Country: Oman

People Groups
Total

35

People Groups Unreached

27 (77.1%)

People Groups Unreached Frontier

17 (48.6%)

Population
Total

5,433,000

Population in Unreached

4,915,000 (90.5%)

Population in Unreached Frontier

3,528,000 (64.9%)

% Evangelical

0.63%

Progress Level

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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
 Americans, U.S. 4,600 201,096,000 104 English Christianity 79.00 % 28.00 % -
 Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken 881,000 7,813,000 12 Arabic, Gulf Islam 0.35 % 0.30 % 18
 Arab, Bahraini 20,000 871,000 2 Arabic, Baharna Islam 3.00 % 1.00 % 1
 Arab, Dhofari 140,000 140,000 1 Arabic, Dhofari Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 3
 Arab, Egyptian general 84,000 73,774,000 35 Arabic, Egyptian Islam 13.00 % 3.90 % -
 Arab, Jordanian 20,000 5,025,000 12 Arabic, Levantine Islam 3.00 % 0.30 % 1
 Arab, Omani 2,281,000 3,238,000 10 Arabic, Omani Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 46
 Arab, Saudi - Najdi 46,000 15,837,000 11 Arabic, Najdi Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Arab, Sudanese 22,000 19,600,000 19 Arabic, Sudanese Islam 5.00 % 1.00 % 1
 Arab, Yemeni 18,000 9,672,000 16 Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni Islam ☀︎ 0.06 % 0.00 % 1
 Baloch, Southern 645,000 1,795,000 6 Balochi, Southern Islam ☀︎ 0.02 % 0.02 % 13
 Bathari 400 400 1 Arabic, Omani Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 British 14,000 55,399,000 126 English Christianity 60.00 % 8.00 % -
 Deaf 27,000 51,182,000 216 Language unknown Islam 2.76 % 1
 Filipino, Tagalog 106,000 40,441,000 56 Tagalog Christianity 93.00 % 12.00 % -
 Gujarati 56,000 2,934,000 29 Gujarati Islam 1.00 % 0.50 % 1
 Harasi, Arabized 2,800 2,800 1 Arabic, Omani Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Hindi 17,000 2,810,000 17 Hindi Hinduism 0.60 % 0.00 % 1
 Hobyot 200 700 2 Hobyot Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Korean 4,800 82,148,000 51 Korean Non-Religious 31.00 % 17.00 % -
 Kumzari 6,000 6,700 2 Kumzari Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Luwathiya 47,000 47,000 1 Luwati Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Mahra 100,000 284,000 5 Mehri Islam ☀︎ 0.01 % 0.01 % 2
 Malayali 250,000 1,748,000 12 Malayalam Hinduism 4.00 % 3.00 % -
 Persian 76,000 48,149,000 42 Persian, Iranian Islam 0.50 % 0.30 % 2
  Totals:  35 5,433,000           17 ☀︎  27 2.76 % 0.63 % 109 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 62,000                  
  UN Country Population (2025) 5,495,000                  

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Province Estimated
Population
Ad Dakhliyah 555,000
Al Batinah North 904,000
Al Batinah South 500,000
Al Buraymi 136,000
Al Dhahira 258,000
Al Wusta 56,000
Ash Sharqiyah North 328,000
Ash Sharqiyah South 371,000
Dhofar 531,000
Musandam 53,000
Muscat 1,706,000
Provinces:  11 5,398,000
UN Country Population 5,495,000
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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
Arabic, Baharna abv 1 1 Translation Started
Arabic, Dhofari adf 1 1 Translation Started
Arabic, Egyptian arz 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Gulf afb 1 1 Bible Portions
Arabic, Levantine apc 1 1 Bible Portions
Arabic, Najdi ars 1 1 Bible Portions
Arabic, Omani acx 3 3 Unspecified
Arabic, Shihhi ssh 1 1 Translation Started
Arabic, Sudanese apd 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni acq 1 1 Bible Portions
Balochi, Southern bcc 1 1 Unspecified
Bengali ben 1 1 Complete Bible
English eng 2 0 Complete Bible
Gujarati guj 1 1 Complete Bible
Hindi hin 1 1 Complete Bible
Hobyot hoh 1 1 Unspecified
Korean kor 1 0 Complete Bible
Kumzari zum 1 1 Translation Needed
Luwati luv 1 1 Translation Needed
Malayalam mal 1 0 Complete Bible
Mehri gdq 1 1 Bible Portions
Persian, Iranian pes 1 1 Complete Bible
Punjabi, Eastern pan 1 1 Complete Bible
Shehri shv 1 1 Unspecified
Sindhi snd 1 1 Complete Bible
Sinhala sin 1 0 Complete Bible
Swahili swh 1 1 Complete Bible
Tagalog tgl 1 0 Complete Bible
Tamil tam 1 0 Complete Bible
Turkish tur 1 1 Complete Bible
Unknown xxx 1 1 Unspecified
Urdu urd 1 1 Complete Bible
Totals: 32 35 27   20 21 21 21 13
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Oman Statistics
People Groups 35
Unreached People Groups 27  (77.1%)
Population 5,433,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 1.9%
Population in Unreached 4,915,000  (90.5%)
Primary Religion Islam
Percent Christian Adherent 2.8%
Percent Evangelical 0.6%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 109
Country Progress Level 1
Continent Asia
Region Africa, North and Middle East
10/40 Window Yes
Country Code MU
Official Language(s) Arabic, StandardArabic, Omani
Literacy Rate 99%
Estimated Illiterate Population 54,000
Persecution Ranking 32 (1=Highest) Open Doors