Country: Switzerland

People Groups
Total

73

People Groups Unreached

24 (32.9%)

People Groups Unreached Frontier

11 (15.1%)

Population
Total

8,893,000

Population in Unreached

345,000 (3.9%)

Population in Unreached Frontier

160,000 (1.8%)
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 *
 Portuguese 217,000 17,705,000 46 Portuguese Christianity Progress Gauge 2-5% 50-100% -
Rhaeto-Romansch, Engadine 45,000 68,000 2 Romansh Christianity Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 50-100% -
 Romani, Sinte 26,000 223,000 13 Romani, Sinte Christianity Progress Gauge 2-5% 50-100% -
Romani, Swiss 25,000 25,000 1 German, Swiss Christianity Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 50-100% -
 Romanian 24,000 20,948,000 40 Romanian Christianity Progress Gauge 5-10% 50-100% -
 Russian 17,000 135,612,000 72 Russian Christianity Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 50-100% -
 Serb 64,000 7,959,000 41 Serbian Christianity Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 50-100% -
 Slovak 19,000 5,199,000 27 Slovak Christianity Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 50-100% -
 Slovene 9,100 1,979,000 17 Slovene Christianity Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 50-100% -
 Somali 8,000 28,884,000 37 Somali Islam Progress Gauge 0-0.1% 0.1-2% 1
 South Asian, general 78,000 10,807,000 59 Sinhala Buddhism Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 2-5% 2
 Spaniard 89,000 30,218,000 52 Spanish Christianity Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 50-100% -
 Swedish 7,100 9,472,000 21 Swedish Christianity Progress Gauge 5-10% 50-100% -
 Tamil (Hindu traditions) 8,200 3,521,000 27 Tamil Hinduism Progress Gauge 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 1
 Thai 9,000 24,395,000 38 Thai Buddhism Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 0.1-2% 1
 Tibetan, Central 8,200 1,114,000 15 Tibetan, Central Buddhism Progress Gauge 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 1
 Tigray, Tigrinya 42,000 10,255,000 25 Tigrigna Christianity Progress Gauge 2-5% 50-100% -
 Turk 70,000 67,711,000 69 Turkish Islam Progress Gauge 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 1
 Ukrainian 66,000 33,429,000 53 Ukrainian Christianity Progress Gauge 2-5% 50-100% -
 Vietnamese 4,500 89,771,000 39 Vietnamese Buddhism Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 5-10% -
 Walser 19,000 33,000 4 Walser Christianity Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 50-100% -
 Wolof 1,800 7,036,000 22 Wolof Islam Progress Gauge 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 1
 Yeniche 20,000 39,000 3 Yeniche Christianity Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 50-100% -
  Totals:  73 8,893,000           24 ◼︎ (11 ✸︎) 3.96 % 75.43 % 25 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 74,000                  
  UN Country Population (2025) 8,967,000                  
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Province Estimated
Population
Aargau 687,000
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 60,000
Appenzell Innerrhoden 18,000
Basel-Landschaft 308,000
Basel-Stadt 208,000
Bern 1,102,000
Fribourg 313,000
Genève 515,000
Glarus 44,000
Graubünden 217,000
Jura 79,000
Lucerne 425,000
Neuchâtel 193,000
Nidwalden 46,000
Obwalden 40,000
Sankt Gallen 539,000
Schaffhausen 85,000
Schwyz 165,000
Solothurn 287,000
Thurgau 279,000
Ticino 376,000
Uri 39,000
Valais 352,000
Vaud 802,000
Zug 127,000
Zürich 1,544,000
Provinces:  26 8,850,000
UN Country Population 8,967,000
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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
Albanian, Gheg aln 1 0 New Testament
Amharic amh 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Algerian arq 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Egyptian arz 1 1 Complete Bible
Arabic, Levantine apc 2 1 Bible Portions
Arabic, Mesopotamian acm 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Moroccan ary 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, North Mesopotamian ayp 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Tunisian aeb 1 1 New Testament
Arpitan frp 1 0 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
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Croatian hrv 1 0 Complete Bible
Czech ces 1 0 Complete Bible
Danish dan 1 0 Complete Bible
Dari prs 1 1 Complete Bible
Dutch nld 1 0 Complete Bible
English eng 2 0 Complete Bible
Finnish fin 1 0 Complete Bible
French fra 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Standard deu 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Swiss gsw 3 1 New Testament
Greek ell 1 0 Complete Bible
Hungarian hun 1 0 Complete Bible
Indonesian ind 1 0 Complete Bible
Italian ita 1 0 Complete Bible
Japanese jpn 1 1 Complete Bible
Kabuverdianu kea 1 0 Bible Portions
Korean kor 1 0 Complete Bible
Kurdish, Northern kmr 1 1 Complete Bible
Latvian, Standard lvs 1 0 Complete Bible
Lithuanian lit 1 0 Complete Bible
Lombard lmo 1 0 Bible Portions
Macedonian mkd 1 0 Complete Bible
Mongolian, Halh khk 1 1 Complete Bible
Montenegrin cnr 1 0 Unspecified
Norwegian nor 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
Romansh roh 1 0 Complete Bible
Russian rus 1 0 Complete Bible
Serbian srp 1 0 Complete Bible
Sinhala sin 1 1 Complete Bible
Slovak slk 1 0 Complete Bible
Slovene slv 1 0 Complete Bible
Somali som 1 1 Complete Bible
Spanish spa 1 0 Complete Bible
Swedish swe 1 0 Complete Bible
Swiss-German Sign Language sgg 1 1 Translation Started
Tagalog tgl 1 0 Complete Bible
Tamil tam 1 1 Complete Bible
Thai tha 1 1 Complete Bible
Tibetan, Central bod 1 1 Complete Bible
Tigrigna tir 1 0 Complete Bible
Turkish tur 1 1 Complete Bible
Ukrainian ukr 1 0 Complete Bible
Vietnamese vie 1 0 Complete Bible
Walser wae 1 0 New Testament
West Flemish vls 1 0 Bible Portions
Wolof wol 1 1 New Testament
Yeniche yec 1 0 Unspecified
Totals: 68 73 24   54 57 58 61 39 42
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Switzerland Statistics
People Groups 73
Unreached People Groups 24  (32.9%)
Population 8,893,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 0.9%
Population in Unreached 345,000  (3.9%)
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 75.4%
Percent Evangelical 4.0%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 25
Country Progress Level Progress Gauge
Continent Europe
Region Europe, Western
10/40 Window No
Country Code SZ
Official Language(s) German, SwissFrench
Literacy Rate 100%
Estimated Illiterate Population 0
Persecution Ranking Not ranked
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