Argentina people groups, languages and religions

Country: Argentina

Number of People Groups

People Groups Unreached

2 (2.4%)

Progress Level

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

Total
Population

45,481,000

Population in Unreached

176,000 (0.4%)

Largest Religion

Christianity (93.1%)

% Christian Adherent

93.13%

% Evangelical

11.06%

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

2.1%

(Global Rate = 2.6%)

Map Notes

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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
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= Frontier peoples
People Group ▲	Population this Country	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Afro-Argentine	137,000	137,000	●	Spanish	Christianity	5 ●	97.00 %	12.00 %	-1 -
Afro-Bolivian	1,300	134,000		Spanish	Christianity	5 ●	98.50 %	12.00 %	-1 -
Afro-Caribbean, other	2,900	114,000		Spanish	Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	12.00 %	-1 -
Afro-Paraguayan	1,900	74,000		Spanish	Christianity	4 ●	100.00 %	6.00 %	-1 -
Afro-Peruvian	1,400	166,000		Spanish	Christianity	4 ●	100.00 %	7.00 %	-1 -
Afro-Uruguayan	2,400	71,000		Spanish	Christianity	4 ●	91.00 %	6.00 %	-1 -
Arab, Palestinian	1,200	11,044,000		Arabic, South Levantine Spoken	Islam	2 ●	32.00 %	2.00 %	-1 -
Arab, Syrian	1,495,000	17,357,000		Arabic, North Levantine Spoken	Islam	2 ●	38.00 %	1.35 %	-1 -
Argentinian, White	35,889,000	36,219,000	●	Spanish	Christianity	5 ●	96.92 %	12.39 %	-1 -
Armenian	152,000	6,276,000		Armenian, Western	Christianity	4 ●	90.00 %	2.50 %	-1 -
Atacameno	15,000	41,000	●	Spanish	Christianity	4 ●	60.00 %	5.00 %	-1 -
Aymara	4,500	1,756,000		Aymara, Central	Christianity	3 ●	65.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Belarusian	4,000	9,403,000		Belarusian	Christianity	4 ●	80.00 %	4.00 %	-1 -
Black African, general	16,000	1,127,000		Spanish	Christianity	4 ●	75.00 %	6.00 %	-1 -
Brazilian, Black	1,700	13,475,000		Spanish	Christianity	5 ●	89.00 %	23.00 %	-1 -
Brazilian, White	44,000	100,397,000		Portuguese	Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	29.00 %	-1 -
British	9,600	54,227,000		English	Christianity	4 ●	60.00 %	7.00 %	-1 -
Cape Verdean	15,000	778,000		Kabuverdianu	Christianity	4 ●	98.00 %	7.00 %	-1 -
Catalonian	202,000	4,272,000		Catalan	Christianity	3 ●	96.00 %	0.70 %	-1 -
Chane	4,900	4,900	●	Guarani, Eastern Bolivian	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	50.00 %	8.57 %	-1 -
Charrua	17,000	17,000	●	Spanish	Christianity	4 ●	65.00 %	6.00 %	-1 -
Chilean	211,000	17,484,000		Spanish	Christianity	5 ●	89.00 %	18.00 %	-1 -
Chinese, general	78,000	15,577,000		Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	2 ●	31.00 %	0.50 %	-1 -
Chorote, Eklenjuy	900	900	●	Chorote, Iyojwa'ja	Christianity	4 ●	70.00 %	8.88 %	-1 -
Chorote, Manjuy	1,800	2,500	●	Chorote, Iyo'wujwa	Christianity	5 ●	80.00 %	14.00 %	-1 -
Chulupe	1,200	17,000		Nivacle	Ethnic Religions	5 ●	40.00 %	20.00 %	-1 -
Comechingon	39,000	39,000	●	Spanish	Christianity	4 ●	65.00 %	5.00 %	-1 -
Croat	4,200	5,330,000		Croatian	Christianity	3 ●	91.00 %	0.30 %	-1 -
Czech	8,100	10,903,000		Czech	Non-Religious	2 ●	30.00 %	0.80 %	-1 -
Deaf	228,000	48,207,000	●	Argentine Sign Language	Christianity	3 ●	89.28 %	-1	-1 -
Diaguita	74,000	122,000	●	Spanish	Christianity	4 ●	70.00 %	4.00 %	-1 -
French	17,000	50,807,000		French	Christianity	3 ●	76.00 %	0.50 %	-1 -
Galician	768,000	3,235,000		Galician	Christianity	3 ●	96.00 %	0.30 %	-1 -
German	43,000	66,476,000		German, Standard	Christianity	4 ●	78.00 %	7.00 %	-1 -
Greek	42,000	10,352,000		Greek	Christianity	3 ●	95.00 %	0.20 %	-1 -
Guarani, Ava	24,000	41,000	●	Guarani, Ava	Christianity	4 ●	90.00 %	10.00 %	-1 -
Guarani, Eastern Bolivian	24,000	158,000		Guarani, Eastern Bolivian	Christianity	4 ●	70.00 %	4.90 %	-1 -
Guarani, Mbya	9,100	35,000	●	Guarani, Mbya	Christianity	4 ●	80.00 %	2.25 %	-1 -
Huarpe	37,000	37,000	●	Spanish	Christianity	4 ●	60.00 %	5.00 %	-1 -
Italian	1,138,000	38,333,000		Italian	Christianity	3 ●	83.00 %	1.13 %	-1 -
Japanese	38,000	122,406,000		Japanese	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	40.00 %	1.20 %	-1 -
Jew, Spanish-speaking	175,000	285,000	●	Spanish	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.21 %	0.21 %	4
Kaiwa	600	37,000		Kaiwa	Christianity	5 ●	70.00 %	35.00 %	-1 -
Kolla	72,000	72,000	●	Spanish	Christianity	4 ●	65.00 %	4.00 %	-1 -
Korean	33,000	81,132,000		Korean	Christianity	5 ●	80.00 %	30.00 %	-1 -
Lao	2,000	3,833,000		Lao	Buddhism	2 ●	10.00 %	0.80 %	-1 -
Lule	4,100	4,100	●	Spanish	Christianity	4 ●	55.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Maimara	2,100	2,100	●	Spanish	Christianity	4 ●	60.00 %	5.00 %	-1 -
Mapuche, Araucanian	134,000	1,749,000		Mapudungun	Christianity	4 ●	80.00 %	4.00 %	-1 -
Mennonite	4,100	484,000		Plautdietsch	Christianity	5 ●	94.00 %	35.00 %	-1 -
Mocovi	25,000	25,000	●	Mocovi	Christianity	4 ●	60.00 %	10.00 %	-1 -
Native Argentine, Mestizo	1,801,000	8,970,000	●	Spanish	Christianity	5 ●	95.00 %	12.39 %	-1 -
Omaguaca	7,600	7,600	●	Spanish	Christianity	4 ●	60.00 %	4.00 %	-1 -
Ona	3,100	3,100	●	Spanish	Christianity	4 ●	70.00 %	4.00 %	-1 -
Pampa	24,000	24,000	●	Spanish	Christianity	4 ●	65.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Paraguayan, Guarani-speaking	605,000	7,004,000		Guarani, Paraguayan	Christianity	4 ●	90.00 %	10.00 %	-1 -
Peruvian	172,000	25,472,000		Spanish	Christianity	5 ●	96.00 %	14.00 %	-1 -
Pilaga Toba	5,700	6,000	●	Pilaga	Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	45.00 %	-1 -
Polish	202,000	42,410,000		Polish	Christianity	3 ●	90.00 %	0.50 %	-1 -
Portuguese	15,000	19,412,000		Portuguese	Christianity	4 ●	93.00 %	7.00 %	-1 -
Quechua, Northwest Jujuy	2,100	2,100	●	Quechua, South Bolivian	Christianity	4 ●	94.00 %	10.00 %	-1 -
Quechua, South Bolivian	83,000	1,888,000		Quechua, South Bolivian	Christianity	4 ●	98.85 %	4.00 %	-1 -
Querandi	4,100	4,100	●	Spanish	Christianity	4 ●	65.00 %	4.00 %	-1 -
Quichua, Santiago del Estero	65,000	65,000	●	Quichua, Santiago del Estero	Christianity	3 ●	94.00 %	0.40 %	-1 -
Rankulche	17,000	17,000	●	Spanish	Christianity	4 ●	70.00 %	4.00 %	-1 -
Romani, Vlax	60,000	1,135,000		Romani, Vlax	Christianity	3 ●	80.00 %	2.00 %	-1 -
Romanian	17,000	21,045,000		Romanian	Christianity	4 ●	84.00 %	7.00 %	-1 -
Russian	32,000	135,564,000		Russian	Christianity	3 ●	70.00 %	0.40 %	-1 -
Sanaviron	3,200	3,200	●	Spanish	Christianity	4 ●	70.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Serb	6,500	9,910,000		Serbian	Christianity	3 ●	85.00 %	0.20 %	-1 -
Slovak	9,300	5,082,000		Slovak	Christianity	5 ●	80.00 %	12.00 %	-1 -
Slovene	12,000	1,942,000		Slovene	Christianity	3 ●	95.00 %	0.30 %	-1 -
Spaniard	598,000	29,270,000		Spanish	Christianity	3 ●	95.00 %	0.20 %	-1 -
Tapiete, Guarayo	600	3,200	●	Nandeva	Christianity	5 ●	80.00 %	16.00 %	-1 -
Tehuelche, Aoniken	31,000	31,000	●	Mapudungun	Christianity	3 ●	90.00 %	0.40 %	-1 -
Toba Qom	140,000	142,000	●	Toba	Christianity	5 ●	95.00 %	50.00 %	-1 -
Tonocote	4,800	4,800	●	Quichua, Santiago del Estero	Christianity	3 ●	70.00 %	0.80 %	-1 -
Turk	800	65,256,000		Turkish	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Ukrainian	32,000	37,192,000		Ukrainian	Christianity	4 ●	80.00 %	4.00 %	-1 -
Uruguayan, White	127,000	2,841,000		Spanish	Christianity	4 ●	71.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Vejoz Mataco	47,000	47,000	●	Wichi Lhamtes Vejoz	Christianity	4 ●	85.00 %	8.00 %	-1 -
Vilela	600	600	●	Toba	Christianity	3 ●	80.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Weenhayek, Wichi Lhames Nocten	47,000	49,000	●	Weenhayek	Christianity	4 ●	80.00 %	10.00 %	-1 -
Welsh	5,000	661,000		Welsh	Christianity	4 ●	60.00 %	8.00 %	-1 -
Wichi, Pilcomayo Mataco	45,000	47,000	●	Wichi Lhamtes Guisnay	Christianity	5 ●	70.00 %	28.00 %	-1 -
Totals: 85	45,481,000					2 ●	93.13 %	11.06 %	5
Unclassified / Other Individuals	125,000
UN Country Population (2021)	45,606,000

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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Province ▲	Estimated Population
Buenos Aires	17,355,000
Catamarca	412,000
Chaco	1,191,000
Chubut	604,000
Ciudad de Buenos Aires	3,096,000
Córdoba	3,718,000
Corrientes	1,111,000
Entre Ríos	1,373,000
Formosa	601,000
Jujuy	761,000
La Pampa	355,000
La Rioja	387,000
Mendoza	1,967,000
Misiones	1,244,000
Neuquén	653,000
Río Negro	735,000
Salta	1,402,000
San Juan	771,000
San Luis	501,000
Santa Cruz	351,000
Santa Fe	3,514,000
Santiago del Estero	967,000
Tierra del Fuego	167,000
Tucumán	1,669,000
Provinces: 24	44,905,000
UN Country Population	45,606,000

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Class ▲	Population	% Popl	% Hindu	% Muslim	% Christian	% Buddhist	% Sikh	% Other
Forward Caste (FC)	282,458,000	621.0 %	97.2 %	0.0 %	1.2 %	0.1 %	0.0 %	1.4 %
Other Backward Classes (OBC)	778,555,000	1,711.8 %	70.6 %	24.5 %	1.8 %	0.1 %	2.3 %	0.8 %
Scheduled Caste (SC)	207,795,000	456.9 %	93.3 %	0.0 %	0.4 %	3.6 %	2.6 %	0.0 %
Scheduled Tribe (ST)	118,286,000	260.1 %	81.3 %	1.5 %	9.4 %	0.8 %	0.0 %	6.8 %
	45,481,000

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Language ▲	Code	# Peoples w/ this Primary Language	# Unreached w/ this Primary Language	Scripture Status	NT Text Online	NT Audio Online	Jesus Film Online	Audio Recordings Online	Gospel Tract Online
Arabic, North Levantine Spoken	apc	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	1	-1	1	-1
Arabic, South Levantine Spoken	ajp	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Argentine Sign Language	aed	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Armenian, Western	hyw	1	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	1	-1
Aymara, Central	ayr	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Belarusian	bel	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Catalan	cat	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Chinese, Mandarin	cmn	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Chorote, Iyo'wujwa	crq	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	1	-1	1	-1
Chorote, Iyojwa'ja	crt	1	0	4 New Testament	1	1	-1	1	-1
Croatian	hrv	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Czech	ces	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
English	eng	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
French	fra	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Galician	glg	1	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	-1	1	1	-1
German, Standard	deu	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Greek	ell	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Guarani, Ava	nhd	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	-1	-1	1	-1
Guarani, Eastern Bolivian	gui	2	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Guarani, Mbya	gun	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Guarani, Paraguayan	gug	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Italian	ita	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Japanese	jpn	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Kabuverdianu	kea	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Kaiwa	kgk	1	0	4 New Testament	1	-1	1	1	-1
Korean	kor	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Lao	lao	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Mapudungun	arn	2	0	4 New Testament	1	1	1	1	-1
Mocovi	moc	1	0	4 New Testament	1	-1	-1	1	-1
Nandeva	tpj	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Nivacle	cag	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	-1	1	-1
Pilaga	plg	1	0	4 New Testament	1	-1	-1	1	-1
Plautdietsch	pdt	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Polish	pol	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Portuguese	por	2	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Quechua, South Bolivian	quh	2	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Quichua, Santiago del Estero	qus	2	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Romani, Vlax	rmy	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Romanian	ron	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Russian	rus	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Serbian	srp	1	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	1	-1
Slovak	slk	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Slovene	slv	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Spanish	spa	29	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Toba	tob	2	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	-1	1	-1
Turkish	tur	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Ukrainian	ukr	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Weenhayek	mtp	1	0	4 New Testament	1	-1	-1	1	-1
Welsh	cym	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Wichi Lhamtes Guisnay	mzh	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Wichi Lhamtes Vejoz	wlv	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Totals:	51	85	2		40	38	38	49	0

MAJOR RELIGIONS ▲	Percent
Buddhism	0.1 %
Christianity (Evangelical 11.1 %)	93.1 %
Ethnic Religions	1.1 %
Hinduism	0.0 %
Islam	1.8 %
Non-Religious	2.7 %
Other / Small Religions	1.3 %
Unknown	0.0 %

CHRISTIAN SEGMENTS ▲	Percent
Anglican	0.3 %
Independent	4.8 %
Orthodox	1.4 %
Other Christian	1.5 %
Protestant	6.6 %
Roman Catholic	83.4 %

Notes:

Major Religions: Religion percentages are derived from summing Joshua Project's data for all people groups who live in each country. The number of individuals who practice each religion, by people group, are summed. This number is divided by the country's total population to derive the religion's percentage.

Christianity Segments: Christian segment percentages are derived from summing Joshua Project's data for all the people groups who live in each country. The number of individuals who practice each segment of Christianity, by people group, are summed. This number is divided by the country's total number of Christians to derive the Christian segment's percentage.

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Argentina Statistics
People Groups	85
Unreached People Groups	2 (2.4%)
Population	45,481,000
Population Annual Growth Rate	1.0%
Population in Unreached	176,000 (0.4%)
Primary Religion	Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent	93.1%
Percent Evangelical	11.1%
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate	2.1%
Pioneer Workers Needed *	5
Country Progress Level	5 ●
Urbanization	92%
Continent	South America
Region	America, Latin
10/40 Window	No
Country Code	AR
Official Language(s)	Spanish
Literacy Rate	99%
Estimated Illiterate Population	455,000
Persecution Ranking	Not ranked

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