Country: Norway

Number of People Groups

61

People Groups Unreached

13 (21.3%)

Progress Level

Progress Gauge

Total
Population

5,452,000

Population in Unreached

262,000 (4.8%)

Largest Religion

% Christian Adherent

87.23%

% Evangelical

7.96%

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

1.0%
Map Notes

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Photo People Group Population
this Country
Global
Population
Indigenous Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale
% Christian
Adherent
% Evangelical Est. Workers
Needed
 Akan 1,900 5,921,000 Akan Christianity 73.00 % 6.00 % -
 Albanian 10,000 5,122,000 Albanian, Gheg Islam 30.00 % 2.00 % -
 Americans, U.S. 7,900 196,885,000 English Christianity 80.00 % 28.90 % -
 Amhara, Ethiopian 3,700 26,487,000 Amharic Christianity 81.00 % 4.00 % -
 Arab, Iraqi 35,000 21,539,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Islam 12.00 % 0.50 % -
 Arab, Lebanese 2,300 6,326,000 Arabic, Levantine Islam 32.00 % 0.50 % -
 Arab, Moroccan 8,100 30,299,000 Arabic, Moroccan Islam 4.00 % 0.50 % 1
 Arab, Syrian 38,000 19,465,000 Arabic, Levantine Islam 10.00 % 0.10 % -
 Black African, general 5,400 1,137,000 Yoruba Christianity 60.00 % 4.00 % -
 Bosniak 19,000 3,159,000 Bosnian Islam 0.70 % 0.10 % 1
 Brazilian, general 1,800 222,000 Portuguese Christianity 91.00 % 26.30 % -
 British 18,000 53,969,000 English Christianity 60.00 % 8.80 % -
 Bulgarian 7,300 6,706,000 Bulgarian Christianity 84.00 % 2.00 % -
 Chilean 8,200 17,860,000 Spanish Christianity 87.00 % 18.40 % -
 Croat 3,500 5,212,000 Croatian Christianity 92.00 % 0.40 % -
 Czech 2,200 10,478,000 Czech Non-Religious 25.00 % 2.00 % -
 Danish 21,000 5,276,000 Danish Christianity 85.00 % 3.50 % -
 Deaf 11,000 49,661,000 Norwegian Sign Language Christianity 91.08 % -
 Dutch 5,600 13,830,000 Dutch Non-Religious 47.00 % 4.30 % -
 Estonian 4,700 1,119,000 Estonian, Standard Non-Religious 38.00 % 6.00 % -
Fanter 1,100 1,100 Norwegian, Traveller Christianity 90.00 % 3.00 % -
 Filipino, Tagalog 27,000 40,521,000 Tagalog Christianity 92.00 % 12.30 % -
 Finnish 7,400 5,688,000 Finnish Christianity 84.00 % 12.50 % -
Finnish, Kven 1,600 1,600 Finnish, Kven Christianity 70.00 % 5.00 % -
 French 3,000 50,509,000 French Christianity 61.00 % 1.00 % -
  Totals:  61 5,452,000         13 87.23 % 7.96 % 13 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 22,000                
  UN Country Population (2023) 5,474,000                

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Province Estimated
Population
Akershus 574,000
Astfold 305,000
Aust-Agder 124,000
Buskerud 289,000
Finnmark 89,000
Hedmark 227,000
Hordaland 528,000
Møre og Romsdal 294,000
Nord-Trøndelag 153,000
Nordland 287,000
Oppland 221,000
Oslo 617,000
Rogaland 459,000
Sogn og Fjordane 129,000
Sør-Trøndelag 321,000
Telemark 200,000
Troms 183,000
Vest-Agder 190,000
Vestfold 260,000
Provinces:  19 5,450,000
UN Country Population 5,474,000
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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
Akan aka 1 0 Complete Bible
Albanian, Gheg aln 1 0 New Testament
Amharic amh 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Levantine apc 2 0 Bible Portions
Arabic, Mesopotamian acm 1 0 New Testament
Arabic, Moroccan ary 1 1 New Testament
Bosnian bos 1 1 Complete Bible
Bulgarian bul 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Croatian hrv 1 0 Complete Bible
Czech ces 1 0 Complete Bible
Danish dan 1 0 Complete Bible
Dutch nld 1 0 Complete Bible
English eng 2 0 Complete Bible
Estonian, Standard ekk 1 0 Complete Bible
Finnish fin 1 0 Complete Bible
Finnish, Kven fkv 1 0 Unspecified
French fra 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Standard deu 1 0 Complete Bible
Greek ell 1 0 Complete Bible
Hungarian hun 1 0 Complete Bible
Icelandic isl 1 0 Complete Bible
Italian ita 1 0 Complete Bible
Kurdish, Northern kmr 1 1 Complete Bible
Latvian, Standard lvs 1 0 Complete Bible
Lithuanian lit 1 0 Complete Bible
Macedonian mkd 1 0 Complete Bible
Norwegian nor 2 1 Complete Bible
Norwegian Sign Language nsl 1 0 Bible Portions
Norwegian, Traveller rmg 1 0 Unspecified
Pashto, Southern pbt 1 1 Bible Portions
Persian, Iranian pes 1 1 Complete Bible
Polish pol 1 0 Complete Bible
Portuguese por 1 0 Complete Bible
Romani, Vlax rmy 1 0 Complete Bible
Romanian ron 1 0 Complete Bible
Russian rus 1 0 Complete Bible
Saami, Lule smj 1 0 New Testament
Saami, North sme 1 0 Complete Bible
Saami, South sma 1 0 Bible Portions
Serbian srp 1 0 Complete Bible
Slovak slk 1 0 Complete Bible
Somali som 1 1 Complete Bible
Spanish spa 3 0 Complete Bible
Swedish swe 2 0 Complete Bible
Tagalog tgl 1 0 Complete Bible
Thai tha 1 1 Complete Bible
Thai, Northeastern tts 1 1 New Testament
Tigre tig 1 1 Complete Bible
Turkish tur 1 1 Complete Bible
Ukrainian ukr 1 0 Complete Bible
Urdu urd 2 2 Complete Bible
Vietnamese vie 1 0 Complete Bible
Yoruba yor 1 0 Complete Bible
Totals: 54 61 13   41 43 47 47 42
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Norway Statistics
People Groups 61
Unreached People Groups 13  (21.3%)
Population 5,452,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 1.1%
Population in Unreached 262,000  (4.8%)
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 87.2%
Percent Evangelical 8.0%
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate 1.0%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 13
Country Progress Level 4
Urbanization 82%
Continent Europe
Region Europe, Western
10/40 Window No
Country Code NO
Official Language(s) Norwegian
Literacy Rate 100%
Estimated Illiterate Population 0
Persecution Ranking Not ranked



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