Country: Netherlands
| Photo | People Group |
Population this Ctry |
Population Global |
Count Ctrys |
Indigenous | Primary Language |
Primary Religion |
Progress Scale |
% Evangelical Range |
% Christian Adh Range |
Workers Needed * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Pashtun, Southern | 17,000 | 9,559,000 | 13 | Pashto, Southern | Islam |
1
|
0.1-2% ● | 0.1-2% ● | 1 | |
|
Persian | 43,000 | 48,381,000 | 39 | Persian, Iranian | Islam |
1
|
0.1-2% ● | 2-5% ● | 1 | |
|
Polish | 224,000 | 43,168,000 | 33 | Polish | Christianity |
3
|
0.1-2% ● | 50-100% ● | -1 - | |
|
Portuguese | 31,000 | 17,690,000 | 34 | Portuguese | Christianity |
4
|
2-5% ● | 50-100% ● | -1 - | |
|
Romani, Dutch | 25,000 | 25,000 | 1 | ● | Dutch | Christianity |
4
|
2-5% ● | 50-100% ● | -1 - |
|
Romani, Sinte | 1,400 | 223,000 | 13 | Romani, Sinte | Christianity |
3
|
0.1-2% ● | 50-100% ● | -1 - | |
|
Romanian | 46,000 | 20,931,000 | 29 | Romanian | Christianity |
3
|
0.1-2% ● | 50-100% ● | -1 - | |
|
Russian | 7,700 | 135,169,000 | 53 | Russian | Christianity |
3
|
0.1-2% ● | 50-100% ● | -1 - | |
|
Somali | 43,000 | 28,900,000 | 27 | Somali | Islam |
0
|
0-0.1% ● | 0-0.1% ● | 1 | |
|
South Asian, general | 239,000 | 10,782,000 | 47 | Hindi | Hinduism |
1
|
0.1-2% ● | 2-5% ● | 5 | |
|
Spaniard | 54,000 | 30,082,000 | 35 | Spanish | Christianity |
3
|
0.1-2% ● | 50-100% ● | -1 - | |
|
Surinamese Creole, Sranan | 383,000 | 555,000 | 6 | Sranan Tongo | Christianity |
4
|
2-5% ● | 50-100% ● | -1 - | |
|
Syrian Aramaic, Turoyo | 3,800 | 187,000 | 9 | Turoyo | Christianity |
3
|
0.1-2% ● | 50-100% ● | -1 - | |
|
Tamil | 22,000 | 3,640,000 | 24 | Tamil | Hinduism |
1
|
0.1-2% ● | 0.1-2% ● | 1 | |
|
Thai | 24,000 | 24,365,000 | 27 | Thai | Buddhism |
1
|
0.1-2% ● | 0.1-2% ● | 1 | |
|
Tigray, Tigrinya | 25,000 | 10,273,000 | 19 | Tigrigna | Christianity |
3
|
0.1-2% ● | 50-100% ● | -1 - | |
|
Tigre, Eritrean | 3,500 | 953,000 | 7 | Tigre | Islam |
0
|
0-0.1% ● | 0-0.1% ● | 1 | |
|
Turk | 321,000 | 67,649,000 | 38 | Turkish | Islam |
0
|
0-0.1% ● | 0-0.1% ● | 6 | |
|
Vietnamese | 26,000 | 89,747,000 | 29 | Vietnamese | Buddhism |
2
|
0.1-2% ● | 5-10% ● | -1 - | |
|
Walloon | 9,500 | 3,661,000 | 3 | Walloon | Christianity |
3
|
0.1-2% ● | 50-100% ● | -1 - | |
|
Yugoslav former, general | 15,000 | 115,000 | 4 | Serbian | Christianity |
3
|
0.1-2% ● | 50-100% ● | -1 - | |
| Totals: 71 | 18,209,000 | 20 ◼︎ (4 ✸︎) | 4.00 % | 46.74 % | 40 | ||||||
| Unclassified / Other Individuals | 138,000 | ||||||||||
| UN Country Population (2025) | 18,347,000 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Akan | aka | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
| Amharic | amh | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Arabic, Algerian | arq | 1 | 1 | 4 New Testament | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1 |
| Arabic, Egyptian | arz | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
| Arabic, Levantine | apc | 1 | 0 | 3 Bible Portions | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1 |
| Arabic, Mesopotamian | acm | 1 | 1 | 4 New Testament | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1 |
| Arabic, Moroccan | ary | 1 | 1 | 4 New Testament | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
| Bavarian | bar | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | -1 | -1 | -1 | 1 | -1 | -1 |
| Bengali | ben | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bosnian | bos | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| Bulgarian | bul | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| Chaldean Neo-Aramaic | cld | 1 | 0 | 4 New Testament | -1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1 |
| Chinese, Mandarin | cmn | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Chinese, Yue | yue | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
| Dari | prs | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
| Dutch | nld | 5 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| English | eng | 5 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| French | fra | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Frisian | fry | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | -1 | -1 | -1 | 1 | -1 | -1 |
| German, Standard | deu | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Greek | ell | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Gronings | gos | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 |
| Guinea-Bissau Creole | pov | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1 |
| Hindi | hin | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Hindustani, Sarnami | hns | 1 | 1 | 4 New Testament | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1 |
| Hungarian | hun | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Indonesian | ind | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Italian | ita | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Japanese | jpn | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Javanese | jav | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| Javanese, Suriname | jvn | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | -1 | -1 | -1 |
| Kabuverdianu | kea | 1 | 0 | 3 Bible Portions | -1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1 |
| Kurdish, Northern | kmr | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
| Latvian, Standard | lvs | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| Lithuanian | lit | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| Malay, Ambonese | abs | 1 | 0 | 4 New Testament | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1 |
| Papiamentu | pap | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| Pashto, Southern | pbt | 1 | 1 | 3 Bible Portions | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1 |
| Persian, Iranian | pes | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Polish | pol | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Portuguese | por | 2 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Romani, Sinte | rmo | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1 |
| Romanian | ron | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Russian | rus | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Serbian | srp | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sign Language of the Netherlands | dse | 1 | 1 | 2 Translation Started | -1 | -1 | -1 | 1 | -1 | -1 |
| Somali | som | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Spanish | spa | 2 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sranan Tongo | srn | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1 |
| Tagalog | tgl | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
| Tamil | tam | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tarifit | rif | 1 | 1 | 4 New Testament | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
| Thai | tha | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tigre | tig | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1 |
| Tigrigna | tir | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
| Turkish | tur | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Turoyo | tru | 1 | 0 | 4 New Testament | -1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1 |
| Vietnamese | vie | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Walloon | wln | 1 | 0 | 3 Bible Portions | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 |
| West Flemish | vls | 1 | 0 | 3 Bible Portions | -1 | -1 | -1 | 1 | -1 | -1 |
| Totals: | 61 | 71 | 20 | 49 | 53 | 55 | 58 | 35 | 32 |
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| 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 | |
| Continent | Europe |
| Region | Europe, Western |
| 10/40 Window | No |
| Country Code | NL |
| Official Language(s) | Dutch | English |
| Literacy Rate | 98% |
| Estimated Illiterate Population | 364,000 |
| Persecution Ranking | Not ranked |
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