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People Groups
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Population Indig % Evangel % Adherent Progress Scale Primary Religion Primary Language Pho Map Txt
Afghani, general26,0000.00 %0.00 %1 IslamDariP
Afghani, general
 T
Albanian, general13,0000.40 %24.00 %2 IslamAlbanian, ToskP
Albanian, general
M
Albanian, general of Belgium
T
Algerian, Arabic-speaking53,0000.50 %1.00 %1 IslamArabic, Algerian SpokenP
Algerian, Arabic-speaking
 T
Americans, U.S.14,00030.00 %87.00 %5 ChristianityEnglishP
Americans, U.S.
 T
Amhara, Ethiopian1,0004.00 %82.00 %4 ChristianityAmharicP
Amhara, Ethiopian
M
Amhara, Ethiopian of Belgium
 
Anglo-Australian80015.00 %70.00 %5 ChristianityEnglishP
Anglo-Australian
  
Anglo-Canadian3,0009.00 %76.00 %4 ChristianityEnglishP
Anglo-Canadian
  
Arab, Egyptian1,5003.00 %7.00 %4 IslamArabic, Egyptian SpokenP
Arab, Egyptian
 T
Arab, Iraqi21,0000.30 %2.00 %1 IslamArabic, Mesopotamian SpokenP
Arab, Iraqi
M
Arab, Iraqi of Belgium
T
Arab, Lebanese2,5004.00 %35.00 %4 IslamArabic, North Levantine SpokenP
Arab, Lebanese
 T
Arab, Libyan4,6000.07 %0.10 %1 IslamArabic, Libyan SpokenP
Arab, Libyan
 T
Arab, Moroccan342,0000.07 %0.11 %1 IslamArabic, Moroccan SpokenP
Arab, Moroccan
M
Arab, Moroccan of Belgium
T
Arab, Syrian15,0000.40 %3.00 %1 IslamArabic, North Levantine SpokenP
Arab, Syrian
M
Arab, Syrian of Belgium
T
Arab, Tunisian21,0000.20 %0.30 %1 IslamArabic, Tunisian SpokenP
Arab, Tunisian
 T
Armenian10,00012.00 %90.00 %5 ChristianityArmenian, WesternP
Armenian
  
Austrian, Bavarian2,7000.30 %85.00 %3 ChristianityBavarianP
Austrian, Bavarian
 T
Azerbaijani1,1000.50 %1.00 %1 IslamAzerbaijani, NorthP
Azerbaijani
 T
Belarusian1,7002.00 %68.00 %3 ChristianityBelarusianP
Belarusian
  
Berber, Kabyle55,0001.50 %2.00 %1 IslamAmazighP
Berber, Kabyle
M
Berber, Kabyle of Belgium
T
Berber, Shawiya42,0000.07 %0.10 %1 IslamTachawitP
Berber, Shawiya
 T
Black African, general121,0004.00 %39.00 %4 IslamFrenchP
Black African, general
  
Bosniak2,6000.40 %0.50 %1 IslamBosnianP
Bosniak
 T
Brazilian, White15,00025.00 %86.00 %5 ChristianityPortugueseP
Brazilian, White
  
British26,0006.00 %72.00 %4 ChristianityEnglishP
British
  
Bulgarian47,0004.00 %80.00 %4 ChristianityBulgarianP
Bulgarian
  
Chechen18,0000.00 %0.00 %1 IslamChechenP
Chechen
 T
Chilean1,10012.00 %85.00 %5 ChristianitySpanishP
Chilean
  
Chinese, general22,0003.00 %12.00 %4 BuddhismChinese, MandarinP
Chinese, general
  
Colombian, Mestizo1,8007.00 %95.00 %4 ChristianitySpanishP
Colombian, Mestizo
  
Congolese, general24,00018.00 %94.00 %5 ChristianityLingalaP
Congolese, general
  
Cuban7005.00 %56.00 %4 ChristianitySpanishP
Cuban
  
Czech3,2000.70 %25.00 %2 Non-ReligiousCzechP
Czech
  
Danish3,1003.00 %85.00 %4 ChristianityDanishP
Danish
  
Deaf23,000Y62.72 %3 ChristianityFrench Belgian Sign LanguageP
Deaf
 T
Dominican8006.00 %90.00 %4 ChristianitySpanishP
Dominican
  
Dutch191,0004.00 %47.00 %4 Non-ReligiousDutchP
Dutch
  
Ecuadorian, Mestizo3,5005.00 %94.00 %4 ChristianitySpanishP
Ecuadorian, Mestizo
  
Estonian9004.00 %40.00 %4 Non-ReligiousEstonian, StandardP
Estonian
  
European, general49,0000.50 %65.00 %3 ChristianityEnglishP
European, general
  
Filipino, Tagalog3,50012.00 %98.00 %5 ChristianityTagalogP
Filipino, Tagalog
  
Finnish3,20013.00 %85.00 %5 ChristianityFinnishP
Finnish
  
Flemish5,459,000Y1.32 %68.95 %3 ChristianityWest FlemishP
Flemish
 T
French218,0000.50 %76.00 %3 ChristianityFrenchP
French
 T
Fulbe8,5000.50 %1.00 %1 IslamPularP
Fulbe
 T
Georgian3,2001.20 %85.00 %3 ChristianityGeorgianP
Georgian
  
German51,0002.00 %74.00 %3 ChristianityGerman, StandardP
German
  
German Swiss2,2003.00 %75.00 %4 ChristianityGerman, SwissP
German Swiss
  
Greek29,0000.20 %95.00 %3 ChristianityGreekP
Greek
 T
Hungarian4,7002.00 %85.00 %3 ChristianityHungarianP
Hungarian
  
Hutu, Rundi2,30015.00 %90.00 %5 ChristianityRundiP
Hutu, Rundi
  
Hutu, Rwandese4,90020.00 %90.00 %5 ChristianityKinyarwandaP
Hutu, Rwandese
  
Irish4,0001.00 %95.00 %3 ChristianityEnglishP
Irish
  
Italian280,0000.50 %80.00 %3 ChristianityItalianP
Italian
 T
Japanese4,7000.30 %2.00 %1 BuddhismJapaneseP
Japanese
 T
Jew, French29,0000.10 %1.00 %1 Ethnic ReligionsFrenchP
Jew, French
M
Jew, French of Belgium
T
Kazakh2,6000.30 %0.50 %1 IslamKazakhP
Kazakh
 T
Khmer5001.00 %7.00 %2 BuddhismKhmerP
Khmer
 T
Korean80015.00 %35.00 %5 ChristianityKoreanP
Korean
  
Kurd, Kurmanji29,0000.07 %0.11 %1 IslamKurdish, NorthernP
Kurd, Kurmanji
 T
Latin American, general12,00010.00 %90.00 %4 ChristianitySpanishP
Latin American, general
  
Latvian1,20010.00 %55.00 %4 ChristianityLatvian, StandardP
Latvian
  
Lithuanian1,8001.00 %80.00 %3 ChristianityLithuanianP
Lithuanian
  
Luxembourger4,6000.05 %95.00 %3 ChristianityLuxembourgishP
Luxembourger
 T
Macedonian6,3000.50 %85.00 %3 ChristianityMacedonianP
Macedonian
 T
Mauritian7008.00 %51.00 %4 ChristianityMorisyenP
Mauritian
  
Mexican1,0008.00 %95.00 %4 ChristianitySpanishP
Mexican
  
Moldovans1,4005.00 %74.00 %4 ChristianityRomanianP
Moldovans
  
Mongol, Khalka8002.00 %4.00 %1 Ethnic ReligionsMongolian, HalhP
Mongol, Khalka
 T
Moor1,5000.00 %0.00 %1 IslamArabic, HassaniyyaP
Moor
M
Moor of Belgium
T
Mossi80012.00 %30.00 %5 IslamMooreP
Mossi
  
Norwegian1,4006.00 %95.00 %4 ChristianityNorwegianP
Norwegian
  
Persian13,0001.60 %2.00 %1 IslamPersian, IranianP
Persian
 T
Peruvian1,20012.00 %95.00 %5 ChristianitySpanishP
Peruvian
  
Polish98,0000.12 %90.00 %3 ChristianityPolishP
Polish
 T
Portuguese55,0000.60 %94.00 %3 ChristianityPortugueseP
Portuguese
 T
Romani, Vlax16,00018.00 %90.00 %5 ChristianityRomani, VlaxP
Romani, Vlax
M
Romani, Vlax of Belgium
T
Romanian122,0005.00 %90.00 %4 ChristianityRomanianP
Romanian
  
Russian62,0000.30 %70.00 %3 ChristianityRussianP
Russian
  
Serb6,2001.00 %75.00 %3 ChristianitySerbianP
Serb
  
Slovak5,7001.00 %90.00 %3 ChristianitySlovakP
Slovak
  
Somali1,4001.00 %1.00 %1 IslamSomaliP
Somali
 T
South Asian, general32,0000.80 %2.00 %1 IslamUrduP
South Asian, general
 T
Spaniard79,0000.15 %75.00 %3 ChristianitySpanishP
Spaniard
 T
Swedish4,6006.00 %57.00 %4 ChristianitySwedishP
Swedish
  
Syrian Aramaic, Turoyo2,0002.00 %90.00 %3 ChristianityTuroyoP
Syrian Aramaic, Turoyo
M
Syrian Aramaic, Turoyo of Belgium
 
Tajik5,1000.02 %0.03 %1 IslamTajikP
Tajik
 T
Thai3,5000.50 %1.00 %1 BuddhismThaiP
Thai
 T
Tibetan5,0000.00 %0.00 %1 BuddhismTibetan, CentralP
Tibetan
 T
Turk163,0000.07 %0.10 %1 IslamTurkishP
Turk
 T
Ukrainian4,2003.00 %75.00 %4 ChristianityUkrainianP
Ukrainian
  
Urdu9,6000.00 %0.00 %1 IslamUrduP
Urdu
 T
Uzbek, Northern1,7000.00 %0.00 %1 IslamUzbek, NorthernP
Uzbek, Northern
 T
Vietnamese1,30010.00 %17.00 %4 BuddhismVietnameseP
Vietnamese
 T
Walloon3,564,000Y1.32 %69.98 %3 ChristianityWalloonP
Walloon
 T
Wolof1,9002.00 %4.00 %1 IslamWolofP
Wolof
M
Wolof of Belgium
T
Total People Groups:   95 11,616,000 3     29      95 11 48
Unclassified / Other Individuals 40,000  
UN Country Population (2022) 11,656,000  
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Belgium – People Progress

% of People Groups [1]
 
% of Population in People Group [1] [2]
 
Progress Level Peoples % of Peoples Population % of Population [2]
  1 - Unreached 29 30.5 % 914,000 7.9 %
  2 - Minimally reached 3 3.2 % 17,000 0.1 %
  3 - Superficially reached 23 24.2 % 10,010,000 86.2 %
  4 - Partially reached 26 27.4 % 578,000 5.0 %
  5 - Significantly reached 14 14.7 % 98,000 0.8 %
Totals 95   11,616,000  


NOTES:
  1. Small Values: Values less than .3% are not shown on pie charts for labeling clarity.
  2. % of Population in People Group:  The percentage of the population that lives in a people group at each progress level. Not every person living in an unreached people group is necessarily unreached.
Belgium – People Photos   *** Note:  Only people groups with photos available are displayed here.***
 

Afghani, general
26,000


Albanian, general
13,000


Algerian, Arabic-speaking
53,000


Americans, U.S.
14,000


Amhara, Ethiopian
1,000


Anglo-Australian
800


Anglo-Canadian
3,000


Arab, Egyptian
1,500


Arab, Iraqi
21,000


Arab, Lebanese
2,500


Arab, Libyan
4,600


Arab, Moroccan
342,000


© Copyrighted Photo
Arab, Syrian
15,000


Arab, Tunisian
21,000


Armenian
10,000


Austrian, Bavarian
2,700


Azerbaijani
1,100


Belarusian
1,700


Berber, Kabyle
55,000


Berber, Shawiya
42,000


Black African, general
121,000


Bosniak
2,600


Brazilian, White
15,000


British
26,000


Bulgarian
47,000


Chechen
18,000


Chilean
1,100


Chinese, general
22,000


Colombian, Mestizo
1,800


Congolese, general
24,000


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Cuban
700


Czech
3,200


Danish
3,100


Deaf
23,000


Dominican
800


Dutch
191,000


Ecuadorian, Mestizo
3,500


Estonian
900


European, general
49,000


Filipino, Tagalog
3,500


Finnish
3,200


Flemish
5,459,000


French
218,000


Fulbe
8,500


Georgian
3,200


German
51,000


German Swiss
2,200


Greek
29,000


Hungarian
4,700


Hutu, Rundi
2,300


Hutu, Rwandese
4,900


Irish
4,000


Italian
280,000


Japanese
4,700


Jew, French
29,000


Kazakh
2,600


© Copyrighted Photo
Khmer
500


Korean
800


Kurd, Kurmanji
29,000


Latin American, general
12,000


© Copyrighted Photo
Latvian
1,200


Lithuanian
1,800


Luxembourger
4,600


Macedonian
6,300


Mauritian
700


Mexican
1,000


© Copyrighted Photo
Moldovans
1,400


Mongol, Khalka
800


Moor
1,500


Mossi
800


Norwegian
1,400


Persian
13,000


Peruvian
1,200


Polish
98,000


Portuguese
55,000


Romani, Vlax
16,000


Romanian
122,000


Russian
62,000


Serb
6,200


Slovak
5,700


© Copyrighted Photo
Somali
1,400


South Asian, general
32,000


© Copyrighted Photo
Spaniard
79,000


Swedish
4,600


Syrian Aramaic, Turoyo
2,000


Tajik
5,100


Thai
3,500


Tibetan
5,000


Turk
163,000


Ukrainian
4,200


Urdu
9,600


Uzbek, Northern
1,700


© Copyrighted Photo
Vietnamese
1,300


Walloon
3,564,000


Wolof
1,900

Belgium People Photos   *** Note:  Only people groups with photos available are displayed here.***
Belgium – Languages
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Language
Code
# Peoples
Primary
Language
# Unreached
Primary
Language
Bible
Status
Bible
Locator
Audio NT
Online
Jesus
Film
Online
Audio
Recordings
Online
Gospel
Tract
Online
Albanian, Toskals10Complete
Amazighkab11Complete
Amharicamh10Complete
Arabic, Algerian Spokenarq11NT
Arabic, Egyptian Spokenarz10Complete
Arabic, Hassaniyyamey11NT
Arabic, Libyan Spokenayl11Unspecified
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spokenacm11NT
Arabic, Moroccan Spokenary11NT
Arabic, North Levantine Spokenapc21Portions
Arabic, Tunisian Spokenaeb11NT
Armenian, Westernhyw10Complete
Azerbaijani, Northazj11Complete
Bavarianbar10Complete
Belarusianbel10Complete
Bosnianbos11Complete
Bulgarianbul10Complete
Chechenche11Complete
Chinese, Mandarincmn10Complete
Czechces10Complete
Danishdan10Complete
Dariprs11Complete
Dutchnld10Complete
Englisheng60Complete
Estonian, Standardekk10Complete
Finnishfin10Complete
Frenchfra31Complete
French Belgian Sign Languagesfb10Trans Needed
Georgiankat10Complete
German, Standarddeu10Complete
German, Swissgsw10NT
Greekell10Complete
Hungarianhun10Complete
Italianita10Complete
Japanesejpn11Complete
Kazakhkaz11Complete
Khmerkhm10Complete
Kinyarwandakin10Complete
Koreankor10Complete
Kurdish, Northernkmr11Complete
Latvian, Standardlvs10Complete
Lingalalin10Complete
Lithuanianlit10Complete
Luxembourgishltz10NT
Macedonianmkd10Complete
Mongolian, Halhkhk11Complete
Mooremos10Complete
Morisyenmfe10NT
Norwegiannor10Complete
Persian, Iranianpes11Complete
Polishpol10Complete
Portuguesepor20Complete
Pularfuf11NT
Romani, Vlaxrmy10Complete
Romanianron20Complete
Rundirun10Complete
Russianrus10Complete
Serbiansrp10Complete
Slovakslk10Complete
Somalisom11Complete
Spanishspa90Complete
Swedishswe10Complete
Tachawitshy11Portions
Tagalogtgl10Complete
Tajiktgk11Complete
Thaitha11Complete
Tibetan, CentralBOD11Complete
Turkishtur11Complete
Turoyotru10NT
Ukrainianukr10Complete
Urduurd22Complete
Uzbek, Northernuzn11Complete
Vietnamesevie10Complete
Walloonwln10Portions
West Flemishvls10Portions
Wolofwol11NT
Totals: 76 95 29   74 65 69 71 57
Data Notes
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Belgium – Religions
Major Religions [1] [3]
Evangelicals: 1.5 %
(subset of Christianity)
 
% Evangelical and % Professing Christian Trends [4]

NOTES:
  1. Major Religions: Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Major Religion percentages for that people group. Results are summed for each Religion for all Peoples within the country.
  2. Christianity Segments: Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Christianity Segments percentages for that people group. Results are summed for each Christianity Segment for all peoples within the country.
  3. Small Values: Values less than .3% are not shown on pie charts for labeling clarity.
  4. % Evangelical and % Professing Christian Trends:  Source Operation World Editions 1986, 1993, 2001, 2010.
    Zero percent data values may mean unknown or unavailable.
Belgium – Possible Ministry Involvement
  • Below are lists of ministries that may work in Belgium. Ministries in the Belgium section probably minister in this country. Ministries in the Europe, Western section only possibly minister in this country. The purpose of this information is to assist potential new missionaries connect with sending agencies and for general ministry networking. Click on the links below to visit ministry websites for further information. Visit the Power-Of-Connecting "Find a Network Tool" to find further networking information.
  • The lists below do not include all ministries at work in this country or region. There are likely many excellent ministries not listed here. Omissions are not intentional, but occur simply from lack of data. Please contact us to suggest other ministries to include here. Inclusion here is not an endorsement by Joshua Project.
Ministries in Belgium   Ministries in Europe, Western
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Country Level Ministries Size
American Baptist Churches of the USA, Int'l MinistriesMedium
Avant MinistriesMedium
Belgium Evangelical MissionMedium
Bibles and Literature in FrenchSmall
BMS World MissionMedium
Canadian Baptist International MinistriesMedium
Christian Associates InternationalSmall
Church of God, Cleveland, TennesseeMedium
Evangelical Baptist MissionsMedium
Evangelism Explosion InternationalMedium
FEBInternationalMedium
Fellowship International MissionMedium
Free Methodist World MissionsMedium
Greater Europe MissionMedium
International Pentecostal Holiness ChurchMedium
Ministries Listed:  15
 
Regional Level Ministries Size
ABWE (Association of Baptists for World Evangelism)Large
Anglican Frontier MissionsSmall
Assemblies of God World MissionsLarge
Awana Clubs, InternationalMedium
Baptist Bible Fellowship, InternationalMedium
Baptist International Missions, Inc. (BIMI)Medium
Baptist Mid-MissionsMedium
BCM InternationalMedium
Bible LeagueMedium
Campus Crusade for Christ, InternationalLarge
Child Evangelism FellowshipMedium
Christian Church of North America - MissionsSmall
Church of God of ProphecyMedium
Church of the Nazarene World Mission DepartmentMedium
Church World ServiceMedium
Cooperative Baptist FellowshipMedium
Educational Services InternationalMedium
EFCA International MissionMedium
Every Home for ChristMedium
Final Frontiers FoundationLarge
Galcom InternationalSmall
GO InternationalSmall
InterCommSmall
Lutheran Church - Missouri SynodMedium
Navigators, International Missions GroupMedium
One Mission SocietyMedium
PioneersMedium
Salvation ArmyMedium
Seventh-day Adventists General ConferenceMedium
Silent Word MinistriesSmall
Southern Baptist Convention - International Mission BoardLarge
Team ExpansionMedium
Tentmakers InternationalSmall
United Methodist ChurchMedium
United Pentecostal Church Foreign MissionsMedium
United World MissionMedium
World VentureMedium
Worldwide Tentmakers, IncorporatedSmall
Young LifeMedium
Youth with a MissionLarge
Ministries Listed:  40
Data Sources
 
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Belgium – Statistics, Prayer Cards, Maps and Links
 
Statistics
Population 11,616,000
Percent Urbanization 98 %
Total People Groups 95
Unreached People Groups 29
Region Europe, Western
10/40 Window No
Official National Language West Flemish
Secondary National LanguageFrench
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Professing Christian 64.4%  [1]
Percent Evangelical 1.5%  [2]
Country Progress Level 3
Persecution Ranking Not ranked (1=High to 50=Low OD)
Human Development Index 0.896 (0=Low to 1=High UN)

Links
Operation World
Ethnologue Language Listing
State Department Religious Freedom Report
World Factbook

Notes
[1]  Calculated by summing the major religion data for the people groups in the country.
[2]  Calculated by summing the Evangelical data for the people groups in the country.
 
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