Country: Netherlands

People Groups
Total

71

People Groups Unreached

20 (28.2%)

People Groups Unreached Frontier

4 (5.6%)

Population
Total

18,209,000

Population in Unreached

1,745,000 (9.6%)

Population in Unreached Frontier

423,000 (2.3%)
Map Notes

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Photo People Group Population
this Ctry
Population
Global
Count
Ctrys
Indigenous Primary Language Primary
Religion
Progress
Scale
% Evangelical
Range
% Christian
Adh Range
Workers
Needed *
 Crioulo, Upper Guinea 15,000 561,000 6 Guinea-Bissau Creole Islam Progress Gauge 2-5% 10-50% -
 Deaf 15,000 27,508,000 164 Sign Language of the Netherlands Unknown Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% 1
 Dutch 13,035,000 14,364,000 24 Dutch Non-Religious Progress Gauge 2-5% 10-50% -
 East Indian 155,000 1,355,000 6 Hindustani, Sarnami Hinduism Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 2-5% 3
 Eurasian 74,000 1,756,000 12 Dutch Christianity Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 50-100% -
 Filipino, Tagalog 27,000 40,052,000 49 Tagalog Christianity Progress Gauge 10-50% 50-100% -
 Flemish 131,000 5,741,000 10 West Flemish Christianity Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 50-100% -
 French 54,000 51,870,000 82 French Christianity Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 50-100% -
 Frisian 748,000 800,000 2 Frisian Christianity Progress Gauge 2-5% 50-100% -
 German 300,000 67,277,000 57 German, Standard Christianity Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 50-100% -
 Greek 31,000 10,056,000 41 Greek Christianity Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 50-100% -
 Gronings 289,000 289,000 1 Gronings Christianity Progress Gauge 2-5% 50-100% -
 Han Chinese, Cantonese 33,000 80,121,000 32 Chinese, Yue Non-Religious Progress Gauge 5-10% 5-10% -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 53,000 925,130,000 42 Chinese, Mandarin Non-Religious Progress Gauge 5-10% 5-10% -
 Hungarian 29,000 11,525,000 23 Hungarian Christianity Progress Gauge 2-5% 50-100% -
 Indonesian 13,000 10,982,000 24 Indonesian Islam Progress Gauge 5-10% 10-50% -
 Irish 5,500 8,662,000 9 English Christianity Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 50-100% -
 Italian 30,000 37,535,000 42 Italian Christianity Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 50-100% -
 Japanese 5,800 119,686,000 38 Japanese Buddhism Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 0.1-2% 1
 Javanese 46,000 19,066,000 7 Javanese Islam Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 10-50% -
 Javanese, Caribbean 9,400 95,000 3 Javanese, Suriname Islam Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 10-50% -
 Jewish, Dutch 31,000 34,000 4 Dutch Ethnic Religions Progress Gauge 0-0.1% 0.1-2% 1
 Kurd, Kurmanji 81,000 17,544,000 28 Kurdish, Northern Islam Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 0.1-2% 2
 Latvian 3,900 1,459,000 14 Latvian, Standard Christianity Progress Gauge 5-10% 50-100% -
 Lithuanian 5,300 2,880,000 20 Lithuanian Christianity Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 50-100% -
  Totals:  71 18,209,000           20 ◼︎ (4 ✸︎) 4.00 % 46.74 % 40 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 138,000                  
  UN Country Population (2025) 18,347,000                  
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Province Estimated
Population
Drenthe 509,000
Flevoland 411,000
Friesland 671,000
Gelderland 2,087,000
Groningen 603,000
IJsselmeer 419,000
Limburg 1,165,000
Noord-Brabant 2,557,000
Noord-Holland 2,812,000
Overijssel 1,181,000
Utrecht 1,284,000
Zeeland 395,000
Zeeuwse meren 395,000
Zuid-Holland 3,686,000
Provinces:  14 18,175,000
UN Country Population 18,347,000
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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
God's
Story
Resources
Gospel
Tract
Online
Afrikaans afr 1 0 Complete Bible
Akan aka 1 0 Complete Bible
Amharic amh 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Algerian arq 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Egyptian arz 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Levantine apc 1 0 Bible Portions
Arabic, Mesopotamian acm 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Moroccan ary 1 1 New Testament
Bavarian bar 1 0 Complete Bible
Bengali ben 1 1 Complete Bible
Bosnian bos 1 1 Complete Bible
Bulgarian bul 1 0 Complete Bible
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic cld 1 0 New Testament
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Yue yue 1 0 Complete Bible
Dari prs 1 1 Complete Bible
Dutch nld 5 1 Complete Bible
English eng 5 0 Complete Bible
French fra 1 0 Complete Bible
Frisian fry 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Standard deu 1 0 Complete Bible
Greek ell 1 0 Complete Bible
Gronings gos 1 0 Complete Bible
Guinea-Bissau Creole pov 1 0 Complete Bible
Hindi hin 1 1 Complete Bible
Hindustani, Sarnami hns 1 1 New Testament
Hungarian hun 1 0 Complete Bible
Indonesian ind 1 0 Complete Bible
Italian ita 1 0 Complete Bible
Japanese jpn 1 1 Complete Bible
Javanese jav 1 0 Complete Bible
Javanese, Suriname jvn 1 0 Complete Bible
Kabuverdianu kea 1 0 Bible Portions
Kurdish, Northern kmr 1 1 Complete Bible
Latvian, Standard lvs 1 0 Complete Bible
Lithuanian lit 1 0 Complete Bible
Malay, Ambonese abs 1 0 New Testament
Papiamentu pap 1 0 Complete Bible
Pashto, Southern pbt 1 1 Bible Portions
Persian, Iranian pes 1 1 Complete Bible
Polish pol 1 0 Complete Bible
Portuguese por 2 0 Complete Bible
Romani, Sinte rmo 1 0 Complete Bible
Romanian ron 1 0 Complete Bible
Russian rus 1 0 Complete Bible
Serbian srp 1 0 Complete Bible
Sign Language of the Netherlands dse 1 1 Translation Started
Somali som 1 1 Complete Bible
Spanish spa 2 0 Complete Bible
Sranan Tongo srn 1 0 Complete Bible
Tagalog tgl 1 0 Complete Bible
Tamil tam 1 1 Complete Bible
Tarifit rif 1 1 New Testament
Thai tha 1 1 Complete Bible
Tigre tig 1 1 Complete Bible
Tigrigna tir 1 0 Complete Bible
Turkish tur 1 1 Complete Bible
Turoyo tru 1 0 New Testament
Vietnamese vie 1 0 Complete Bible
Walloon wln 1 0 Bible Portions
West Flemish vls 1 0 Bible Portions
Totals: 61 71 20   49 53 55 58 35 32
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Netherlands Statistics
People Groups 71
Unreached People Groups 20  (28.2%)
Population 18,209,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 0.3%
Population in Unreached 1,745,000  (9.6%)
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 46.7%
Percent Evangelical 4.0%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 40
Country Progress Level Progress Gauge
Continent Europe
Region Europe, Western
10/40 Window No
Country Code NL
Official Language(s) DutchEnglish
Literacy Rate 98%
Estimated Illiterate Population 364,000
Persecution Ranking Not ranked
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