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Deaf

The Deaf people group is reported in 164 countries
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Population All Countries
27,508,450
People Cluster
Deaf
Number of Countries
164
Number Unreached
151
Largest Religion
Unknown
Progress
Progress Gauge

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Country ▲ Population Indigenous Primary
Language		 Primary
Religion		 Bible Status Online
Bible		 Jesus
Film		 Global
Recordings		 Progress
Scale		 % Evangelical
Range		 % Christian
Adh Range		 Est. Workers
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Afghanistan 190,000 ● Afghan Sign Language Unknown Transltn Started Progress Gauge Unknown 0-0.1% ● 4
Algeria 240,000 ● Algerian Sign Language Unknown Transltn Started Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 5
American Samoa Unknown ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ●
Angola 159,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 3
Argentina 60,000 ● Argentine Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Aruba Unknown ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ●
Australia 11,000 ● Auslan Unknown Portions ● Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Austria 8,800 ● Austrian Sign Language Unknown Transltn Started Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Azerbaijan 30,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Bangladesh 815,000 ● West Bengal Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 16
Belarus 56,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Belgium 11,000 ● French Belgian Sign Language Unknown Transltn Needed Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Belize 1,200 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Benin 13,000 ● American Sign Language Unknown Complete ● Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Bolivia 23,000 ● Bolivian Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Bosnia-Herzegovina 10,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Botswana 7,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Brazil 630,000 ● Brazilian Sign Language Unknown Portions ● Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 13
Bulgaria 21,000 ● Bulgarian Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Burkina Faso 102,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 2
Burundi 58,000 ● Burundian Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge 2-5% ● 5-10% ● -
Cameroon 258,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 5
Canada 46,000 ● American Sign Language Unknown Complete ● Progress Gauge Unknown 2-5% ● 1
Cape Verde 2,800 ● Portuguese Sign Language Unknown Transltn Started Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Central African Republic 24,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Chad 80,000 ● Chadian Sign Language Unknown Transltn Started Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 2
Chile 21,000 ● Chilean Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
China 4,710,000 ● Chinese Sign Language Unknown Transltn Needed Progress Gauge 2-5% ● 5-10% ● -
China, Hong Kong 8,000 ● Hong Kong Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Colombia 151,000 ● Colombian Sign Language Unknown Portions ● Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 3
Comoros 4,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Congo, Democratic Republic of 450,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 9
Congo, Republic of the 27,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Cook Islands Unknown ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Costa Rica 15,000 ● Costa Rican Sign Language Unknown Portions ● Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Côte d'Ivoire 130,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 3
Croatia 6,500 ● Croatian Sign Language Unknown Transltn Started Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Cuba 34,000 ● Cuban Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Curacao Unknown ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ●
Czechia 13,000 ● Czech Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Denmark 6,000 ● Danish Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Djibouti 5,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Dominica 200 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Dominican Republic 32,000 ● Dominican Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Ecuador 50,000 ● Ecuadorian Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Egypt 502,000 ● Egyptian Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 10
El Salvador 26,000 ● Salvadoran Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Eritrea 20,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Eswatini 6,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Ethiopia 560,000 ● Ethiopian Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge 2-5% ● 5-10% ● -
France 100,000 ● French Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 2
Gabon 7,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Gambia 20,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Georgia 11,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Germany 80,000 ● German Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 2
Ghana 152,000 ● Ghanaian Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge 2-5% ● 5-10% ● -
Greece 11,000 ● Greek Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Guadeloupe Unknown ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ●
Guatemala 50,000 ● Guatemalan Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Guinea 64,000 ● Guinean Sign Language Unknown Transltn Started Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Guyana 2,100 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Haiti 40,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Honduras 40,000 ● Honduran Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Hungary 10,000 ● Hungarian Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
India 7,504,000 ● Indian Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge 2-5% ● 5-10% ● -
Indonesia 814,000 ● Indonesian Sign Language Unknown Transltn Started Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 16
Iran 250,000 ● Iranian Sign Language Unknown Portions ● Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 5
Iraq 128,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 3
Israel 10,000 ● Israeli Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Italy 40,000 ● Italian Sign Language Unknown Transltn Started Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Jamaica 7,500 ● Jamaican Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Japan 126,000 ● Japanese Sign Language Unknown Portions ● Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 3
Jordan 30,000 ● Jordanian Sign Language Unknown Portions ● Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Kazakhstan 57,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0.1-2% ● 0.1-2% ● 1
Kenya 260,000 ● Kenyan Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge 2-5% ● 5-10% ● -
Korea, North 128,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 3
Korea, South 180,000 ● Korean Sign Language Unknown Portions ● Progress Gauge Unknown 5-10% ● -
Kosovo 5,000 ● Albanian Sign Language Unknown Transltn Started Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Kyrgyzstan 32,000 ● Russian Sign Language Unknown Portions ● Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Laos 36,000 ● Laos Sign Language Unknown Transltn Started Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Lebanon 12,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Lesotho 13,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Liberia 25,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Libya 20,000 ● Libyan Sign Language Unknown Transltn Started Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Lithuania 8,000 ● Lithuanian Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Madagascar 135,000 ● Malagasy Sign Language Unknown Transltn Started Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 3
Malawi 93,000 ● Malawian Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 2
Malaysia 59,000 ● Malaysian Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Maldives 1,600 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Mali 51,000 ● Tebul Sign Language Unknown Transltn Started Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Marshall Islands 200 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Martinique Unknown ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ●
Mauritania 23,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Mayotte 1,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Mexico 250,000 ● Mexican Sign Language Unknown Portions ● Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 5
Micronesia, Federated States 600 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Moldova 7,800 ● Moldova Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Monaco Unknown ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ●
Mongolia 16,000 ● Mongolian Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Montenegro 2,000 ● Croatian Sign Language Unknown Transltn Started Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Morocco 65,000 ● Moroccan Sign Language Unknown Transltn Started Progress Gauge Unknown 0-0.1% ● 1
Mozambique 150,000 ● Mozambican Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge 0.1-2% ● 0.1-2% ● 3
Myanmar (Burma) 400,000 ● Myanmar Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 8
Namibia 8,300 ● Namibian Sign Language Unknown Transltn Started Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Nepal 20,000 ● Nepalese Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge 2-5% ● 5-10% ● -
Netherlands 15,000 ● Sign Language of the Netherlands Unknown Transltn Started ● Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Nicaragua 6,200 ● Nicaraguan Sign Language Unknown Transltn Started Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Niger 16,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Nigeria 821,000 ● Nigerian Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge 2-5% ● 5-10% ● -
Pakistan 1,080,000 ● Pakistan Sign Language Unknown Transltn Started ● Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 22
Panama 9,500 ● Panamanian Sign Language Unknown Transltn Started Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Papua New Guinea 30,000 ● Papua New Guinean Sign Language Unknown Transltn Started Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Paraguay 15,000 ● Paraguayan Sign Language Unknown New Testament Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Peru 98,000 ● Peruvian Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 2
Philippines 540,000 ● Filipino Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 11
Poland 38,000 ● Polish Sign Language Unknown Transltn Started Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Portugal 10,000 ● Portuguese Sign Language Unknown Transltn Started Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Puerto Rico 10,000 ● Puerto Rican Sign Language Unknown Transltn Started Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Romania 25,000 ● Romanian Sign Language Unknown Portions ● Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Russia 700,000 ● Russian Sign Language Unknown Portions ● Progress Gauge 2-5% ● 5-10% ● -
Rwanda 34,000 ● Rwandan Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Saint Kitts and Nevis Unknown ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ●
Saint Lucia Unknown ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ●
Samoa 600 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
San Marino Unknown ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ●
São Tomé and Príncipe 1,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Saudi Arabia 100,000 ● Saudi Arabian Sign Language Unknown Transltn Started Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 2
Senegal 81,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 2
Serbia 15,000 ● Slovenian Sign Language Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Sierra Leone 39,000 ● Sierra Leone Sign Language Unknown Transltn Started Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Singapore 6,000 ● Singapore Sign Language Unknown Transltn Started Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Slovakia 15,000 ● Slovakian Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Solomon Islands 3,000 ● Solomon Islands Sign Language Unknown Transltn Needed Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Somalia 77,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 2
South Africa 235,000 ● South African Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 5
South Sudan 55,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0.1-2% ● 0.1-2% ● 1
Spain 78,000 ● Spanish Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 2
Sri Lanka 73,000 ● Sri Lankan Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Sudan 214,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 4
Sweden 8,000 ● Swedish Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Switzerland 7,500 ● Swiss-German Sign Language Unknown Transltn Started Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Syria 85,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 2
Taiwan 24,000 ● Taiwan Sign Language Unknown Transltn Needed Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Tajikistan 94,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 2
Tanzania 293,000 ● Tanzanian Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge 2-5% ● 5-10% ● -
Thailand 200,000 ● Thai Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 4
Timor-Leste 6,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Togo 40,000 ● French Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Tunisia 21,000 ● Tunisian Sign Language Unknown Transltn Needed Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Türkiye (Turkey) 250,000 ● Turkish Sign Language Unknown Transltn Started Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 5
Turkmenistan 18,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Uganda 25,000 ● Ugandan Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge 2-5% ● 5-10% ● -
Ukraine 55,000 ● Ukrainian Sign Language Unknown Portions ● ● Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
United Arab Emirates 10,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
United States 278,000 ● American Sign Language Unknown Complete ● Progress Gauge 2-5% ● 5-10% ● -
Uruguay 7,000 ● Uruguayan Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Uzbekistan 22,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Venezuela 86,000 ● Venezuelan Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 2
Vietnam 86,000 ● Hanoi Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 2
West Bank / Gaza 14,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Western Sahara 3,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge 0-0.1% ● 0-0.1% ● 1
Yemen 159,000 ● Language unknown Unknown Unspecified Progress Gauge Unknown 0-0.1% ● 3
Zambia 14,000 ● Zambian Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 2-5% ● 1
Zimbabwe 73,000 ● Zimbabwe Sign Language Unknown Portions Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% ● 1
Totals:  164 27,508,450   Unknown         151 ◼︎ (57 ✸︎) 1.80 % ● 3.73 % ● 304
Other reported countries:  54

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