Country: Egypt

People Groups
Total

44

People Groups Unreached

27 (61.4%)

People Groups Unreached Frontier

19 (43.2%)

Population
Total

118,222,000

Population in Unreached

81,311,000 (68.8%)

Population in Unreached Frontier

8,329,000 (7.0%)

% Evangelical

2.46%

Progress Level

Progress Gauge
Map Notes

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Photo People Group Population
this Ctry
Population
Global
Count
Ctrys
Indigenous Primary Language Primary
Religion
Progress
Scale
% Christian
Adherent
% Evangelical Needed
Workers
 Abaza, Arabized 16,000 72,000 3 Arabic, Egyptian Islam ☀︎ 0.10 % 0.00 % 1
 Adyghe 16,000 696,000 11 Adyghe Islam ☀︎ 0.10 % 0.00 % 1
 Albanian 34,000 5,715,000 27 Albanian, Gheg Islam 20.00 % 1.00 % -
 Algerian, Arabic-speaking 2,129,000 38,230,000 19 Arabic, Algerian Islam ☀︎ 0.02 % 0.01 % 43
 Amhara, Ethiopian 8,100 28,457,000 23 Amharic Christianity 60.00 % 1.10 % -
 Arab 208,000 3,066,000 39 Arabic, Levantine Islam 6.00 % 1.00 % -
 Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken 1,960,000 7,813,000 12 Arabic, Gulf Islam 1.10 % 0.00 % 39
 Arab, Egyptian Muslim 68,273,000 73,774,000 35 Arabic, Egyptian Islam 0.30 % 0.30 % 1,365
 Arab, Lebanese general 181,000 5,439,000 42 Arabic, Levantine Islam 31.00 % 0.50 % -
 Arab, Libyan 498,000 2,931,000 13 Arabic, Libyan Islam 2.50 % 0.30 % 10
 Arab, Moroccan 2,081,000 31,092,000 22 Arabic, Moroccan Islam ☀︎ 0.04 % 0.01 % 42
 Arab, Palestinian 87,000 11,868,000 26 Arabic, Levantine Islam 1.60 % 0.10 % 2
 Arab, Saidi 28,261,000 28,268,000 2 Arabic, Sa'idi Islam 14.00 % 5.11 % -
 Arab, Sudanese 2,032,000 19,600,000 19 Arabic, Sudanese Islam 1.40 % 0.26 % 41
 Arab, Yemeni 207,000 9,672,000 16 Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni Islam ☀︎ 0.08 % 0.00 % 4
 Armenian 15,000 6,047,000 54 Armenian, Western Christianity 94.00 % 8.00 % -
 Baharia, Wahati 34,000 34,000 1 Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Bedouin, Eastern Bedawi 1,348,000 1,664,000 5 Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 27
 Beja, Bisharin 124,000 626,000 2 Bedawiyet Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
 Berber, Siwa 27,000 28,000 2 Siwi Islam 0.13 % 0.13 % 1
 British 22,000 55,399,000 126 English Christianity 60.00 % 8.00 % -
 Chechen 6,900 2,016,000 17 Chechen Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Chinese, general 8,100 16,066,000 64 Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions 15.00 % 8.00 % -
 Deaf 888,000 51,182,000 216 Egyptian Sign Language Islam 12.83 % -
Egyptian, Coptic 7,063,000 7,063,000 1 Arabic, Egyptian Christianity 95.00 % 17.50 % -
  Totals:  44 118,222,000           19 ☀︎  27 9.57 % 2.46 % 1,632 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 144,000                  
  UN Country Population (2025) 118,366,000                  

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Province Estimated
Population
Ad Daqahliyah 7,859,000
Al Bahr al Ahmar 457,000
Al Buhayrah 7,667,000
Al Fayyum 4,188,000
Al Gharbiyah 6,277,000
Al Iskandariyah 6,357,000
Al Isma`iliyah 1,557,000
Al Jizah 10,020,000
Al Minufiyah 5,206,000
Al Minya 6,812,000
Al Qahirah 12,256,000
Al Qalyubiyah 6,745,000
Al Uqsur 1,515,000
Al Wadi al Jadid 297,000
As Suways 823,000
Ash Sharqiyah 8,567,000
Aswan 1,890,000
Asyut 5,608,000
Bani Suwayf 3,774,000
Bur Sa`id 881,000
Dumyat 1,758,000
Janub Sina' 221,000
Kafr ash Shaykh 4,192,000
Matrouh 592,000
Qina 4,024,000
Shamal Sina' 575,000
Suhaj 6,082,000
Provinces:  27 116,200,000
UN Country Population 118,366,000
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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
Gospel
Tract
Online
Adyghe ady 1 1 Unspecified
Albanian, Gheg aln 1 0 New Testament
Amharic amh 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Algerian arq 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Algerian Saharan aao 1 1 Bible Portions
Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi avl 2 2 Bible Portions
Arabic, Egyptian arz 6 5 Complete Bible
Arabic, Gulf afb 1 1 Bible Portions
Arabic, Levantine apc 3 1 Bible Portions
Arabic, Libyan ayl 2 2 Unspecified
Arabic, Moroccan ary 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Sa'idi aec 1 0 Bible Portions
Arabic, Sudanese apd 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni acq 1 1 Bible Portions
Armenian, Western hyw 1 0 Complete Bible
Bedawiyet bej 1 1 Bible Portions
Chechen che 1 1 Complete Bible
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Domari rmt 1 1 Bible Portions
Egyptian Sign Language esl 1 0 Bible Portions
English eng 1 0 Complete Bible
French fra 1 0 Complete Bible
Fur fvr 1 1 Bible Portions
German, Standard deu 1 0 Complete Bible
Greek ell 1 0 Complete Bible
Italian ita 1 0 Complete Bible
Mattokki xnz 1 1 Bible Portions
Nobiin fia 1 1 Bible Portions
Oromo, West Central gaz 1 0 Complete Bible
Russian rus 1 0 Unspecified
Siwi siz 1 1 Unspecified
Tagalog tgl 1 0 Complete Bible
Tigre tig 1 1 Complete Bible
Turkish tur 1 1 Complete Bible
Urdu urd 1 1 Complete Bible
Totals: 35 44 27   24 25 31 31 12
Networking Possibilities

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  • Church planting agencies in Egypt
  • Christian ministry in Egypt
  • Business as mission
  • Christian literature distribution
  • Evangelism agencies
  • Christian discipleship
  • Short term Christian missions
  • Long term Christian missions
  • Urban ministries
  • Christian media opportunities
  • Bible translation opportunities
  • Relief and development agencies
  • Clean water projects
  • Christian medical outreaches

Egypt Statistics
People Groups 44
Unreached People Groups 27  (61.4%)
Population 118,222,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 2.0%
Population in Unreached 81,311,000  (68.8%)
Primary Religion Islam
Percent Christian Adherent 9.6%
Percent Evangelical 2.5%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 1,632
Country Progress Level 4
Continent Africa
Region Africa, North and Middle East
10/40 Window Yes
Country Code EG
Official Language(s) Arabic, StandardArabic, Egyptian
Literacy Rate 74%
Estimated Illiterate Population 30,738,000
Persecution Ranking 40 (1=Highest) Open Doors