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Population Indig % Evangel % Adherent Progress Scale Primary Religion Primary Language Pho Map Txt
Albanian1,7000.30 %14.00 %2 IslamAlbanian, GhegP
Albanian
  
Algerian, Arabic-speaking61,0000.50 %1.00 %1 IslamArabic, Algerian SpokenP
Algerian, Arabic-speaking
 T
Americans, U.S.26,00028.90 %75.00 %5 ChristianityEnglishP
Americans, U.S.
 T
Amhara, Ethiopian8001.00 %80.00 %3 ChristianityAmharicP
Amhara, Ethiopian
M
Amhara, Ethiopian of Spain
T
Anglo-Australian1,80014.00 %65.00 %5 ChristianityEnglishP
Anglo-Australian
  
Anglo-Canadian2,9009.00 %78.00 %4 ChristianityEnglishP
Anglo-Canadian
  
Anglo-New Zealander60015.00 %51.00 %5 ChristianityEnglishP
Anglo-New Zealander
  
Anusim, Crypto-Jew40,000Y0.50 %75.00 %3 ChristianitySpanishP
Anusim, Crypto-Jew
 T
Arab, Egyptian3,0003.00 %14.00 %4 IslamArabic, Egyptian SpokenP
Arab, Egyptian
 T
Arab, Iraqi9001.50 %5.00 %1 IslamArabic, Mesopotamian SpokenP
Arab, Iraqi
M
Arab, Iraqi of Spain
T
Arab, Jordanian1,1001.00 %5.00 %1 IslamArabic, LevantineP
Arab, Jordanian
 T
Arab, Lebanese1,3000.50 %32.00 %2 IslamArabic, LevantineP
Arab, Lebanese
 T
Arab, Moroccan793,0000.05 %0.10 %1 IslamArabic, Moroccan SpokenP
Arab, Moroccan
M
Arab, Moroccan of Spain
T
Arab, Syrian2,5002.00 %10.00 %2 IslamArabic, LevantineP
Arab, Syrian
M
Arab, Syrian of Spain
T
Arab, Tunisian2,0001.00 %2.00 %1 IslamArabic, Tunisian SpokenP
Arab, Tunisian
 T
Aragonese2,345,000Y1.62 %82.00 %3 ChristianityAragoneseP
Aragonese
  
Argentinian, White108,0005.00 %95.00 %4 ChristianitySpanishP
Argentinian, White
  
Armenian11,0008.70 %94.00 %4 ChristianityArmenian, WesternP
Armenian
 T
Asturian586,000Y1.00 %84.00 %3 ChristianityAsturianP
Asturian
 T
Austrian, Bavarian9,5000.20 %85.00 %3 ChristianityBavarianP
Austrian, Bavarian
 T
Basque2,033,000Y0.67 %85.00 %3 ChristianityBasqueP
Basque
M
Basque of Spain
T
Belarusian3,7001.00 %65.00 %3 ChristianityBelarusianP
Belarusian
 T
Berber, Canary Islands964,000Y1.00 %85.00 %3 ChristianitySpanishP
Berber, Canary Islands
M
Berber, Canary Islands of Spain
 
Black African, general157,0006.00 %75.00 %4 ChristianitySpanishP
Black African, general
  
Bolivian, Mestizo188,00010.00 %92.00 %4 ChristianitySpanishP
Bolivian, Mestizo
  
Bosniak1,4000.03 %0.06 %1 IslamBosnianP
Bosniak
 T
Brazilian, White90,00024.00 %90.00 %5 ChristianityPortugueseP
Brazilian, White
  
British320,0008.80 %60.00 %4 ChristianityEnglishP
British
  
Bulgarian124,0001.90 %80.00 %3 ChristianityBulgarianP
Bulgarian
 T
Cape Verdean3,2006.60 %95.00 %4 ChristianityKabuverdianuP
Cape Verdean
  
Catalonian3,841,000Y0.54 %82.00 %3 ChristianityCatalanP
Catalonian
 T
Chilean39,00014.00 %90.00 %5 ChristianitySpanishP
Chilean
  
Colombian, Mestizo256,0006.00 %90.00 %4 ChristianitySpanishP
Colombian, Mestizo
  
Costa Rican1,80014.00 %95.00 %5 ChristianitySpanishP
Costa Rican
  
Croat1,5000.50 %92.00 %3 ChristianityCroatianP
Croat
 T
Cuban55,0008.80 %57.00 %4 ChristianitySpanishP
Cuban
  
Czech8,5000.80 %26.00 %2 Non-ReligiousCzechP
Czech
 T
Danish12,0003.50 %85.00 %4 ChristianityDanishP
Danish
  
Deaf95,000Y77.13 %3 ChristianitySpanish Sign LanguageP
Deaf
 T
Dominican94,0007.00 %90.00 %4 ChristianitySpanishP
Dominican
  
Dutch47,0004.30 %47.00 %4 Non-ReligiousDutchP
Dutch
  
Ecuadorian, Mestizo324,0006.00 %90.00 %4 ChristianitySpanishP
Ecuadorian, Mestizo
  
Estonian1,5004.00 %40.00 %4 Non-ReligiousEstonian, StandardP
Estonian
  
Extremaduran1,290,000Y1.08 %83.00 %3 ChristianityExtremaduranP
Extremaduran
  
Fa d'Ambu6002.00 %40.00 %2 Ethnic ReligionsFa d'AmbuP
Fa d'Ambu
M
Fa d'Ambu of Spain
 
Fala8,700Y1.00 %95.00 %3 ChristianityFala   
Filipino, Tagalog38,00012.30 %92.00 %5 ChristianityTagalogP
Filipino, Tagalog
  
Finnish11,00012.10 %84.00 %5 ChristianityFinnishP
Finnish
 T
Flemish30,0001.00 %66.00 %3 ChristianityWest FlemishP
Flemish
 T
French110,0001.00 %61.00 %3 ChristianityFrenchP
French
 T
Galician2,397,000Y0.40 %80.00 %3 ChristianityGalicianP
Galician
 T
Gascon6,600Y1.50 %90.00 %3 ChristianityOccitan   
Georgian10,0001.30 %85.00 %3 ChristianityGeorgianP
Georgian
 T
German157,0002.10 %64.00 %4 ChristianityGerman, StandardP
German
  
German Swiss15,0004.40 %57.00 %4 ChristianityGerman, SwissP
German Swiss
  
Greek4,0000.40 %91.00 %3 ChristianityGreekP
Greek
 T
Guatemalan White3,90018.00 %94.00 %5 ChristianitySpanishP
Guatemalan White
  
Han Chinese, Mandarin237,0005.70 %8.00 %4 Non-ReligiousChinese, MandarinP
Han Chinese, Mandarin
 T
Honduran32,00016.00 %92.00 %5 ChristianitySpanishP
Honduran
  
Icelander1,0002.00 %85.00 %3 ChristianityIcelandicP
Icelander
  
Irish14,0001.50 %92.00 %3 ChristianityEnglishP
Irish
 T
Italian256,0001.10 %82.00 %3 ChristianityItalianP
Italian
 T
Japanese5,6000.50 %1.50 %1 BuddhismJapaneseP
Japanese
 T
Jew, Spanish-speaking13,000Y0.10 %0.50 %1 Ethnic ReligionsSpanishP
Jew, Spanish-speaking
M
Jew, Spanish-speaking of Spain
T
Kazakh1,0000.50 %1.00 %1 IslamKazakhP
Kazakh
 T
Korean3,20016.80 %31.00 %5 ChristianityKoreanP
Korean
 T
Kurd, Kurmanji9000.00 %0.00 %1 IslamKurdish, NorthernP
Kurd, Kurmanji
 T
Latin American, general51,0002.00 %90.00 %3 ChristianitySpanishP
Latin American, general
  
Latin American, Mestizo516,0001.00 %87.00 %3 ChristianitySpanishP
Latin American, Mestizo
  
Latvian3,8005.00 %55.00 %4 ChristianityLatvian, StandardP
Latvian
  
Lithuanian20,0001.10 %85.00 %3 ChristianityLithuanianP
Lithuanian
 T
Luxembourger5000.20 %75.00 %3 ChristianityLuxembourgishP
Luxembourger
 T
Macedonian5000.15 %85.00 %3 ChristianityMacedonianP
Macedonian
 T
Mexican25,0005.00 %92.00 %4 ChristianitySpanishP
Mexican
  
Moldovans18,0003.00 %72.00 %4 ChristianityRomanianP
Moldovans
  
Moor11,0000.00 %0.00 %1 IslamHassaniyyaP
Moor
M
Moor of Spain
T
Nicaraguan, Mestizo16,00022.00 %95.00 %5 ChristianitySpanishP
Nicaraguan, Mestizo
  
Norwegian16,0008.40 %91.00 %4 ChristianityNorwegianP
Norwegian
  
Panamanian, Mestizo2,00012.00 %95.00 %5 ChristianitySpanishP
Panamanian, Mestizo
  
Paraguayan, Guarani-speaking79,0005.00 %92.00 %4 ChristianityGuarani, ParaguayanP
Paraguayan, Guarani-speaking
  
Persian2,8000.20 %2.00 %1 IslamPersian, IranianP
Persian
 T
Peruvian127,00011.00 %92.00 %5 ChristianitySpanishP
Peruvian
  
Polish54,0000.30 %90.00 %3 ChristianityPolishP
Polish
 T
Portuguese125,0003.00 %94.00 %4 ChristianityPortugueseP
Portuguese
 T
Romani, Calo41,000Y0.30 %90.00 %3 ChristianityCaloP
Romani, Calo
 T
Romani, Spanish759,000Y1.50 %82.00 %3 ChristianitySpanishP
Romani, Spanish
 T
Romani, Vlax1,1001.00 %85.00 %3 ChristianityRomani, VlaxP
Romani, Vlax
M
Romani, Vlax of Spain
T
Romanian695,0005.40 %97.00 %4 ChristianityRomanianP
Romanian
  
Russian84,0001.20 %67.00 %3 ChristianityRussianP
Russian
 T
Saint Lucian70012.00 %95.00 %5 ChristianityLesser Antillean French CreoleP
Saint Lucian
  
Salvadorian6,40024.00 %90.00 %5 ChristianitySpanishP
Salvadorian
  
Serb3,1000.60 %78.00 %3 ChristianitySerbianP
Serb
 T
Slovak7,9001.00 %94.00 %3 ChristianitySlovakP
Slovak
  
Slovene1,2000.08 %52.00 %3 ChristianitySloveneP
Slovene
 T
South Asian, general128,0001.00 %5.00 %1 IslamUrduP
South Asian, general
 T
Spaniard27,090,000Y1.35 %77.00 %3 ChristianitySpanishP
Spaniard
 T
Swedish20,0006.90 %57.00 %4 ChristianitySwedishP
Swedish
  
Thai1,4001.00 %2.00 %1 BuddhismThaiP
Thai
 T
Turk2,9000.00 %0.00 %1 IslamTurkishP
Turk
 T
Ukrainian117,0003.80 %79.00 %4 ChristianityUkrainianP
Ukrainian
 T
Uruguayan, White38,0006.00 %70.00 %4 ChristianitySpanishP
Uruguayan, White
  
Valencian13,000Y1.50 %96.00 %3 ChristianityCatalanP
Valencian
  
Venezuelan55,0006.00 %88.00 %4 ChristianitySpanishP
Venezuelan
  
Vietnamese6001.00 %8.00 %2 BuddhismVietnameseP
Vietnamese
 T
Total People Groups:   104 47,437,000 16     15      102 10 55
Unclassified / Other Individuals 83,000  
UN Country Population (2023) 47,520,000  
Data Notes
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Spain – People Progress

% of People Groups [1]
 
% of Population in People Group [1] [2]
 
Progress Level Peoples % of Peoples Population % of Population [2]
  1 - Unreached 15 14.4 % 1,026,000 2.2 %
  2 - Minimally reached 6 5.8 % 15,000 0.0 %
  3 - Superficially reached 38 36.5 % 42,813,000 90.3 %
  4 - Partially reached 29 27.9 % 3,183,000 6.7 %
  5 - Significantly reached 16 15.4 % 399,000 0.8 %
Totals 104   47,437,000  


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

Albanian
1,700


Algerian, Arabic-speaking
61,000


Americans, U.S.
26,000


Amhara, Ethiopian
800


Anglo-Australian
1,800


Anglo-Canadian
2,900


Anglo-New Zealander
600


Anusim, Crypto-Jew
40,000


Arab, Egyptian
3,000


Arab, Iraqi
900


Arab, Jordanian
1,100


Arab, Lebanese
1,300


Arab, Moroccan
793,000


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Arab, Syrian
2,500


Arab, Tunisian
2,000


Aragonese
2,345,000


Argentinian, White
108,000


Armenian
11,000


Asturian
586,000


Austrian, Bavarian
9,500


Basque
2,033,000


Belarusian
3,700


Berber, Canary Islands
964,000


Black African, general
157,000


Bolivian, Mestizo
188,000


Bosniak
1,400


Brazilian, White
90,000


British
320,000


Bulgarian
124,000


Cape Verdean
3,200


Catalonian
3,841,000


Chilean
39,000


Colombian, Mestizo
256,000


Costa Rican
1,800


Croat
1,500


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Cuban
55,000


Czech
8,500


Danish
12,000


Deaf
95,000


Dominican
94,000


Dutch
47,000


Ecuadorian, Mestizo
324,000


Estonian
1,500


Extremaduran
1,290,000


Fa d'Ambu
600


Filipino, Tagalog
38,000


Finnish
11,000


Flemish
30,000


French
110,000


Galician
2,397,000


Georgian
10,000


German
157,000


German Swiss
15,000


Greek
4,000


Guatemalan White
3,900


Han Chinese, Mandarin
237,000


Honduran
32,000


Icelander
1,000


Irish
14,000


Italian
256,000


Japanese
5,600


Jew, Spanish-speaking
13,000


Kazakh
1,000


Korean
3,200


Kurd, Kurmanji
900


Latin American, general
51,000


Latin American, Mestizo
516,000


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Latvian
3,800


Lithuanian
20,000


Luxembourger
500


Macedonian
500


Mexican
25,000


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Moldovans
18,000


Moor
11,000


Nicaraguan, Mestizo
16,000


Norwegian
16,000


Panamanian, Mestizo
2,000


Paraguayan, Guarani-speaking
79,000


Persian
2,800


Peruvian
127,000


Polish
54,000


Portuguese
125,000


Romani, Calo
41,000


Romani, Spanish
759,000


Romani, Vlax
1,100


Romanian
695,000


Russian
84,000


Saint Lucian
700


Salvadorian
6,400


Serb
3,100


Slovak
7,900


Slovene
1,200


South Asian, general
128,000


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Spaniard
27,090,000


Swedish
20,000


Thai
1,400


Turk
2,900


Ukrainian
117,000


Uruguayan, White
38,000


Valencian
13,000


Venezuelan
55,000


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Vietnamese
600

Spain People Photos   *** Note:  Only people groups with photos available are displayed here.***
Spain – 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, Ghegaln10NT
Amharicamh10Complete
Arabic, Algerian Spokenarq11NT
Arabic, Egyptian Spokenarz10Complete
Arabic, Levantineapc31Portions
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spokenacm11NT
Arabic, Moroccan Spokenary11NT
Arabic, Tunisian Spokenaeb11NT
Aragonesearg10NT
Armenian, Westernhyw10Complete
Asturianast10NT
Basqueeus10Complete
Bavarianbar10Complete
Belarusianbel10Complete
Bosnianbos11Complete
Bulgarianbul10Complete
Calormq10Portions
Catalancat20Complete
Chinese, Mandarincmn10Complete
Croatianhrv10Complete
Czechces10Complete
Danishdan10Complete
Dutchnld10Complete
Englisheng60Complete
Estonian, Standardekk10Complete
Extremaduranext10Unspecified
Fa d'Ambufab10NT
Falafax10NT
Finnishfin10Complete
Frenchfra10Complete
Galicianglg10Complete
Georgiankat10Complete
German, Standarddeu10Complete
German, Swissgsw10NT
Greekell10Complete
Guarani, Paraguayangug10Complete
Hassaniyyamey11NT
Icelandicisl10Complete
Italianita10Complete
Japanesejpn11Complete
Kabuverdianukea10Portions
Kazakhkaz11Complete
Koreankor10Complete
Kurdish, Northernkmr11Complete
Latvian, Standardlvs10Complete
Lesser Antillean French Creoleacf10NT
Lithuanianlit10Complete
Luxembourgishltz10NT
Macedonianmkd10Complete
Norwegiannor10Complete
Occitanoci10Complete
Persian, Iranianpes11Complete
Polishpol10Complete
Portuguesepor20Complete
Romani, Vlaxrmy10Complete
Romanianron20Complete
Russianrus10Complete
Serbiansrp10Complete
Slovakslk10Complete
Sloveneslv10Complete
Spanishspa251Complete
Spanish Sign Languagessp10Portions
Swedishswe10Complete
Tagalogtgl10Complete
Thaitha11Complete
Turkishtur11Complete
Ukrainianukr10Complete
Urduurd11Complete
Vietnamesevie10Complete
West Flemishvls10Portions
Totals: 70 104 15   69 54 59 62 49
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Spain – Religions
Major Religions [1] [3]
Evangelicals: 1.6 %
(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.
Spain – Possible Ministry Involvement
  • Below are lists of ministries that may work in Spain. Ministries in the Spain 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 Spain   Ministries in Europe, Western
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Country Level Ministries Size
Action International MinistriesMedium
Agape SpainSmall
AMG InternationalLarge
Avant MinistriesMedium
Bethany International MinistriesMedium
Biblical Ministries WorldwideMedium
Brethren in Christ World MissionsMedium
Cadence InternationalMedium
CAM InternationalMedium
Christ for the CityMedium
Christ Mandate for MissionsMedium
Christian Associates InternationalSmall
Christians in Action Missions InternationalMedium
CMF InternationalMedium
CrossWorldMedium
East-West Ministries InternationalMedium
Encompass World PartnersMedium
Equip, IncorporatedMedium
European Christian Mission International, USAMedium
Evangelical Covenant ChurchMedium
Evangelical Methodist ChurchSmall
FEBInternationalMedium
Foursquare Missions InternationalMedium
Free Methodist World MissionsMedium
Free Will BaptistMedium
Global Outreach MissionMedium
Global YearSmall
Gospel Fellowship AssociationMedium
Gospel Furthering FellowshipSmall
Greater Europe MissionMedium
International Partnership MinistriesMedium
Josue Yrion World Evangelism and MissionsSmall
Macedonian World Baptist MissionsMedium
Navigators, International Missions GroupMedium
Open Door Baptist MissionsSmall
Palm Missionary MinistriesSmall
SEND InternationalMedium
South American Missionary SocietySmall
Spanish World MinistriesMedium
World Baptist Fellowship Mission AgencyMedium
World Harvest MissionMedium
World HorizonsMedium
World Partners USAMedium
Ministries Listed:  43
 
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
Galcom InternationalSmall
GO InternationalSmall
InterCommSmall
Lutheran Church - Missouri SynodMedium
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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Spain – Statistics, Prayer Cards, Maps and Links
 
Statistics
Population 47,437,000
Percent Urbanization 80 %
Total People Groups 104
Unreached People Groups 15
Region Europe, Western
10/40 Window No
Official National Language Spanish
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Professing Christian 77.3%  [1]
Percent Evangelical 1.6%  [2]
Country Progress Level 3
Persecution Ranking Not ranked (1=High to 50=Low OD)
Human Development Index 0.884 (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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