• PEOPLE CLUSTER: EGYPTIAN


QUICK FACTS:

People groups: 25

Population: 103,624,700

Unreached people groups: 21

UPG population: 103,272,400

Unengaged UPGs: 13

UUPG population: 4,520,900

Number of countries: 22


Affinity Bloc: Arab World

Overview: Egyptian identity is closely tied to geography. Egyptians share a common culture and a rich history that dates to around 3150 BC. Christianity was the majority religion during the 4th to 6th centuries AD until the Muslim conquest of Egypt. Sunni Islam predominates in modern Egypt, though a sizeable Coptic Christian community remains as a distinct ethnoreligious sub-group. Egyptian Arabic is the dominant language, but Saidi Arabic is widely spoken in Upper Egypt.

Peoples within this cluster: Arab, Egyptian; Arab, Saidi; Egyptian Copt

Countries where they are found: Algeria; Australia; Belgium; Canada; Egypt; France; Germany; Iraq; Israel; Italy; Jordan; Kuwait; Libya; Oman; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; Spain; Sudan; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; United States; Yemen


People groups: 25

Population: 103,624,700

Unreached people groups: 21

UPG population: 103,272,400

Unengaged UPGs: 13

UUPG population: 4,520,900

Number of countries: 22