Country: Australia

People Groups
Total

222

People Groups Unreached

41 (18.5%)

People Groups Unreached Frontier

14 (6.3%)

Population
Total

26,907,000

Population in Unreached

1,780,000 (6.6%)

Population in Unreached Frontier

409,000 (1.5%)
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 *
 Aboriginal Creole 7,700 7,700 1 Kriol Christianity Progress Gauge 10-50% 50-100% -
 Aboriginal, Detribalized 557,000 557,000 1 English Christianity Progress Gauge 10-50% 50-100% -
 Aboriginal, Southwest 11,000 11,000 1 English Christianity Progress Gauge 10-50% 50-100% -
Adnyamathanha 200 200 1 English Christianity Progress Gauge 2-5% 50-100% -
 Afghani, general 34,000 1,145,000 15 Dari Islam Progress Gauge 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 1
 Afrikaner 49,000 5,034,000 15 Afrikaans Christianity Progress Gauge 10-50% 50-100% -
 Akan 3,400 6,133,000 13 Akan Christianity Progress Gauge 10-50% 50-100% -
 Albanian 10,000 5,788,000 27 Albanian, Gheg Christianity Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 10-50% -
Alyawarra 1,700 1,700 1 Alyawarr Christianity Progress Gauge 10-50% 50-100% -
 Americans, U.S. 115,000 201,113,000 104 English Christianity Progress Gauge 10-50% 50-100% -
 Amhara, Ethiopian 7,300 28,563,000 29 Amharic Christianity Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 50-100% -
Andilyaugwa 1,600 1,600 1 Anindilyakwa Christianity Progress Gauge 10-50% 50-100% -
 Anglo-Australian 18,151,000 18,596,000 25 English Christianity Progress Gauge 10-50% 50-100% -
 Anglo-Canadian 44,000 17,792,000 21 English Christianity Progress Gauge 5-10% 50-100% -
 Anglo-New Zealander 590,000 3,612,000 13 English Christianity Progress Gauge 10-50% 50-100% -
 Anglo-Romani 6,800 206,000 4 Angloromani Christianity Progress Gauge 10-50% 50-100% -
 Anglo-South African 106,000 1,592,000 5 English Christianity Progress Gauge 10-50% 50-100% -
Anmatjirra 700 700 1 Anmatyerr Christianity Progress Gauge 10-50% 50-100% -
 Arab 52,000 1,949,000 41 Arabic, Mesopotamian Islam Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 0.1-2% 1
 Arab, Egyptian general 51,000 73,614,000 36 Arabic, Egyptian Islam Progress Gauge 2-5% 10-50% -
 Arab, Iraqi 73,000 22,461,000 25 Arabic, Mesopotamian Islam Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 2-5% 1
 Arab, North Iraqi 20,000 12,587,000 7 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Islam Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 0.1-2% 1
 Arab, Sudanese 38,000 21,658,000 27 Arabic, Sudanese Islam Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 10-50% -
 Arab, Syro-Lebanese 86,000 86,000 1 Arabic, Levantine Islam Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 10-50% -
Aranda, Western 500 500 1 Arrarnta, Western Christianity Progress Gauge 10-50% 50-100% -
  Totals:  222 26,907,000           41 ◼︎ (14 ✸︎) 13.72 % 62.31 % 53 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 67,000                  
  UN Country Population (2025) 26,974,000                  
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Province Estimated
Population
Australian Capital Territory 496,000
Jervis Bay Territory 500
New South Wales 9,438,000
Northern Territory 248,000
Queensland 5,067,000
South Australia 1,868,000
Tasmania 579,000
Victoria 6,261,000
Western Australia 2,618,000
Provinces:  9 26,576,000
UN Country Population 26,974,000
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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
Albanian, Gheg aln 1 0 New Testament
Alyawarr aly 1 0 Bible Portions
Amharic amh 1 0 Complete Bible
Angloromani rme 1 0 Bible Portions
Anindilyakwa aoi 1 0 Bible Portions
Anmatyerr amx 1 0 Bible Portions
Arabic, Egyptian arz 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Levantine apc 1 0 Bible Portions
Arabic, Mesopotamian acm 2 2 New Testament
Arabic, North Mesopotamian ayp 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Sudanese apd 1 0 New Testament
Armenian, Western hyw 1 0 Complete Bible
Arrarnta, Western are 1 0 New Testament
Arrernte, Eastern aer 1 0 New Testament
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic aii 1 0 Complete Bible
Auslan asf 1 1 Bible Portions
Bandjalang bdy 1 0 Unspecified
Banyjima pnw 1 0 Unspecified
Bardi bcj 1 0 Unspecified
Bavarian bar 1 0 Complete Bible
Belarusian bel 1 0 Complete Bible
Bengali ben 1 0 Complete Bible
Bosnian bos 1 1 Complete Bible
Bulgarian bul 1 0 Complete Bible
Bunuba bck 1 0 Unspecified
Burarra bvr 1 0 New Testament
Burmese mya 1 1 Complete Bible
Cebuano ceb 1 0 Complete Bible
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic cld 1 0 New Testament
Chin, Hakha cnh 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Hakka hak 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Min Nan nan 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Wu wuu 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Yue yue 1 0 Complete Bible
Cook Islands Maori rar 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
Dayi dax 1 0 Unspecified
Dhangu-Djangu dhg 1 0 Bible Portions
Dhuwal dwu 1 0 Translation Started
Dhuwaya dwy 1 0 Bible Portions
Dinka, Southeastern dks 1 0 New Testament
Diyari dif 1 0 New Testament
Djambarrpuyngu djr 1 0 New Testament
Djamindjung djd 1 0 Unspecified
Djeebbana djj 1 0 Translation Started
Djinang dji 1 0 Bible Portions
Djinba djb 1 0 Translation Needed
Dutch nld 1 0 Complete Bible
English eng 22 1 Complete Bible
Estonian, Standard ekk 1 0 Complete Bible
Fiji Hindi hif 1 0 New Testament
Fijian fij 1 0 Complete Bible
Finnish fin 1 0 Complete Bible
French fra 1 0 Complete Bible
Garrwa wrk 1 0 Bible Portions
German, Standard deu 1 0 Complete Bible
Gooniyandi gni 1 0 Unspecified
Greek ell 2 0 Complete Bible
Gujarati guj 1 1 Complete Bible
Gumatj gnn 1 0 New Testament
Gunwinggu gup 3 0 New Testament
Gupapuyngu guf 1 0 Bible Portions
Gurindji gue 1 0 Bible Portions
Gurindji Kriol gjr 1 0 Translation Needed
Gurr-goni gge 1 0 Translation Started
Guugu Yimidhirr kky 1 0 Bible Portions
Hazaragi haz 1 1 New Testament
Hmong Njua hnj 1 1 Complete Bible
Hungarian hun 1 0 Complete Bible
Igbo ibo 1 0 Complete Bible
Indonesian ind 1 0 Complete Bible
Italian ita 1 0 Complete Bible
Iwaidja ibd 1 0 Bible Portions
Japanese jpn 1 1 Complete Bible
Jaru ddj 1 0 Translation Started
Javanese jav 1 0 Complete Bible
Kala Lagaw Ya mwp 1 0 New Testament
Kannada kan 1 1 Complete Bible
Karen, S'gaw ksw 1 0 Complete Bible
Kaytetye gbb 1 0 Translation Needed
Khmer khm 1 1 Complete Bible
Kija gia 1 0 Bible Portions
Koko-Bera kkp 1 0 Unspecified
Konkani knn 1 1 Complete Bible
Konkani, Goan gom 1 0 Complete Bible
Korean kor 1 0 Complete Bible
Krio kri 1 0 Complete Bible
Kriol rop 1 0 Complete Bible
Kukatja kux 1 0 Bible Portions
Kuku-Yalanji gvn 1 0 New Testament
Kumbainggar kgs 1 0 Translation Needed
Kunjen kjn 1 0 Bible Portions
Kurdish, Northern kmr 2 2 Complete Bible
Kuuk Thayorre thd 1 0 Bible Portions
Lao lao 1 1 Complete Bible
Lardil lbz 1 0 Unspecified
Latvian, Standard lvs 1 0 Complete Bible
Macedonian mkd 1 0 Complete Bible
Malay zlm 1 1 Complete Bible
Malay, Cocos Islands coa 1 1 Translation Needed
Malayalam mal 1 1 Complete Bible
Maltese mlt 1 0 Complete Bible
Maori mri 1 0 Complete Bible
Marathi mar 1 1 Complete Bible
Martu Wangka mpj 1 0 Bible Portions
Maung mph 1 0 Bible Portions
Meriam Mir ulk 1 0 Bible Portions
Miriwoong mep 1 0 Unspecified
Mongolian, Halh khk 1 1 Complete Bible
Morisyen mfe 1 0 New Testament
Mudburra dmw 1 0 Unspecified
Murrinh-Patha mwf 1 0 Bible Portions
Na-kara nck 1 0 Translation Started
Neo-Mandaic mid 1 1 Unspecified
Nepali npi 1 1 Complete Bible
Ngaanyatjarra ntj 1 0 New Testament
Ngan'gityemerri nam 1 0 Unspecified
Ngarinyin ung 1 0 Unspecified
Ngarinyman nbj 1 0 Unspecified
Norwegian nor 1 0 Complete Bible
Nuer nus 1 0 Complete Bible
Nunggubuyu nuy 1 0 New Testament
Nyangumarta nna 1 0 Bible Portions
Nyungar nys 1 0 Bible Portions
Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji gax 1 0 Complete Bible
Oromo, West Central gaz 1 0 Complete Bible
Pashto, Northern pbu 1 1 Complete Bible
Persian, Iranian pes 1 1 Complete Bible
Pintiini pti 1 0 Translation Needed
Pintupi-Luritja piu 1 0 New Testament
Pitjantjatjara pjt 1 0 New Testament
Polish pol 1 0 Complete Bible
Portuguese por 1 0 Complete Bible
Pukapuka pkp 1 0 New Testament
Punjabi, Eastern pan 1 1 Complete Bible
Punjabi, Western pnb 1 1 New Testament
Rembarrnga rmb 1 0 Translation Started
Ritharrngu rit 1 0 Unspecified
Rohingya rhg 1 1 New Testament
Romani, Balkan rmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Romanian ron 1 0 Complete Bible
Rundi run 1 0 Complete Bible
Russian rus 1 0 Complete Bible
Samoan smo 1 0 Complete Bible
Serbian srp 1 0 Complete Bible
Shona sna 1 0 Complete Bible
Sindhi snd 1 1 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 2 0 Complete Bible
Swahili swh 1 1 Complete Bible
Swedish swe 1 0 Complete Bible
Tagalog tgl 1 0 Complete Bible
Tamil tam 1 1 Complete Bible
Telugu tel 1 0 Complete Bible
Thai tha 1 1 Complete Bible
Tibetan, Central bod 1 1 Complete Bible
Tigrigna tir 1 0 Complete Bible
Tiwi tiw 1 0 Bible Portions
Tjupany tjp 1 0 Unspecified
Tok Pisin tpi 1 0 Complete Bible
Tongan ton 1 0 Complete Bible
Torres Strait Creole tcs 2 0 New Testament
Turkish tur 2 2 Complete Bible
Ukrainian ukr 1 0 Complete Bible
Umpila ump 1 0 Unspecified
Unserdeutsch uln 1 0 Unspecified
Urdu urd 1 1 Complete Bible
Uyghur uig 1 1 Complete Bible
Vietnamese vie 1 0 Complete Bible
Wajarri wbv 1 0 Unspecified
Walmajarri wmt 1 0 Bible Portions
Wambaya wmb 1 0 Unspecified
Wardaman wrr 1 0 Unspecified
Warlpiri wbp 1 0 New Testament
Warumungu wrm 1 0 Unspecified
Welsh cym 1 0 Complete Bible
Wik Ngathan wig 1 0 Unspecified
Wik-Iiyanh wij 1 0 Translation Needed
Wik-Mungkan wim 1 0 New Testament
Yankunytjatjara kdd 1 0 Unspecified
Yanyuwa jao 1 0 Bible Portions
Yidiny yii 1 0 Unspecified
Yindjibarndi yij 1 0 Bible Portions
Yoruba yor 1 0 Complete Bible
Totals: 193 222 41   132 114 106 161 66 70
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Australia Statistics
People Groups 222
Unreached People Groups 41  (18.5%)
Population 26,907,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 1.4%
Population in Unreached 1,780,000  (6.6%)
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 62.3%
Percent Evangelical 13.7%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 53
Country Progress Level Progress Gauge
Continent Australia
Region Australia and Pacific
10/40 Window No
Country Code AS
Official Language(s) English
Literacy Rate 99%
Estimated Illiterate Population 269,000
Persecution Ranking Not ranked
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