Country: Singapore

People Groups
Total

40

People Groups Unreached

17 (42.5%)

People Groups Unreached Frontier

4 (10.0%)

Population
Total

5,806,000

Population in Unreached

1,019,000 (17.6%)

Population in Unreached Frontier

57,000 (1.0%)
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 *
 Americans, U.S. 8,200 201,401,000 78 English Christianity Progress Gauge 10-50% 50-100% -
 Arab, Egyptian general 11,000 73,602,000 31 Arabic, Egyptian Islam Progress Gauge 2-5% 10-50% -
 Bawean, Madurese 29,000 200,000 3 Madura Islam Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 0.1-2% 1
 British 56,000 54,682,000 81 English Christianity Progress Gauge 5-10% 50-100% -
 Buginese 11,000 6,091,000 3 Bugis Islam Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 0.1-2% 1
 Burmese 20,000 29,895,000 17 Burmese Buddhism Progress Gauge 0-0.1% 0.1-2% 1
 Deaf 6,000 27,508,000 164 Singapore Sign Language Unknown Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% 1
 Eurasian 55,000 1,756,000 12 English Christianity Progress Gauge 2-5% 50-100% -
 Filipino, Tagalog 157,000 40,052,000 49 Tagalog Christianity Progress Gauge 10-50% 50-100% -
 Han Chinese, Cantonese 435,000 80,121,000 32 Chinese, Yue Buddhism Progress Gauge 5-10% 10-50% -
 Han Chinese, Hainanese 183,000 6,376,000 5 Hainanese Non-Religious Progress Gauge 5-10% 5-10% -
 Han Chinese, Hakka 253,000 43,924,000 19 Chinese, Hakka Non-Religious Progress Gauge 5-10% 5-10% -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 1,360,000 925,130,000 42 Chinese, Mandarin Buddhism Progress Gauge 10-50% 10-50% -
 Han Chinese, Min Bei 18,000 8,773,000 6 Chinese, Min Bei Non-Religious Progress Gauge 5-10% 5-10% -
 Han Chinese, Min Dong 70,000 10,564,000 5 Chinese, Min Dong Non-Religious Progress Gauge 2-5% 5-10% -
 Han Chinese, Min Nan 1,178,000 43,505,000 17 Chinese, Min Nan Buddhism Progress Gauge 5-10% 5-10% -
 Han Chinese, Putian 28,000 3,104,000 3 Chinese, Pu-Xian Non-Religious Progress Gauge 5-10% 5-10% -
 Han Chinese, Teochew 597,000 1,775,000 3 Chinese, Min Nan Buddhism Progress Gauge 5-10% 5-10% -
 Hindi 14,000 2,796,000 16 Hindi Hinduism Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 0.1-2% 1
 Hui, Dungan 16,000 13,901,000 8 Chinese, Mandarin Islam Progress Gauge 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 1
 Indian, English-speaking 77,000 577,000 2 English Hinduism Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 5-10% -
 Indonesian 120,000 10,982,000 24 Indonesian Islam Progress Gauge 5-10% 10-50% -
 Japanese 38,000 119,686,000 38 Japanese Buddhism Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 0.1-2% 1
 Javanese 92,000 19,066,000 7 Javanese Islam Progress Gauge 5-10% 10-50% -
 Kanarese 22,000 216,000 7 Kannada Hinduism Progress Gauge 0-0.1% 2-5% 1
  Totals:  40 5,806,000           17 ◼︎ (4 ✸︎) 7.13 % 12.87 % 29 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 65,000                  
  UN Country Population (2025) 5,871,000                  
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Province Estimated
Population
Central 112,000
East 1,276,000
North 1,035,000
North-East 1,686,000
West 1,697,000
Provinces:  5 5,806,000
UN Country Population 5,871,000
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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
Arabic, Egyptian arz 1 0 Complete Bible
Bengali ben 1 1 Complete Bible
Bugis bug 1 1 Complete Bible
Burmese mya 1 1 Complete Bible
Chinese, Hakka hak 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 2 1 Complete Bible
Chinese, Min Bei mnp 1 0 New Testament
Chinese, Min Dong cdo 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Min Nan nan 2 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Pu-Xian cpx 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Yue yue 1 0 Complete Bible
English eng 5 0 Complete Bible
Hainanese hnm 1 0 Translation Needed
Hindi hin 1 1 Complete Bible
Indonesian ind 1 0 Complete Bible
Japanese jpn 1 1 Complete Bible
Javanese jav 1 0 Complete Bible
Kannada kan 1 1 Complete Bible
Korean kor 1 0 Complete Bible
Madura mad 1 1 Complete Bible
Malaccan Portuguese Creole mcm 1 0 Bible Portions
Malay zlm 2 2 Complete Bible
Malay, Baba mbf 1 0 New Testament
Malayalam mal 1 1 Complete Bible
Musi mui 1 1 Bible Portions
Orang Seletar ors 1 0 Translation Started
Punjabi, Eastern pan 1 1 Complete Bible
Sindhi snd 1 1 Complete Bible
Singapore Sign Language sls 1 1 Translation Started
Sinhala sin 1 0 Complete Bible
Tagalog tgl 1 0 Complete Bible
Tamil tam 1 1 Complete Bible
Thai tha 1 1 Complete Bible
Totals: 33 40 17   24 24 26 30 18 15
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Singapore Statistics
People Groups 40
Unreached People Groups 17  (42.5%)
Population 5,806,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 1.5%
Population in Unreached 1,019,000  (17.6%)
Primary Religion Buddhism
Percent Christian Adherent 12.9%
Percent Evangelical 7.1%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 29
Country Progress Level Progress Gauge
Continent Asia
Region Asia, Southeast
10/40 Window No
Country Code SN
Official Language(s) Chinese, MandarinEnglish
Literacy Rate 97%
Estimated Illiterate Population 174,000
Persecution Ranking Not ranked
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