Country: Cyprus

People Groups
Total

30

People Groups Unreached

5 (16.7%)

People Groups Unreached Frontier

1 (3.3%)

Population
Total

1,367,000

Population in Unreached

268,000 (19.6%)

Population in Unreached Frontier

300 (0.0%)

% Evangelical

1.76%

Progress Scale

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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. 27,000 201,113,000 104 English Christianity 75.00 % 28.90 % -
 Anglo-Australian 3,000 18,872,000 25 English Christianity 69.48 % 16.00 % -
 Arab, Egyptian general 4,400 73,519,000 35 Arabic, Egyptian Islam 15.00 % 4.00 % -
 Arab, Iraqi 2,600 22,461,000 25 Arabic, Mesopotamian Islam 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
 Arab, Lebanese general 1,900 5,398,000 42 Arabic, Levantine Islam 32.00 % 0.50 % -
 Arab, Maronite 1,000 1,000 1 Arabic, Cypriot Christianity 95.00 % 0.20 % -
 Arab, Syrian 15,000 24,536,000 38 Arabic, Levantine Islam 7.00 % 0.10 % -
 Armenian 2,000 6,055,000 54 Armenian, Western Christianity 94.00 % 8.70 % -
 British 20,000 55,381,000 126 English Christianity 60.00 % 8.00 % -
 Bulgarian 27,000 6,769,000 41 Bulgarian Christianity 80.00 % 1.90 % -
 Chinese, general 1,800 16,066,000 64 Chinese, Mandarin Buddhism 12.00 % 3.00 % -
 Cypriots, Greek 850,000 957,000 6 Greek Christianity 94.50 % 0.90 % -
 Cypriots, Turkish 246,000 422,000 5 Turkish Islam 0.50 % 0.26 % 5
 Deaf 2,700 51,168,000 216 Language unknown Christianity 72.42 % -
 Filipino, Tagalog 13,000 40,072,000 56 Tagalog Christianity 91.00 % 12.30 % -
 Georgian 14,000 3,298,000 25 Georgian Christianity 87.00 % 1.40 % -
 German 2,200 67,725,000 78 German, Standard Christianity 64.00 % 2.40 % -
 Greek 22,000 10,115,000 70 Greek Christianity 91.00 % 0.40 % -
 Jewish, Greek 300 3,300 2 Greek Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Moldovan 2,800 2,610,000 20 Romanian Christianity 74.00 % 3.70 % -
 Persian 1,600 48,102,000 43 Persian, Iranian Islam 1.00 % 0.90 % 1
 Polish 4,000 43,155,000 45 Polish Christianity 90.00 % 0.25 % -
 Romani, Carpathian 1,500 212,000 8 Romani, Carpathian Non-Religious 30.00 % 2.00 % -
 Romanian 29,000 20,948,000 40 Romanian Christianity 94.00 % 5.40 % -
 Russian 12,000 136,010,000 71 Russian Christianity 66.00 % 1.20 % -
  Totals:  30 1,367,000           1 ☀︎  5 71.35 % 1.76 %
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 4,000                  
  UN Country Population (2025) 1,371,000                  

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Province Estimated
Population
Famagusta 73,000
Larnaca 222,000
Limassol 371,000
Nicosia 517,000
Paphos 142,000
Provinces:  5 1,325,000
UN Country Population 1,371,000
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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
Arabic, Cypriot acy 1 0 Unspecified
Arabic, Egyptian arz 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Levantine apc 2 0 Bible Portions
Arabic, Mesopotamian acm 1 1 New Testament
Armenian, Western hyw 1 0 Complete Bible
Bulgarian bul 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 1 0 Complete Bible
English eng 3 0 Complete Bible
Georgian kat 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Standard deu 1 0 Complete Bible
Greek ell 3 1 Complete Bible
Hindi hin 1 1 Complete Bible
Persian, Iranian pes 1 1 Complete Bible
Polish pol 1 0 Complete Bible
Romani, Carpathian rmc 1 0 Complete Bible
Romanian ron 2 0 Complete Bible
Russian rus 1 0 Complete Bible
Serbian srp 1 0 Complete Bible
Sinhala sin 1 0 Complete Bible
Tagalog tgl 1 0 Complete Bible
Turkish tur 1 1 Complete Bible
Ukrainian ukr 1 0 Complete Bible
Unknown xxx 1 0 Unspecified
Vietnamese vie 1 0 Complete Bible
Totals: 24 30 5   22 22 22 22 17 16
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  • Church planting agencies in Cyprus
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  • Evangelism agencies
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  • Relief and development agencies
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Cyprus Statistics
People Groups 30
Unreached People Groups 5  (16.7%)
Population 1,367,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 0.9%
Population in Unreached 268,000  (19.6%)
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 71.3%
Percent Evangelical 1.8%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 9
Country Progress Level 3
Continent Europe
Region Europe, Western
10/40 Window No
Country Code CY
Official Language(s) GreekTurkish
Literacy Rate 99%
Estimated Illiterate Population 14,000
Persecution Ranking Not ranked
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