	23,000	778,000		Kabuverdianu	Christianity	4 ●	95.00 %	6.60 %	-1 -
Chaldean	1,100	127,000		Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	Christianity	3 ●	80.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Chilean	900	17,484,000		Spanish	Christianity	5 ●	86.00 %	12.00 %	-1 -
Colombian, Mestizo	21,000	35,323,000		Spanish	Christianity	4 ●	90.00 %	5.00 %	-1 -
Crioulo, Upper Guinea	14,000	517,000		Guinea-Bissau Creole	Islam	4 ●	15.00 %	4.00 %	-1 -
Croat	2,100	5,330,000		Croatian	Christianity	3 ●	95.00 %	0.40 %	-1 -
Czech	3,500	10,903,000		Czech	Non-Religious	2 ●	26.00 %	0.40 %	-1 -
Danish	3,000	5,189,000		Danish	Christianity	4 ●	85.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Deaf	34,000	48,207,000	●	Sign Language of the Netherlands	Non-Religious	2 ●	46.55 %	-1	-1 -
Dominican	1,000	9,002,000		Spanish	Christianity	4 ●	90.00 %	9.00 %	-1 -
Dutch	12,201,000	13,525,000	●	Dutch	Non-Religious	4 ●	48.00 %	4.40 %	-1 -
Ecuadorian, Mestizo	700	14,048,000		Spanish	Christianity	4 ●	93.00 %	8.00 %	-1 -
Estonian	1,100	1,131,000		Estonian, Standard	Non-Religious	4 ●	40.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Eurasian	70,000	1,745,000		Dutch	Christianity	3 ●	85.00 %	2.00 %	-1 -
Filipino, Tagalog	25,000	38,856,000		Tagalog	Christianity	5 ●	92.00 %	12.30 %	-1 -
Finnish	2,600	5,677,000		Finnish	Christianity	4 ●	82.00 %	8.00 %	-1 -
Flemish	122,000	5,702,000	●	West Flemish	Christianity	3 ●	65.00 %	2.00 %	-1 -
French	50,000	50,807,000		French	Christianity	3 ●	61.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Frisian	700,000	750,000	●	Frisian	Christianity	4 ●	60.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Georgian	600	3,446,000		Georgian	Christianity	3 ●	87.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
German	281,000	66,476,000		German, Standard	Christianity	3 ●	62.00 %	2.00 %	-1 -
German Swiss	2,300	4,877,000		German, Swiss	Christianity	4 ●	75.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Greek	29,000	10,352,000		Greek	Christianity	3 ●	91.00 %	0.40 %	-1 -
Gronings	271,000	271,000	●	Gronings	Christianity	4 ●	55.00 %	4.20 %	-1 -
Han Chinese, Cantonese	31,000	79,908,000		Chinese, Yue	Non-Religious	4 ●	7.00 %	6.00 %	-1 -
Han Chinese, Mandarin	50,000	937,400,000		Chinese, Mandarin	Non-Religious	4 ●	8.00 %	5.70 %	-1 -
Han Chinese, Wu	2,300	82,775,000		Chinese, Wu	Non-Religious	4 ●	8.00 %	5.70 %	-1 -
Hungarian	27,000	11,718,000		Hungarian	Christianity	4 ●	88.00 %	2.80 %	-1 -
Hutu, Rwandese	1,700	12,517,000		Kinyarwanda	Christianity	5 ●	84.00 %	18.00 %	-1 -
Indonesian	12,000	10,047,000		Indonesian	Islam	4 ●	16.00 %	6.00 %	-1 -
Irish	5,200	8,324,000		English	Christianity	3 ●	95.00 %	0.90 %	-1 -
Italian	28,000	38,333,000		Italian	Christianity	3 ●	82.00 %	1.10 %	-1 -
Japanese	5,400	122,406,000		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.30 %	1
Javanese	43,000	18,411,000		Javanese	Islam	2 ●	20.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Javanese, Caribbean	8,800	88,000		Javanese, Suriname	Islam	2 ●	18.00 %	1.50 %	-1 -
Jew, Dutch	30,000	33,000	●	Dutch	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.50 %	0.10 %	1
Korean	2,900	81,132,000		Korean	Christianity	5 ●	31.00 %	16.80 %	-1 -
Kurd, Kurmanji	75,000	15,639,000		Kurdish, Northern	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.40 %	2
Latvian	3,600	1,437,000		Latvian, Standard	Christianity	4 ●	58.00 %	7.00 %	-1 -
Lithuanian	5,000	2,793,000		Lithuanian	Christianity	3 ●	80.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Macedonian	900	1,947,000		Macedonian	Christianity	3 ●	70.00 %	0.20 %	-1 -
Malay	1,500	17,582,000		Malay	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.50 %	1
Mexican	2,000	105,210,000		Spanish	Christianity	4 ●	92.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Norwegian	2,200	4,750,000		Norwegian	Christianity	4 ●	95.00 %	4.00 %	-1 -
Persian	40,000	42,530,000		Persian, Iranian	Islam	1 ●	3.00 %	0.20 %	1
Peruvian	1,000	25,472,000		Spanish	Christianity	4 ●	92.00 %	10.00 %	-1 -
Polish	209,000	42,410,000		Polish	Christianity	3 ●	90.00 %	0.30 %	-1 -
Portuguese	29,000	19,412,000		Portuguese	Christianity	4 ●	94.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Romani, Dutch	23,000	23,000	●	Dutch	Christianity	4 ●	60.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Romani, Sinte	1,300	228,000		Romani, Sinte	Christianity	3 ●	70.00 %	2.00 %	-1 -
Romani, Vlax	500	1,135,000		Romani, Vlax	Christianity	4 ●	70.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Romanian	43,000	21,045,000		Romanian	Christianity	3 ●	95.00 %	2.00 %	-1 -
Russian	7,200	135,564,000		Russian	Christianity	3 ●	67.00 %	1.20 %	-1 -
Sarnami Hindi, East Indian	145,000	1,178,000		Hindustani, Sarnami	Hinduism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.30 %	3
Serb	2,300	9,910,000		Serbian	Christianity	3 ●	84.00 %	0.50 %	-1 -
Slovak	4,500	5,082,000		Slovak	Christianity	3 ●	94.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Slovene	1,000	1,942,000		Slovene	Christianity	3 ●	54.00 %	0.00 %	-1 -
Somali	41,000	24,163,000		Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
South Asian, general	224,000	12,257,000		Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	4.00 %	1.00 %	4
Spaniard	50,000	29,270,000		Spanish	Christianity	3 ●	77.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Surinamese Creole, Sranan	358,000	528,000		Sranan Tongo	Christianity	4 ●	80.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Swedish	4,100	9,034,000		Swedish	Christianity	4 ●	60.00 %	4.00 %	-1 -
Syrian Aramaic, Turoyo	3,600	178,000		Turoyo	Christianity	3 ●	99.00 %	0.60 %	-1 -
Tajik	3,200	10,203,000		Tajik	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	1
Tamil	20,000	2,764,000		Tamil	Hinduism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.50 %	1
Thai	23,000	23,632,000		Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	0.20 %	1
Tigre, Eritrean	3,300	810,000		Tigre	Islam	0 ☀	0.09 %	0.05 %	1
Turk	300,000	65,256,000		Turkish	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	6
Ukrainian	3,900	37,192,000		Ukrainian	Christianity	3 ●	72.00 %	2.00 %	-1 -
Venezuelan	800	26,211,000		Spanish	Christianity	4 ●	86.00 %	4.00 %	-1 -
Vietnamese	25,000	85,916,000		Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	10.00 %	1.80 %	-1 -
Walloon	8,900	3,630,000		Walloon	Christianity	3 ●	85.00 %	2.00 %	-1 -
Yugoslav former, general	14,000	109,000		Serbian	Christianity	3 ●	70.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Totals: 102	17,059,000					23 ●	46.87 %	4.01 %	42
Unclassified / Other Individuals	114,000
UN Country Population (2021)	17,173,000

Other minor groups: 1

Netherlands

Very small groups reported, but outside the Joshua Project Small Group Policy. Some may not be viable and/or have incorrect Progress Scale values, population, language and religion information. The groups listed below are not included in overall Joshua Project people group counts. If you have information about these groups, please contact us.

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People Group ▲	Progress Scale	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion
Azerbaijani, North	1 ●	100	Azerbaijani, North	Islam
Totals: 1

For more information see the Joshua Project Small Group Policy

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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Province ▲	Estimated Population
Drenthe	471,000
Flevoland	380,000
Friesland	620,000
Gelderland	1,928,000
Groningen	557,000
IJsselmeer	387,000
Limburg	1,077,000
Noord-Brabant	2,362,000
Noord-Holland	2,598,000
Overijssel	1,091,000
Utrecht	1,186,000
Zeeland	365,000
Zeeuwse meren	365,000
Zuid-Holland	3,405,000
Provinces: 14	16,792,000
UN Country Population	17,173,000

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	Netherlands prayer cards. All Unreached

Netherlands Links
Operation World
World Factbook
Religious Freedom Report
UN Human Development Report
Ethnologue Language Listing
National Bible Society

Netherlands Maps
Language Map (Ethnologue)
Perry-Castaneda Map Collection

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Class ▲	Population	% Popl	% Hindu	% Muslim	% Christian	% Buddhist	% Sikh	% Other
Forward Caste (FC)	282,458,000	1,655.8 %	97.2 %	0.0 %	1.2 %	0.1 %	0.0 %	1.4 %
Other Backward Classes (OBC)	778,555,000	4,563.9 %	70.6 %	24.5 %	1.8 %	0.1 %	2.3 %	0.8 %
Scheduled Caste (SC)	207,795,000	1,218.1 %	93.3 %	0.0 %	0.4 %	3.6 %	2.6 %	0.0 %
Scheduled Tribe (ST)	118,286,000	693.4 %	81.3 %	1.5 %	9.4 %	0.8 %	0.0 %	6.8 %
	17,059,000

Why Use Caste to Define Peoples?

South Asia Communities / Castes: An Overview

A History of South Asia People Group Lists

Why Include Religion When Defining South Asia Peoples?

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Language ▲	Code	# Peoples w/ this Primary Language	# Unreached w/ this Primary Language	Scripture Status	NT Text Online	NT Audio Online	Jesus Film Online	Audio Recordings Online	Gospel Tract Online
Afrikaans	afr	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Akan	aka	1	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	1	-1
Albanian, Gheg	aln	1	1	4 New Testament	1	1	1	1	-1
Amharic	amh	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Arabic, Algerian Spoken	arq	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	1	1	1	-1
Arabic, Egyptian Spoken	arz	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	1	1	1	-1
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken	acm	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Arabic, Moroccan Spoken	ary	1	1	4 New Testament	1	1	1	1	-1
Arabic, Najdi Spoken	ars	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Arabic, North Levantine Spoken	apc	2	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	1	-1	1	-1
Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	apd	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	1	1	1	-1
Arabic, Tunisian Spoken	aeb	1	1	4 New Testament	1	-1	1	1	-1
Armenian, Western	hyw	1	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	1	-1
Bavarian	bar	1	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Belarusian	bel	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Bosnian	bos	1	1	5 Complete Bible	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Bulgarian	bul	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	cld	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	1	1	1	-1
Chinese, Mandarin	cmn	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Chinese, Wu	wuu	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	-1	1	1	-1
Chinese, Yue	yue	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Croatian	hrv	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Czech	ces	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Danish	dan	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Dari	prs	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Dutch	nld	5	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
English	eng	6	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Estonian, Standard	ekk	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	-1	1	-1	-1
Finnish	fin	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
French	fra	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Frisian	fry	1	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Georgian	kat	1	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	1	-1
German, Standard	deu	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
German, Swiss	gsw	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Greek	ell	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Gronings	gos	1	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Guinea-Bissau Creole	pov	1	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	1	-1
Hindi	hin	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Hindustani, Sarnami	hns	1	1	4 New Testament	1	1	1	1	-1
Hungarian	hun	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Indonesian	ind	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Italian	ita	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Japanese	jpn	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Javanese	jav	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Javanese, Suriname	jvn	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	-1	-1
Kabuverdianu	kea	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Kinyarwanda	kin	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Korean	kor	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Kurdish, Northern	kmr	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Latvian, Standard	lvs	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Lithuanian	lit	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Macedonian	mkd	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Malay	zlm	1	1	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	1	-1
Malay, Ambonese	abs	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Norwegian	nor	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	-1	-1
Papiamentu	pap	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Persian, Iranian	pes	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Polish	pol	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Portuguese	por	2	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Romani, Sinte	rmo	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Romani, Vlax	rmy	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Romanian	ron	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Russian	rus	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Serbian	srp	2	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	1	-1
Sign Language of the Netherlands	dse	1	0	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Slovak	slk	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Slovene	slv	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Somali	som	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Spanish	spa	8	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Sranan Tongo	srn	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Swedish	swe	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Tagalog	tgl	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Tajik	tgk	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Tamil	tam	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Tarifit	rif	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	1	1	1	-1
Thai	tha	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Tigre	tig	1	1	5 Complete Bible	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Turkish	tur	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Turoyo	tru	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Ukrainian	ukr	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Vietnamese	vie	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Walloon	wln	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
West Flemish	vls	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Totals:	83	102	23		57	66	74	76	0

MAJOR RELIGIONS ▲	Percent
Buddhism	0.3 %
Christianity (Evangelical 4.0 %)	46.9 %
Ethnic Religions	0.6 %
Hinduism	1.7 %
Islam	7.8 %
Non-Religious	42.6 %
Other / Small Religions	0.1 %
Unknown	0.0 %

CHRISTIAN SEGMENTS ▲	Percent
Anglican	0.3 %
Independent	3.5 %
Orthodox	1.4 %
Other Christian	3.1 %
Protestant	32.3 %
Roman Catholic	54.2 %

Notes:

Major Religions: Religion percentages are derived from summing Joshua Project's data for all people groups who live in each country. The number of individuals who practice each religion, by people group, are summed. This number is divided by the country's total population to derive the religion's percentage.

Christianity Segments: Christian segment percentages are derived from summing Joshua Project's data for all the people groups who live in each country. The number of individuals who practice each segment of Christianity, by people group, are summed. This number is divided by the country's total number of Christians to derive the Christian segment's percentage.

Networking Possibilities

Search the Web
There are many agencies and churches looking for additional staff to help them in their mission and calling in Netherlands. Internet searches are probably the best way to find these organizations. The following are some example search topics you might try:

Church planting agencies in Netherlands
Christian ministry in Netherlands
Business as mission
Christian literature distribution
Evangelism agencies
Christian discipleship
Short term Christian missions

Long term Christian missions
Urban ministries
Christian media opportunities
Bible translation opportunities
Relief and development agencies
Clean water projects
Christian medical outreaches

Netherlands Statistics
People Groups	102
Unreached People Groups	23 (22.5%)
Population	17,059,000
Population Annual Growth Rate	0.3%
Population in Unreached	1,588,000 (9.3%)
Primary Religion	Non-Religious
Percent Christian Adherent	46.9%
Percent Evangelical	4.0%
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate	0.6%
Pioneer Workers Needed *	42
Country Progress Level	4 ●
Urbanization	92%
Continent	Europe
Region	Europe, Western
10/40 Window	No
Country Code	NL
Official Language(s)	Dutch \| English
Literacy Rate	98%
Estimated Illiterate Population	341,000
Persecution Ranking	Not ranked

Netherlands Maps
Language Map (Ethnologue)
Perry-Castaneda Map Collection

Netherlands Prayer Cards / Guide
Prayer Cards All Unreached	Prayer Guide

Netherlands Links
Operation World
Stratus Earth Index
Prosperity Index
Social Progress Index
World Factbook
Religious Freedom Report
UN Human Development Report
Ethnologue Language Listing
National Bible Society

Netherlands Videos
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