United Kingdom (GBR)

United Kingdom is a country in Europe with a population of 70,919,000. The United Kingdom, made up of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, is an island nation with a long history of monarchy, literature, and global influence. The UK is known for its green countryside, historic castles, and vibrant cities like London and Edinburgh. Christianity, especially Anglicanism, has shaped British culture, but the UK is also home to many other faiths, including Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, and Judaism. Today, the country is a mosaic of traditions, with both ancient cathedrals and modern multicultural festivals.

People Groups of United Kingdom:

United Kingdom Fast Facts:

74 People Groups · 70,919K People

Engagement Groups Population
Unengaged and Unreached 16 630K
Engaged yet Unreached 39 11,609K
No Longer Unreached 19 58,680K

United Kingdom Realities:

Weighted GSEC
4
Dying Daily
1,876
Dying Daily Without Christ
(98.1%) 1,840
Birth Rate per 1,000
10.0
Death Rate per 1,000
9.5

People Groups of United Kingdom

Strategic Progress Index

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74 people groups

Photo People Group ID Name Country Population Strategic Progress Index Language ▲ Religion
Afrikaners Afrikaners United Kingdom 67,000 Unengaged and Unreached Afrikaans Protestantism
Ashanti Ashanti United Kingdom 28,000 Unengaged and Unreached Akan Protestantism
Armenians Armenians United Kingdom 1,700 No Longer Unreached Armenian Armenian Apostolic Church
Assyrians Assyrians United Kingdom 7,000 Unengaged and Unreached Assyrian Neo-Aramaic Chaldean Catholicism
Bengali Bengali United Kingdom 1,175,000 Engaged yet Unreached Bengali Sunni Islam
Deaf British Deaf British United Kingdom 670,000 Engaged yet Unreached British Sign Language Protestantism
Burmese Burmese United Kingdom 12,500 Engaged yet Unreached Burmese Theravada Buddhism
Imazighen Imazighen United Kingdom 3,400 Unengaged and Unreached Central Atlas Tamazight Sunni Islam
Danes Danes United Kingdom 29,000 Unengaged and Unreached Danish Unaffiliated
Afghans Afghans United Kingdom 51,000 Engaged yet Unreached Dari Sunni Islam
Egyptian Arabs Egyptian Arabs United Kingdom 45,500 Engaged yet Unreached Egyptian Arabic Sunni Islam
Anglo-Romani Anglo-Romani United Kingdom 110,000 Engaged yet Unreached English Roman Catholicism
Scots Scots United Kingdom 5,425,000 No Longer Unreached English Unaffiliated
Northern Irish Northern Irish United Kingdom 1,660,000 No Longer Unreached English Unaffiliated
Barbadian Barbadian United Kingdom 24,000 No Longer Unreached English Protestantism
British British United Kingdom 46,480,000 No Longer Unreached English Unaffiliated
Scottish Travellers Scottish Travellers United Kingdom 5,500 Engaged yet Unreached English Unaffiliated
Israeli Jews Israeli Jews United Kingdom 270,000 Engaged yet Unreached English Judaism
Welsh Welsh United Kingdom 3,405,000 No Longer Unreached English Unaffiliated
Nigerians Nigerians United Kingdom 106,000 Engaged yet Unreached English Sunni Islam
Finns Finns United Kingdom 14,000 Unengaged and Unreached Finnish Unaffiliated
French French United Kingdom 164,000 Unengaged and Unreached French Roman Catholicism
Goans Goans United Kingdom 12,000 Engaged yet Unreached Goan Konkani Roman Catholicism
Gujaratis Gujaratis United Kingdom 407,000 Engaged yet Unreached Gujarati Hinduism
Parsee Parsee United Kingdom 4,100 Engaged yet Unreached Gujarati Zoroastrianism
Khalka Mongols Khalka Mongols United Kingdom 1,900 No Longer Unreached Halh Mongolian Atheism
Hasidim Hasidim United Kingdom 32,500 No Longer Unreached Hebrew Judaism
Hindi Hindi United Kingdom 737,000 Engaged yet Unreached Hindi Hinduism
Hungarians Hungarians United Kingdom 104,000 Engaged yet Unreached Hungarian Roman Catholicism
Persians Persians United Kingdom 86,000 No Longer Unreached Iranian Persian Shia Islam
Italians Italians United Kingdom 243,000 Engaged yet Unreached Italian Roman Catholicism
Jamaicans Jamaicans United Kingdom 340,000 No Longer Unreached Jamaican Creole English Protestantism
Judeo-Iraqi Arabs Judeo-Iraqi Arabs United Kingdom 6,000 Unengaged and Unreached Judeo-Iraqi Arabic Judaism
Khmer Khmer United Kingdom 1,300 Unengaged and Unreached Khmer Theravada Buddhism
Koreans Koreans United Kingdom 41,000 No Longer Unreached Korean Atheism
Sierra Leoneans Sierra Leoneans United Kingdom 18,500 Unengaged and Unreached Krio Protestantism
Lithuanians Lithuanians United Kingdom 157,000 Engaged yet Unreached Lithuanian Roman Catholicism
Malays Malays United Kingdom 56,000 Engaged yet Unreached Malay (individual language) Sunni Islam
Greeks Greeks United Kingdom 69,000 Engaged yet Unreached Modern Greek (1453-) Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Mauritians Mauritians United Kingdom 26,500 Engaged yet Unreached Morisyen Protestantism
Moroccan Arabs Moroccan Arabs United Kingdom 41,000 Unengaged and Unreached Moroccan Arabic Sunni Islam
Nepalis Nepalis United Kingdom 76,000 Engaged yet Unreached Nepali (individual language) Hinduism
Kurmanji Kurds Kurmanji Kurds United Kingdom 150,000 Engaged yet Unreached Northern Kurdish Sunni Islam
Eastern Punjabis Eastern Punjabis United Kingdom 815,000 Engaged yet Unreached Panjabi Sikhism
Poles Poles United Kingdom 756,000 Engaged yet Unreached Polish Roman Catholicism
Portuguese Portuguese United Kingdom 177,000 Engaged yet Unreached Portuguese Roman Catholicism
Brazilians Brazilians United Kingdom 276,000 No Longer Unreached Portuguese Folk Catholicism
Romanians Romanians United Kingdom 383,000 Engaged yet Unreached Romanian Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Russians Russians United Kingdom 64,000 No Longer Unreached Russian Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Seychellese Creoles Seychellese Creoles United Kingdom 2,800 Unengaged and Unreached Seselwa Creole French Hinduism
Irish Travellers Irish Travellers United Kingdom 6,800 Engaged yet Unreached Shelta Roman Catholicism
Sindhi Sindhi United Kingdom 29,000 Engaged yet Unreached Sindhi Sunni Islam
Somalis Somalis United Kingdom 143,000 Engaged yet Unreached Somali Sunni Islam
Southern Pashtuns Southern Pashtuns United Kingdom 5,000 Engaged yet Unreached Southern Pashto Sunni Islam
Latin Americans Latin Americans United Kingdom 388,000 No Longer Unreached Spanish Folk Catholicism
Spaniards Spaniards United Kingdom 159,000 Unengaged and Unreached Spanish Roman Catholicism
Levantine Arabs Levantine Arabs United Kingdom 512,000 Engaged yet Unreached Standard Arabic Sunni Islam
Estonians Estonians United Kingdom 13,000 Unengaged and Unreached Standard Estonian Agnosticism
Latvians Latvians United Kingdom 95,000 Engaged yet Unreached Standard Latvian Unaffiliated
Swedes Swedes United Kingdom 33,500 Unengaged and Unreached Swedish Unaffiliated
Filipinos Filipinos United Kingdom 96,000 No Longer Unreached Tagalog Roman Catholicism
Sri Lankan Tamil Sri Lankan Tamil United Kingdom 74,500 No Longer Unreached Tamil Hinduism
Tamil Tamil United Kingdom 54,500 No Longer Unreached Tamil Hinduism
Eritreans Eritreans United Kingdom 21,500 Engaged yet Unreached Tigre Sunni Islam
Albanians Albanians United Kingdom 42,500 Unengaged and Unreached Tosk Albanian Folk Islam
Turks Turks United Kingdom 62,500 Engaged yet Unreached Turkish Sunni Islam
Turkish Cypriots Turkish Cypriots United Kingdom 300,000 Engaged yet Unreached Turkish Sunni Islam
Ukrainians Ukrainians United Kingdom 33,000 No Longer Unreached Ukrainian Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Pakistani Pakistani United Kingdom 2,020,000 Engaged yet Unreached Urdu Sunni Islam
Kashmiri-Punjabis Kashmiri-Punjabis United Kingdom 204,000 Engaged yet Unreached Urdu Sunni Islam
Urdu Urdu United Kingdom 1,220,000 Engaged yet Unreached Urdu Sunni Islam
Vietnamese Vietnamese United Kingdom 100,000 Engaged yet Unreached Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhism
Western Punjabis Western Punjabis United Kingdom 272,000 Engaged yet Unreached Western Panjabi Sunni Islam
Han Chinese Han Chinese United Kingdom 197,000 No Longer Unreached Yue Chinese Chinese Folk Religion

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