Country: Ireland
| Photo | People Group |
Population this Ctry |
Population Global |
Count Ctrys |
Indigenous | Primary Language |
Primary Religion |
Progress Scale |
% Evangelical Range |
% Christian Adh Range |
Workers Needed * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Russian | 4,400 | 135,212,000 | 72 | Russian | Christianity |
3
|
0.1-2% ● | 50-100% ● | -1 - | |
|
Scots, Ulster | 11,000 | 129,000 | 2 | Scots | Christianity |
4
|
5-10% ● | 50-100% ● | -1 - | |
|
Serb | 1,600 | 7,959,000 | 41 | Serbian | Christianity |
3
|
0.1-2% ● | 50-100% ● | -1 - | |
|
Shona | 1,900 | 1,436,000 | 8 | Shona | Christianity |
5
|
10-50% ● | 50-100% ● | -1 - | |
|
Slovak | 12,000 | 5,199,000 | 27 | Slovak | Christianity |
3
|
0.1-2% ● | 50-100% ● | -1 - | |
|
Somali | 2,200 | 28,892,000 | 38 | Somali | Islam |
0
|
0-0.1% ● | 0-0.1% ● | 1 | |
|
South Asian, Bengali-speaking | 6,300 | 5,098,000 | 24 | Bengali | Islam |
0
|
0-0.1% ● | 0-0.1% ● | 1 | |
|
South Asian, general | 34,000 | 10,807,000 | 59 | Hindi | Hinduism |
1
|
0.1-2% ● | 2-5% ● | 1 | |
|
South Asian, Telugu-speaking | 3,100 | 1,742,000 | 17 | Telugu | Hinduism |
4
|
2-5% ● | 2-5% ● | -1 - | |
|
Spaniard | 7,700 | 30,218,000 | 52 | Spanish | Christianity |
3
|
0.1-2% ● | 50-100% ● | -1 - | |
|
Swahili | 2,200 | 1,210,000 | 27 | Swahili | Islam |
0
|
0-0.1% ● | 0-0.1% ● | 1 | |
|
Swedish | 1,900 | 9,282,000 | 22 | Swedish | Christianity |
4
|
5-10% ● | 50-100% ● | -1 - | |
|
Tamil (Hindu traditions) | 5,500 | 3,652,000 | 29 | Tamil | Hinduism |
1
|
0.1-2% ● | 2-5% ● | 1 | |
|
Thai | 2,500 | 24,395,000 | 38 | Thai | Buddhism |
1
|
0.1-2% ● | 2-5% ● | 1 | |
|
Traveller, Irish | 28,000 | 52,000 | 3 | ● | Shelta | Christianity |
3
|
0.1-2% ● | 50-100% ● | -1 - |
|
Turk | 1,700 | 67,716,000 | 69 | Turkish | Islam |
0
|
0-0.1% ● | 0-0.1% ● | 1 | |
|
Ukrainian | 3,800 | 33,429,000 | 53 | Ukrainian | Christianity |
4
|
2-5% ● | 50-100% ● | -1 - | |
|
Urdu | 8,400 | 2,937,000 | 28 | Urdu | Islam |
0
|
0-0.1% ● | 0-0.1% ● | 1 | |
|
Vietnamese | 1,600 | 89,771,000 | 39 | Vietnamese | Buddhism |
2
|
0.1-2% ● | 5-10% ● | -1 - | |
|
Welsh | 10,000 | 677,000 | 7 | Welsh | Christianity |
4
|
5-10% ● | 50-100% ● | -1 - | |
|
Yoruba | 10,000 | 48,482,000 | 19 | Yoruba | Christianity |
5
|
10-50% ● | 50-100% ● | -1 - | |
| Totals: 71 | 5,273,000 | 17 ◼︎ (9 ✸︎) | 1.77 % | 89.74 % | 17 | ||||||
| Unclassified / Other Individuals | 35,000 | ||||||||||
| UN Country Population (2025) | 5,308,000 |
| Province ▲ | Estimated Population |
|---|---|
| Carlow | 63,000 |
| Cavan | 83,000 |
| Clare | 131,000 |
| Cork | 595,000 |
| Donegal | 175,000 |
| Dublin | 1,476,000 |
| Galway | 284,000 |
| Kerry | 162,000 |
| Kildare | 244,000 |
| Kilkenny | 109,000 |
| Laoighis | 93,000 |
| Leitrim | 35,000 |
| Limerick | 214,000 |
| Longford | 45,000 |
| Louth | 140,000 |
| Mayo | 143,000 |
| Meath | 214,000 |
| Monaghan | 67,000 |
| Offaly | 86,000 |
| Roscommon | 70,000 |
| Sligo | 71,000 |
| Tipperary | 176,000 |
| Waterford | 127,000 |
| Westmeath | 97,000 |
| Wexford | 165,000 |
| Wicklow | 156,000 |
| Provinces: 26 | 5,221,000 |
| UN Country Population | 5,308,000 |
| 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 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Albanian, Gheg | aln | 1 | 0 | 4 New Testament | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| Arabic, Levantine | apc | 1 | 0 | 3 Bible Portions | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1 |
| Bengali | ben | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bosnian | bos | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| Bulgarian | bul | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| Chinese, Mandarin | cmn | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Croatian | hrv | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| Czech | ces | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| Danish | dan | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dutch | nld | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Edo | bin | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1 |
| English | eng | 11 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Estonian, Standard | ekk | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| Finnish | fin | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| French | fra | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Georgian | kat | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| German, Standard | deu | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Greek | ell | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Hindi | hin | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Hungarian | hun | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Igbo | ibo | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| Irish | gle | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1 |
| Irish Sign Language | isg | 1 | 1 | 1 Translation Needed | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 |
| Italian | ita | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Japanese | jpn | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Korean | kor | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Kurdish, Northern | kmr | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
| Latvian, Standard | lvs | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| Lingala | lin | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Lithuanian | lit | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| Malay | zlm | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| Malayalam | mal | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Morisyen | mfe | 1 | 0 | 4 New Testament | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1 |
| Pashto, Southern | pbt | 1 | 1 | 3 Bible Portions | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1 |
| Persian, Iranian | pes | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Polish | pol | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Portuguese | por | 2 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Punjabi, Western | pnb | 1 | 1 | 4 New Testament | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| Romanian | ron | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Russian | rus | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Scots | sco | 1 | 0 | 4 New Testament | 1 | -1 | -1 | 1 | -1 | -1 |
| Serbian | srp | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Shelta | sth | 1 | 0 | 0 Unspecified | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 |
| Shona | sna | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Slovak | slk | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| Somali | som | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Spanish | spa | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Swahili | swh | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Swedish | swe | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| Tagalog | tgl | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
| Tamil | tam | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Telugu | tel | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Thai | tha | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Turkish | tur | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ukrainian | ukr | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Urdu | urd | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Vietnamese | vie | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Welsh | cym | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| Yoruba | yor | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals: | 60 | 71 | 17 | 57 | 55 | 57 | 56 | 37 | 50 |
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| People Groups | 71 |
| Unreached People Groups | 17 (23.9%) |
| Population | 5,273,000 |
| Population Annual Growth Rate | 0.7% |
| Population in Unreached | 87,000 (1.6%) |
| Primary Religion | Christianity |
| Percent Christian Adherent | 89.7% |
| Percent Evangelical | 1.8% |
| Pioneer Workers Needed * | 17 |
| Country Progress Level | |
| Continent | Europe |
| Region | Europe, Western |
| 10/40 Window | No |
| Country Code | EI |
| Official Language(s) | English | Irish |
| Literacy Rate | 99% |
| Estimated Illiterate Population | 53,000 |
| Persecution Ranking | Not ranked |
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