Somali people group in all countries

Somali

The Somali people group is reported in 25 countries

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Population All Countries

26,240,400

People Cluster

Somali

Number of Countries

Number Unreached

Largest Religion

Islam

Progress

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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Country ▲	Population	Indigenous	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherents	% Evangelical	Bible Status	Online Bible	Jesus Film	Global Recordings	Est. Workers Needed *
Australia	15,000		Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Belgium	1,400		Somali	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Canada	103,000		Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.07 %	0.07 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	2
Denmark	11,000		Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Djibouti	552,000	●	Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.12 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	11
Eritrea	1,800		Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.33 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Ethiopia	8,012,000		Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.14 %	0.03 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	160
Finland	22,000		Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Italy	5,100		Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Kenya	2,545,000	●	Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.11 %	0.09 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	51
Malta	1,300		Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Netherlands	42,000		Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
New Zealand	1,800		Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Norway	44,000		Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.10 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Saudi Arabia	76,000		Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.33 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	2
Somalia	13,785,000	●	Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.30 %	0.01 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	276
South Africa	24,000		Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.40 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Sudan	2,000		Somali	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Sweden	49,000		Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Tanzania	77,000		Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	2
Türkiye (Turkey)	28,000		Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.40 %	0.30 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
United Arab Emirates	40,000		Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
United Kingdom	98,000		Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	2
United States	188,000		Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	4
Yemen	516,000		Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.05 %	0.03 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	10
Totals: 25	26,240,400				25 ● \| 14 ☀	0.22 %	0.03 %					535

Other reported countries: 1

Somali

Groups reported, but outside the Small People Group Policy conditions. Some may not be viable and/or have incorrect Progress Scale values. The groups listed below are not included in overall Joshua Project people group counts. For possible further information about these groups, please contact us.

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Country ▲	Population	Progress Scale	Primary Language	Primary Religion
Sri Lanka	100	1 ●	Somali	Islam
Totals: 1

For more information see the Joshua Project Small People 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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