Somali

The Somali people group is reported in 24 countries

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Population All Countries

24,041,000

People Cluster

Somali

Number of Countries

Number Unreached

Largest Religion

Islam

Progress

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%

Map Notes

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Country ▲	Population	Indigenous	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherents	% Evangelical	Bible Status	Online Bible	Jesus Film	Global Recordings	Est. Workers Needed *
Australia	14,000		Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Belgium	1,400		Somali	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Canada	100,000		Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.07 %	0.07 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	2
Denmark	21,000		Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Djibouti	480,000	●	Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.12 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	10
Eritrea	1,700		Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.33 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Ethiopia	7,280,000		Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.14 %	0.03 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	146
Finland	22,000		Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Italy	5,300		Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Kenya	3,050,000	●	Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.11 %	0.09 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	61
Malta	1,100		Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Netherlands	3,000		Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
New Zealand	1,700		Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Norway	44,000		Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.10 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Saudi Arabia	72,000		Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.33 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Somalia	12,075,000	●	Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.30 %	0.01 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	242
South Africa	24,000		Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.40 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Sudan	1,800		Somali	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Sweden	46,000		Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Tanzania	68,000		Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
United Arab Emirates	41,000		Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
United Kingdom	58,000		Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
United States	183,000		Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	4
Yemen	447,000		Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.05 %	0.03 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	9
Totals: 24	24,041,000				24 ●	0.21 %	0.03 %					491

Other reported countries: 1

Somali

Groups reported, but outside the Small People Group Policy conditions. Some may not be viable and/or have incorrect Progress Scale values. The groups listed below are not included in overall Joshua Project people group counts. For possible further information about these groups, please contact us.

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Country ▲	Population	Progress Scale	Primary Language	Primary Religion
Sri Lanka	100	1 ●	Somali	Islam
Totals: 1

For more information see the Joshua Project Small People Group Policy

* 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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