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Language: Igbo

Population of Groups Speaking

30,591,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Igbo	Australia	2,000	30,592,000		Christianity	5 ●	96.00 %	45.00 %	-1 -
Igbo	Canada	1,900	30,592,000		Christianity	5 ●	93.00 %	33.00 %	-1 -
Igbo	Cameroon	113,000	30,592,000		Christianity	5 ●	75.00 %	20.00 %	-1 -
Igbo	Equatorial Guinea	56,000	30,592,000		Christianity	4 ●	94.00 %	10.00 %	-1 -
Igbo	Gambia	6,700	30,592,000		Christianity	4 ●	79.00 %	5.00 %	-1 -
Igbo	Ghana	66,000	30,592,000		Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	24.00 %	-1 -
Igbo	Nigeria	30,112,000	30,592,000	●	Christianity	5 ●	98.80 %	47.51 %	-1 -
Igbo	United Kingdom	8,000	30,592,000		Christianity	5 ●	95.00 %	35.00 %	-1 -
Igbo	United States	226,000	30,592,000		Christianity	5 ●	98.00 %	35.00 %	-1 -
Totals: 9						0 ●			0

* 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 for every 50,000 individuals living in an unreached people group by country. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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Photo	People Group ▲	Country	Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	Ogbia, Ogbinya	Nigeria	390,000	390,000	●	Christianity	5 ●	98.00 %	29.00 %	-1 -
	Totals: 1						0 ●			0

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	ibo
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Complete Bible
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Language Alternate Names
Ehugbo
Ibo
Nsuka
Ohafia
Oka (Awka)
Owerri (Isuama)
Umuahia
Union Igbo

Dialects
Afikpo
Aniocha
Bende
Bonny-opobo
Central Igbo
Eche
Egbema
Igbo Asaa
Mbaise
Ngwa
Nsa
Nsuka
Nsukka
Oguta
Ohafia
Ohuhu
Oka
Onitsha
Orlu
Owerri
Umuahia
Union
Unwana

Dialect Alternate Names
Aniocha
Asusu Igbo
Awka
Ezillo
Ibo: Ohafia
Ibo: Union
Igbo
Igbo, Ehugbo
Igbo: Afikpo
Igbo: Aniocha
Igbo: Ehugbo
Igbo: Enuani
Igbo: Oguta
Igbo: Unwana
Ishiela
Isuama
Nkalaga
Nkalaha
Umuhuali

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1860-1950
New Testament	1900-1981
Complete Bible	1906-2009

Possible Print Bibles
Amazon
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Online / Mobile App Bibles
Bible.is (Faith Comes By Hearing)
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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (FCBH)
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Igbo
Film / Video	My Last Day (Jesus Film Project Anime)
Film / Video	Story of Jesus for Children (JF Project)
General	Got Questions Ministry
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: Bible
Text / Printed Matter	OneHope resources for children and youth
Text / Printed Matter	Online Bible text (Scripture Earth)
Text / Printed Matter	World Missionary Press Booklets

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%

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Joshua Project data is drawn from many sources and of varying accuracy depending on source and editorial decisions. Populations are scaled to the current year. Other data may have varying ages. We welcome suggested updates.
A displayed zero can mean true zero, a very small rounded number or sometimes unknown. Blanks mean an unknown value.
The data is sometimes not as precise as it appears. Values for %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical (which determine unreached status) are often informed estimates, some more accurate than others. We recommend against using %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical to calculate absolute numbers.
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