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People Groups (click people name for profile)	Population	Indig	% Evangel	% Adherent	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	Primary Language	Pho	Map	Txt
Akan	1,300		25.00 %	90.00 %	5	Christianity	Akan	0P Akan	1	1
Albanian	12,000		0.50 %	38.00 %	2	Islam	Albanian, Gheg	0P Albanian	1	1
Americans, U.S.	2,900		28.90 %	82.00 %	5	Christianity	English	0P Americans, U.S.	1	0T
Amhara, Ethiopian	1,100		1.10 %	86.00 %	3	Christianity	Amharic	0P Amhara, Ethiopian	0M Amhara, Ethiopian of Finland	1
Anglo-Canadian	700		9.00 %	78.00 %	4	Christianity	English	0P Anglo-Canadian	1	1
Arab, Egyptian	600		3.00 %	13.00 %	4	Islam	Arabic, Egyptian Spoken	0P Arab, Egyptian	1	0T
Arab, Iraqi	16,000		0.20 %	3.00 %	1	Islam	Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken	0P Arab, Iraqi	0M Arab, Iraqi of Finland	0T
Arab, Moroccan	1,000		0.08 %	0.11 %	1	Islam	Arabic, Moroccan Spoken	0P Arab, Moroccan	1	0T
Arab, Syrian	16,000		2.00 %	6.00 %	2	Islam	Arabic, North Levantine Spoken	0P Arab, Syrian	0M Arab, Syrian of Finland	0T
Bosniak	1,600		0.02 %	0.03 %	1	Islam	Bosnian	0P Bosniak	1	0T
Brazilian, White	900		26.00 %	90.00 %	5	Christianity	Portuguese	0P Brazilian, White	1	1
British	4,400		8.00 %	60.00 %	4	Christianity	English	0P British	1	1
Bulgarian	1,800		2.00 %	80.00 %	3	Christianity	Bulgarian	0P Bulgarian	1	1
Burmese	1,500		0.07 %	0.35 %	1	Buddhism	Burmese	0P Burmese	1	0T
Cameroonian Creole, Detribal	800		12.00 %	65.00 %	5	Christianity	French	1	1	1
Deaf	11,000	Y●		83.75 %	3	Christianity	Finnish Sign Language	0P Deaf	1	0T
Dutch	1,300		4.40 %	48.00 %	4	Non-Religious	Dutch	0P Dutch	1	1
Estonian	50,000		4.90 %	45.00 %	4	Non-Religious	Estonian, Standard	0P Estonian	1	1
Filipino, Tagalog	2,400		13.00 %	99.00 %	5	Christianity	Tagalog	0P Filipino, Tagalog	1	1
Finland Swede	269,000	Y●	7.00 %	67.00 %	4	Christianity	Swedish	1	1	1
Finnish	4,819,000	Y●	10.84 %	84.00 %	5	Christianity	Finnish	0P Finnish	1	0T
Finnish, Tornedalen	38,000	Y●	12.00 %	95.00 %	5	Christianity	Finnish, Tornedalen	1	1	1
French	2,000		1.00 %	61.00 %	3	Christianity	French	0P French	1	0T
German	4,100		2.10 %	64.00 %	4	Christianity	German, Standard	0P German	1	1
Han Chinese, Mandarin	13,000		5.70 %	8.00 %	4	Non-Religious	Chinese, Mandarin	0P Han Chinese, Mandarin	1	0T
Hungarian	1,900		2.50 %	86.00 %	4	Christianity	Hungarian	0P Hungarian	1	1
Italian	2,300		1.10 %	82.00 %	3	Christianity	Italian	0P Italian	1	0T
Japanese	1,100		0.30 %	1.20 %	1	Buddhism	Japanese	0P Japanese	1	0T
Jew, Finnish	1,300	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Ethnic Religions	Finnish	0P Jew, Finnish	0M Jew, Finnish of Finland	0T
Karelian	11,000	Y●	6.00 %	75.00 %	4	Christianity	Karelian	0P Karelian	1	1
Kikuyu	1,000		45.00 %	98.00 %	5	Christianity	Gikuyu	0P Kikuyu	1	1
Komi-Zyrian	1,200		2.00 %	70.00 %	3	Christianity	Komi-Zyrian	0P Komi-Zyrian	1	1
Kongo, Tuba	1,800		17.00 %	80.00 %	5	Christianity	Kituba	0P Kongo, Tuba	1	1
Kurd, Kurmanji	15,000		0.50 %	2.00 %	1	Islam	Kurdish, Northern	0P Kurd, Kurmanji	1	0T
Latvian	1,700		7.00 %	53.00 %	4	Christianity	Latvian, Standard	0P Latvian	1	1
Lithuanian	1,300		1.10 %	86.00 %	3	Christianity	Lithuanian	0P Lithuanian	1	1
Mexican	500		8.00 %	93.00 %	4	Christianity	Spanish	0P Mexican	1	1
Nepali, general	3,900		1.00 %	2.00 %	1	Hinduism	Nepali	0P Nepali, general	1	0T
Olonetsian, Livvikovian	5,500		8.00 %	75.00 %	4	Christianity	Livvi-Karelian	0P Olonetsian, Livvikovian	1	1
Persian	14,000		0.20 %	2.00 %	1	Islam	Persian, Iranian	0P Persian	1	0T
Polish	3,800		0.30 %	90.00 %	3	Christianity	Polish	0P Polish	1	0T
Romani, Kalo Finnish	13,000		13.00 %	90.00 %	5	Christianity	Romani, Kalo Finnish	0P Romani, Kalo Finnish	1	0T
Romanian	2,300		5.40 %	97.00 %	4	Christianity	Romanian	0P Romanian	1	1
Russian	31,000		1.20 %	67.00 %	3	Christianity	Russian	0P Russian	1	1
Saami, Inari	700	Y●	11.00 %	95.00 %	5	Christianity	Saami, Inari	0P Saami, Inari	1	1
Saami, Northern	3,800	Y●	12.00 %	97.00 %	5	Christianity	Saami, North	0P Saami, Northern	1	1
Saami, Skolt	500	Y●	10.00 %	97.00 %	4	Christianity	Saami, Skolt	0P Saami, Skolt	1	1
Serb	700		0.60 %	80.00 %	3	Christianity	Serbian	0P Serb	1	0T
Somali	22,000		0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Somali	0P Somali	1	0T
South Asian, Bengali-speakin	1,500		0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Bengali	0P South Asian, Bengali-speaking	1	0T
South Asian, general	11,000		2.00 %	4.00 %	1	Hinduism	Hindi	0P South Asian, general	1	0T
Spaniard	2,400		1.00 %	77.00 %	3	Christianity	Spanish	0P Spaniard	1	0T
Swedish	34,000		6.90 %	57.00 %	4	Christianity	Swedish	0P Swedish	1	1
Tajik	3,600		0.01 %	0.01 %	1	Islam	Tajik	0P Tajik	1	0T
Tatar	800		0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Tatar	0P Tatar	1	0T
Thai	7,000		0.50 %	2.00 %	1	Buddhism	Thai	0P Thai	1	0T
Turk	4,600		0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Turkish	0P Turk	1	0T
Ukrainian	3,100		3.00 %	75.00 %	4	Christianity	Ukrainian	0P Ukrainian	1	1
Vietnamese	11,000		1.80 %	9.00 %	2	Buddhism	Vietnamese	0P Vietnamese	1	0T
Total People Groups: 59	5,493,000	9			16			56	4	29
Unclassified / Other Individuals	48,000
UN Country Population (2022)	5,541,000
Other reported groups: 1

Finland –

% of People Groups ^[1]

% of Population in People Group ^{[1] [2]}

Progress Level		Peoples	% of Peoples	Population	% of Population ^[2]
	1 - Unreached	16	27.1 %	106,000	1.9 %
	2 - Minimally reached	3	5.1 %	39,000	0.7 %
	3 - Superficially reached	11	18.6 %	59,000	1.1 %
	4 - Partially reached	17	28.8 %	404,000	7.3 %
	5 - Significantly reached	12	20.3 %	4,886,000	88.9 %
Totals		59		5,493,000

NOTES:

Small Values: Values less than .3% are not shown on pie charts for labeling clarity.
% 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.

Finland – People Photos * Note: Only people groups with photos available are displayed here.*

Akan 1,300	Albanian 12,000	Americans, U.S. 2,900	Amhara, Ethiopian 1,100	Anglo-Canadian 700	Arab, Egyptian 600
Arab, Iraqi 16,000	Arab, Moroccan 1,000	© Copyrighted Photo Arab, Syrian 16,000	Bosniak 1,600	Brazilian, White 900	British 4,400
Bulgarian 1,800	© Copyrighted Photo Burmese 1,500	Deaf 11,000	Dutch 1,300	Estonian 50,000	Filipino, Tagalog 2,400
Finnish 4,819,000	French 2,000	German 4,100	Han Chinese, Mandarin 13,000	Hungarian 1,900	Italian 2,300
Japanese 1,100	© Copyrighted Photo Jew, Finnish 1,300	Karelian 11,000	Kikuyu 1,000	© Copyrighted Photo Komi-Zyrian 1,200	© Copyrighted Photo Kongo, Tuba 1,800
Kurd, Kurmanji 15,000	© Copyrighted Photo Latvian 1,700	Lithuanian 1,300	Mexican 500	Nepali, general 3,900	© Copyrighted Photo Olonetsian, Livvikovian 5,500
Persian 14,000	Polish 3,800	Romani, Kalo Finnish 13,000	Romanian 2,300	Russian 31,000	Saami, Inari 700
© Copyrighted Photo Saami, Northern 3,800	Saami, Skolt 500	Serb 700	© Copyrighted Photo Somali 22,000	South Asian, Bengali-speaking 1,500	South Asian, general 11,000
© Copyrighted Photo Spaniard 2,400	Swedish 34,000	Tajik 3,600	© Copyrighted Photo Tatar 800	Thai 7,000	Turk 4,600
Ukrainian 3,100	© Copyrighted Photo Vietnamese 11,000
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Finland – Languages

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Language (click Language name for details)	Language Code	# Peoples Primary Language	# Unreached Primary Language	Bible Status	Bible Locator	Audio NT Online	Jesus Film Online	Audio Recordings Online	Gospel Tract Online
Akan	aka	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	1
Albanian, Gheg	aln	1	0	NT	0	0	0	0	0
Amharic	amh	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Arabic, Egyptian Spoken	arz	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken	acm	1	1	NT	0	1	0	0	0
Arabic, Moroccan Spoken	ary	1	1	NT	0	0	0	0	0
Arabic, North Levantine Spoken	apc	1	0	Portions	0	0	1	0	0
Bengali	ben	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnian	bos	1	1	Complete	0	1	0	0	0
Bulgarian	bul	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Burmese	mya	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Chinese, Mandarin	cmn	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Dutch	nld	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
English	eng	3	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Estonian, Standard	ekk	1	0	Complete	0	1	0	1	0
Finnish	fin	2	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Finnish Sign Language	fse	1	0	Portions	0	1	1	1	1
Finnish, Tornedalen	fit	1	0	Portions	0	1	1	1	1
French	fra	2	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
German, Standard	deu	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Gikuyu	kik	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	1
Hindi	hin	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Hungarian	hun	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Italian	ita	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Japanese	jpn	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Karelian	krl	1	0	NT	0	0	0	1	1
Kituba	ktu	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	1
Komi-Zyrian	kpv	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	1	1
Kurdish, Northern	kmr	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	1
Latvian, Standard	lvs	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuanian	lit	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Livvi-Karelian	olo	1	0	NT	0	1	1	1	1
Nepali	npi	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Persian, Iranian	pes	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Polish	pol	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Portuguese	por	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Romani, Kalo Finnish	rmf	1	0	Portions	0	1	1	1	1
Romanian	ron	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Russian	rus	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Saami, Inari	smn	1	0	Portions	0	1	1	0	1
Saami, North	sme	1	0	Complete	0	1	1	0	1
Saami, Skolt	sms	1	0	Portions	0	1	1	1	1
Serbian	srp	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Somali	som	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Spanish	spa	2	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Swedish	swe	2	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Tagalog	tgl	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Tajik	tgk	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Tatar	tat	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	1
Thai	tha	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Turkish	tur	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Ukrainian	ukr	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Vietnamese	vie	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Totals:	53	59	16		53	43	45	45	39

Finland –

Major Religions ^{[1] [3]}

Evangelicals: 10.2 %
(subset of Christianity)

% Evangelical and % Professing Christian Trends ^[4]

NOTES:

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.
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.
Small Values: Values less than .3% are not shown on pie charts for labeling clarity.
% Evangelical and % Professing Christian Trends: Source Operation World Editions 1986, 1993, 2001, 2010.
Zero percent data values may mean unknown or unavailable.

Finland – Possible Ministry Involvement

Below are lists of ministries that may work in Finland. Ministries in the Finland 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 Finland

Ministries in Europe, Western

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Country Level Ministries	Size
Greater Grace World Outreach Missions	Medium
Mennonite Mission Network	Medium
Mission Possible Foundation	Medium
Nokia Missio	Small
Ripe for Harvest Incorporated	Medium
Tentmakers International	Small
Ministries Listed: 6

Regional Level Ministries	Size
ABWE (Association of Baptists for World Evangelism)	Large
Anglican Frontier Missions	Small
Assemblies of God World Missions	Large
Awana Clubs, International	Medium
Baptist Bible Fellowship, International	Medium
Baptist International Missions, Inc. (BIMI)	Medium
Baptist Mid-Missions	Medium
BCM International	Medium
Bible League	Medium
Campus Crusade for Christ, International	Large
Child Evangelism Fellowship	Medium
Christian Church of North America - Missions	Small
Church of God of Prophecy	Medium
Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee	Medium
Church of the Nazarene World Mission Department	Medium
Church World Service	Medium
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship	Medium
Educational Services International	Medium
EFCA International Mission	Medium
Every Home for Christ	Medium
Final Frontiers Foundation	Large
Free Methodist World Missions	Medium
Galcom International	Small
GO International	Small
InterComm	Small
Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod	Medium
Navigators, International Missions Group	Medium
One Mission Society	Medium
Pioneers	Medium
Salvation Army	Medium
Seventh-day Adventists General Conference	Medium
Silent Word Ministries	Small
Southern Baptist Convention - International Mission Board	Large
Team Expansion	Medium
United Methodist Church	Medium
United Pentecostal Church Foreign Missions	Medium
United World Mission	Medium
World Venture	Medium
Worldwide Tentmakers, Incorporated	Small
Young Life	Medium
Youth with a Mission	Large
Ministries Listed: 41

Finland – Statistics, Prayer Cards, Maps and Links


Statistics

Population	5,493,000
Percent Urbanization	85 %
Total People Groups	59
Unreached People Groups	16
Region	Europe, Western
10/40 Window	No
Official National Language	Finnish
Secondary National Language	Swedish
Primary Religion	Christianity
Percent Professing Christian	80.3% ^[1]
Percent Evangelical	10.2% ^[2]
Country Progress Level	5
Persecution Ranking	Not ranked (1=High to 50=Low OD)
Human Development Index	0.895 (0=Low to 1=High UN)