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Netherlands – People Groups
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Population Indig % Evangel % Adherent Progress Scale Primary Religion Primary Language Pho Map Txt
Afghani, general53,0000.00 %0.00 %1 IslamDariP
Afghani, general
 T
Afrikaner29,00025.00 %90.00 %5 ChristianityAfrikaansP
Afrikaner
  
Akan19,0003.00 %60.00 %4 ChristianityAkanP
Akan
  
Albanian6001.00 %2.00 %1 IslamAlbanian, GhegP
Albanian
 T
Algerian, Arabic-speaking94,0000.05 %0.50 %1 IslamArabic, Algerian SpokenP
Algerian, Arabic-speaking
 T
Ambonese52,00045.00 %85.00 %5 ChristianityMalay, AmboneseP
Ambonese
M
Ambonese of Netherlands
 
Americans, U.S.48,00028.90 %77.00 %5 ChristianityEnglishP
Americans, U.S.
 T
Amhara, Ethiopian28,0001.00 %81.00 %3 ChristianityAmharicP
Amhara, Ethiopian
M
Amhara, Ethiopian of Netherlands
 
Anglo-Australian18,00014.00 %70.00 %5 ChristianityEnglishP
Anglo-Australian
  
Anglo-Canadian17,0009.00 %78.00 %4 ChristianityEnglishP
Anglo-Canadian
  
Anglo-New Zealander90018.00 %53.00 %5 ChristianityEnglishP
Anglo-New Zealander
  
Antillean Creole, Papiamentu82,0006.00 %85.00 %4 ChristianityPapiamentuP
Antillean Creole, Papiamentu
 T
Arab, Egyptian29,0003.90 %13.00 %4 IslamArabic, Egyptian SpokenP
Arab, Egyptian
 T
Arab, Iraqi68,0000.20 %1.60 %1 IslamArabic, Mesopotamian SpokenP
Arab, Iraqi
M
Arab, Iraqi of Netherlands
T
Arab, Lebanese6000.50 %30.00 %2 IslamArabic, North Levantine SpokenP
Arab, Lebanese
 T
Arab, Moroccan307,0000.05 %0.30 %1 IslamArabic, Moroccan SpokenP
Arab, Moroccan
 T
Arab, Saudi - Najdi6000.00 %0.00 %1 IslamArabic, Najdi SpokenP
Arab, Saudi - Najdi
 T
Arab, Sudanese7000.10 %0.50 %1 IslamArabic, Sudanese SpokenP
Arab, Sudanese
M
Arab, Sudanese of Netherlands
T
Arab, Syrian116,0000.10 %6.00 %2 IslamArabic, North Levantine SpokenP
Arab, Syrian
M
Arab, Syrian of Netherlands
T
Arab, Tunisian1,1000.00 %0.20 %1 IslamArabic, Tunisian SpokenP
Arab, Tunisian
 T
Armenian1,1008.70 %94.00 %4 ChristianityArmenian, WesternP
Armenian
  
Austrian, Bavarian16,0000.30 %85.00 %3 ChristianityBavarianP
Austrian, Bavarian
 T
Belarusian9001.00 %65.00 %3 ChristianityBelarusianP
Belarusian
  
Berber, Rif165,0000.10 %0.50 %1 IslamTarifitP
Berber, Rif
 T
Black African, general19,0008.00 %65.00 %4 ChristianityDutchP
Black African, general
  
Bosniak2,3000.02 %0.50 %1 IslamBosnianP
Bosniak
 T
Brazilian, White36,00024.00 %88.00 %5 ChristianityPortugueseP
Brazilian, White
  
British51,0008.80 %60.00 %4 ChristianityEnglishP
British
  
Bulgarian46,0001.50 %75.00 %3 ChristianityBulgarianP
Bulgarian
  
Cape Verdean24,0006.60 %95.00 %4 ChristianityKabuverdianuP
Cape Verdean
  
Chaldean1,2001.00 %80.00 %3 ChristianityChaldean Neo-AramaicP
Chaldean
 T
Chilean1,00012.00 %86.00 %5 ChristianitySpanishP
Chilean
  
Colombian, Mestizo21,0005.00 %90.00 %4 ChristianitySpanishP
Colombian, Mestizo
  
Crioulo, Upper Guinea14,0004.00 %15.00 %4 IslamGuinea-Bissau CreoleP
Crioulo, Upper Guinea
  
Croat2,1000.40 %95.00 %3 ChristianityCroatianP
Croat
  
Czech3,6000.40 %26.00 %2 Non-ReligiousCzechP
Czech
  
Danish3,1003.00 %85.00 %4 ChristianityDanishP
Danish
  
Deaf35,000Y46.55 %2 Non-ReligiousSign Language of the NetherlandsP
Deaf
 T
Dominican1,0009.00 %90.00 %4 ChristianitySpanishP
Dominican
  
Dutch12,479,000Y4.40 %48.00 %4 Non-ReligiousDutchP
Dutch
 T
East Indian148,0000.30 %3.00 %1 HinduismHindustani, SarnamiP
East Indian
 T
Ecuadorian, Mestizo7008.00 %93.00 %4 ChristianitySpanishP
Ecuadorian, Mestizo
  
Estonian1,1003.00 %40.00 %4 Non-ReligiousEstonian, StandardP
Estonian
  
Eurasian71,0002.00 %85.00 %3 ChristianityDutchP
Eurasian
  
Filipino, Tagalog26,00012.30 %92.00 %5 ChristianityTagalogP
Filipino, Tagalog
  
Finnish2,7008.00 %82.00 %4 ChristianityFinnishP
Finnish
  
Flemish125,000Y2.00 %65.00 %3 ChristianityWest FlemishP
Flemish
  
French51,0001.00 %61.00 %3 ChristianityFrenchP
French
 T
Frisian716,000Y3.00 %60.00 %4 ChristianityFrisianP
Frisian
  
Georgian6001.00 %87.00 %3 ChristianityGeorgianP
Georgian
  
German287,0002.00 %62.00 %3 ChristianityGerman, StandardP
German
  
German Swiss2,4003.00 %75.00 %4 ChristianityGerman, SwissP
German Swiss
  
Greek30,0000.40 %91.00 %3 ChristianityGreekP
Greek
 T
Gronings277,000Y4.20 %55.00 %4 ChristianityGroningsP
Gronings
  
Han Chinese, Cantonese32,0006.00 %7.00 %4 Non-ReligiousChinese, YueP
Han Chinese, Cantonese
 T
Han Chinese, Mandarin51,0005.70 %8.00 %4 Non-ReligiousChinese, MandarinP
Han Chinese, Mandarin
 T
Han Chinese, Wu4,0005.70 %8.00 %4 Non-ReligiousChinese, WuP
Han Chinese, Wu
  
Hungarian27,0002.80 %88.00 %4 ChristianityHungarianP
Hungarian
  
Hutu, Rwandese1,70018.00 %84.00 %5 ChristianityKinyarwandaP
Hutu, Rwandese
  
Indonesian13,0006.00 %16.00 %4 IslamIndonesianP
Indonesian
  
Irish5,3000.90 %95.00 %3 ChristianityEnglishP
Irish
  
Italian28,0001.10 %82.00 %3 ChristianityItalianP
Italian
 T
Japanese5,5000.30 %1.00 %1 BuddhismJapaneseP
Japanese
 T
Javanese44,0001.00 %20.00 %2 IslamJavaneseP
Javanese
  
Javanese, Caribbean9,0001.50 %18.00 %2 IslamJavanese, SurinameP
Javanese, Caribbean
  
Jew, Dutch30,000Y0.10 %0.50 %1 Ethnic ReligionsDutchP
Jew, Dutch
M
Jew, Dutch of Netherlands
T
Korean3,00016.80 %31.00 %5 ChristianityKoreanP
Korean
 T
Kurd, Kurmanji77,0000.40 %1.00 %1 IslamKurdish, NorthernP
Kurd, Kurmanji
 T
Latvian3,7007.00 %58.00 %4 ChristianityLatvian, StandardP
Latvian
  
Lithuanian5,1001.00 %80.00 %3 ChristianityLithuanianP
Lithuanian
  
Macedonian9000.20 %70.00 %3 ChristianityMacedonianP
Macedonian
 T
Malay1,6000.50 %1.00 %1 IslamMalayP
Malay
 T
Mexican2,0003.00 %92.00 %4 ChristianitySpanishP
Mexican
  
Norwegian2,2004.00 %95.00 %4 ChristianityNorwegianP
Norwegian
  
Persian41,0000.20 %3.00 %1 IslamPersian, IranianP
Persian
 T
Peruvian1,00010.00 %92.00 %4 ChristianitySpanishP
Peruvian
  
Polish214,0000.30 %90.00 %3 ChristianityPolishP
Polish
 T
Portuguese30,0003.00 %94.00 %4 ChristianityPortugueseP
Portuguese
 T
Romani, Dutch24,000Y3.00 %60.00 %4 ChristianityDutchP
Romani, Dutch
  
Romani, Sinte1,4002.00 %70.00 %3 ChristianityRomani, SinteP
Romani, Sinte
 T
Romani, Vlax5003.00 %70.00 %4 ChristianityRomani, VlaxP
Romani, Vlax
M
Romani, Vlax of Netherlands
T
Romanian44,0002.00 %95.00 %3 ChristianityRomanianP
Romanian
  
Russian7,4001.20 %67.00 %3 ChristianityRussianP
Russian
  
Serb2,3000.50 %84.00 %3 ChristianitySerbianP
Serb
  
Slovak4,6001.00 %94.00 %3 ChristianitySlovakP
Slovak
  
Slovene1,0000.00 %54.00 %3 ChristianitySloveneP
Slovene
 T
Somali42,0000.00 %0.00 %1 IslamSomaliP
Somali
 T
South Asian, general229,0001.00 %4.00 %1 HinduismHindiP
South Asian, general
 T
Spaniard52,0001.00 %77.00 %3 ChristianitySpanishP
Spaniard
 T
Surinamese Creole, Sranan366,0003.00 %80.00 %4 ChristianitySranan TongoP
Surinamese Creole, Sranan
  
Swedish4,1004.00 %60.00 %4 ChristianitySwedishP
Swedish
  
Syrian Aramaic, Turoyo3,7000.60 %99.00 %3 ChristianityTuroyoP
Syrian Aramaic, Turoyo
M
Syrian Aramaic, Turoyo of Netherlands
 
Tajik3,3000.20 %0.50 %1 IslamTajikP
Tajik
 T
Tamil21,0001.50 %2.00 %1 HinduismTamilP
Tamil
 T
Thai23,0000.20 %0.40 %1 BuddhismThaiP
Thai
 T
Tibetan1,0000.00 %0.00 %1 BuddhismTibetan, CentralP
Tibetan
 T
Tigre, Eritrean3,4000.05 %0.09 %1 IslamTigreP
Tigre, Eritrean
 T
Turk307,0000.00 %0.00 %1 IslamTurkishP
Turk
 T
Ukrainian4,0002.00 %72.00 %3 ChristianityUkrainianP
Ukrainian
  
Venezuelan8004.00 %86.00 %4 ChristianitySpanishP
Venezuelan
  
Vietnamese25,0001.80 %10.00 %2 BuddhismVietnameseP
Vietnamese
 T
Walloon9,1002.00 %85.00 %3 ChristianityWalloonP
Walloon
  
Yugoslav former, general14,0001.00 %70.00 %3 ChristianitySerbianP
Yugoslav former, general
  
Total People Groups:   103 17,451,000 7     24      103 8 47
Unclassified / Other Individuals 113,000  
UN Country Population (2022) 17,564,000  
Other reported groups:  1  
Data Notes
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Netherlands – People Progress

% of People Groups [1]
 
% of Population in People Group [1] [2]
 
Progress Level Peoples % of Peoples Population % of Population [2]
  1 - Unreached 24 23.3 % 1,625,000 9.3 %
  2 - Minimally reached 7 6.8 % 233,000 1.3 %
  3 - Superficially reached 28 27.2 % 1,056,000 6.0 %
  4 - Partially reached 34 33.0 % 14,321,000 82.1 %
  5 - Significantly reached 10 9.7 % 216,000 1.2 %
Totals 103   17,451,000  


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

Afghani, general
53,000


Afrikaner
29,000


Akan
19,000


Albanian
600


Algerian, Arabic-speaking
94,000


Ambonese
52,000


Americans, U.S.
48,000


Amhara, Ethiopian
28,000


Anglo-Australian
18,000


Anglo-Canadian
17,000


Anglo-New Zealander
900


Antillean Creole, Papiamentu
82,000


Arab, Egyptian
29,000


Arab, Iraqi
68,000


Arab, Lebanese
600


Arab, Moroccan
307,000


© Copyrighted Photo
Arab, Saudi - Najdi
600


Arab, Sudanese
700


© Copyrighted Photo
Arab, Syrian
116,000


Arab, Tunisian
1,100


Armenian
1,100


Austrian, Bavarian
16,000


Belarusian
900


Berber, Rif
165,000


Black African, general
19,000


Bosniak
2,300


Brazilian, White
36,000


British
51,000


Bulgarian
46,000


Cape Verdean
24,000


Chaldean
1,200


Chilean
1,000


Colombian, Mestizo
21,000


Crioulo, Upper Guinea
14,000


Croat
2,100


Czech
3,600


Danish
3,100


Deaf
35,000


Dominican
1,000


Dutch
12,479,000


© Copyrighted Photo
East Indian
148,000


Ecuadorian, Mestizo
700


Estonian
1,100


Eurasian
71,000


Filipino, Tagalog
26,000


Finnish
2,700


Flemish
125,000


French
51,000


Frisian
716,000


Georgian
600


German
287,000


German Swiss
2,400


Greek
30,000


Gronings
277,000


Han Chinese, Cantonese
32,000


Han Chinese, Mandarin
51,000


© Copyrighted Photo
Han Chinese, Wu
4,000


Hungarian
27,000


Hutu, Rwandese
1,700


© Copyrighted Photo
Indonesian
13,000


Irish
5,300


Italian
28,000


Japanese
5,500


© Copyrighted Photo
Javanese
44,000


Javanese, Caribbean
9,000


Jew, Dutch
30,000


Korean
3,000


Kurd, Kurmanji
77,000


© Copyrighted Photo
Latvian
3,700


Lithuanian
5,100


Macedonian
900


© Copyrighted Photo
Malay
1,600


Mexican
2,000


Norwegian
2,200


Persian
41,000


Peruvian
1,000


Polish
214,000


Portuguese
30,000


Romani, Dutch
24,000


© Copyrighted Photo
Romani, Sinte
1,400


Romani, Vlax
500


Romanian
44,000


Russian
7,400


Serb
2,300


Slovak
4,600


Slovene
1,000


© Copyrighted Photo
Somali
42,000


South Asian, general
229,000


© Copyrighted Photo
Spaniard
52,000


Surinamese Creole, Sranan
366,000


Swedish
4,100


Syrian Aramaic, Turoyo
3,700


Tajik
3,300


Tamil
21,000


Thai
23,000


Tibetan
1,000


Tigre, Eritrean
3,400


Turk
307,000


Ukrainian
4,000


Venezuelan
800


© Copyrighted Photo
Vietnamese
25,000


Walloon
9,100


Yugoslav former, general
14,000

Netherlands People Photos   *** Note:  Only people groups with photos available are displayed here.***
Netherlands – Languages
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Language
Code
# Peoples
Primary
Language
# Unreached
Primary
Language
Bible
Status
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Locator
Audio NT
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Online
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Recordings
Online
Gospel
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Online
Afrikaansafr10Complete
Akanaka10Complete
Albanian, Ghegaln11NT
Amharicamh10Complete
Arabic, Algerian Spokenarq11NT
Arabic, Egyptian Spokenarz10Complete
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spokenacm11NT
Arabic, Moroccan Spokenary11NT
Arabic, Najdi Spokenars11Portions
Arabic, North Levantine Spokenapc20Portions
Arabic, Sudanese Spokenapd11NT
Arabic, Tunisian Spokenaeb11NT
Armenian, Westernhyw10Complete
Bavarianbar10Complete
Belarusianbel10Complete
Bosnianbos11Complete
Bulgarianbul10Complete
Chaldean Neo-Aramaiccld10NT
Chinese, Mandarincmn10Complete
Chinese, Wuwuu10Complete
Chinese, Yueyue10Complete
Croatianhrv10Complete
Czechces10Complete
Danishdan10Complete
Dariprs11Complete
Dutchnld51Complete
Englisheng60Complete
Estonian, Standardekk10Complete
Finnishfin10Complete
Frenchfra10Complete
Frisianfry10Complete
Georgiankat10Complete
German, Standarddeu10Complete
German, Swissgsw10NT
Greekell10Complete
Groningsgos10Complete
Guinea-Bissau Creolepov10Complete
Hindihin11Complete
Hindustani, Sarnamihns11NT
Hungarianhun10Complete
Indonesianind10Complete
Italianita10Complete
Japanesejpn11Complete
Javanesejav10Complete
Javanese, Surinamejvn10Complete
Kabuverdianukea10Portions
Kinyarwandakin10Complete
Koreankor10Complete
Kurdish, Northernkmr11Complete
Latvian, Standardlvs10Complete
Lithuanianlit10Complete
Macedonianmkd10Complete
Malayzlm11Complete
Malay, Amboneseabs10NT
Norwegiannor10Complete
Papiamentupap10Complete
Persian, Iranianpes11Complete
Polishpol10Complete
Portuguesepor20Complete
Romani, Sintermo10Complete
Romani, Vlaxrmy10Complete
Romanianron10Complete
Russianrus10Complete
Serbiansrp20Complete
Sign Language of the Netherlandsdse10Trans Started
Slovakslk10Complete
Sloveneslv10Complete
Somalisom11Complete
Spanishspa80Complete
Sranan Tongosrn10Complete
Swedishswe10Complete
Tagalogtgl10Complete
Tajiktgk11Complete
Tamiltam11Complete
Tarifitrif11NT
Thaitha11Complete
Tibetan, CentralBOD11Complete
Tigretig11Complete
Turkishtur11Complete
Turoyotru10NT
Ukrainianukr10Complete
Vietnamesevie10Complete
Walloonwln10Portions
West Flemishvls10Portions
Totals: 84 103 24   83 67 75 77 61
Data Notes
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Netherlands – Religions
Major Religions [1] [3]
Evangelicals: 4.0 %
(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.
Netherlands – Possible Ministry Involvement
  • Below are lists of ministries that may work in Netherlands. Ministries in the Netherlands 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 Netherlands   Ministries in Europe, Western
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Country Level Ministries Size
AMF InternationalSmall
Bethany International MinistriesMedium
Biblical Ministries WorldwideMedium
Chinese Overseas Christian MissionSmall
ChristarMedium
Christian Associates InternationalSmall
FEBInternationalMedium
Great Commission Ministries IncorporatedMedium
Greater Europe MissionMedium
International Pentecostal Holiness ChurchMedium
Mennonite Mission NetworkMedium
Presbyterian Mission InternationalSmall
Tentmakers InternationalSmall
World Harvest MissionMedium
Youth with a MissionLarge
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 God, Cleveland, TennesseeMedium
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
Free Methodist World MissionsMedium
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
United Methodist ChurchMedium
United Pentecostal Church Foreign MissionsMedium
United World MissionMedium
World VentureMedium
Worldwide Tentmakers, IncorporatedSmall
Young LifeMedium
Ministries Listed:  40
Data Sources
 
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Netherlands – Statistics, Prayer Cards, Maps and Links
 
Statistics
Population 17,451,000
Percent Urbanization 92 %
Total People Groups 103
Unreached People Groups 24
Region Europe, Western
10/40 Window No
Official National Language Dutch
Secondary National LanguageEnglish
Primary Religion Non-Religious
Percent Professing Christian 46.9%  [1]
Percent Evangelical 4.0%  [2]
Country Progress Level 4
Persecution Ranking Not ranked (1=High to 50=Low OD)
Human Development Index 0.924 (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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