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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Tunisian Arabs of Libya

The Tunisian Arabs of Libya, numbering approximately 214,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are described as an Arabic-speaking North African people whose culture reflects a blend of Arab, Amazigh (Berber), Mediterranean, Islamic, African, Ottoman, and European influences, shaped by Tunisia's strategic position between the Mediterranean Sea and the Sahara They are an Diaspora people, with Arab, Tunisian as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Arab, Maghreb people cluster of the Arab Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam. They primarily speak Arabic, Tunisian.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Arab, Tunisian

Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Libya
People Cluster: Arab, Maghreb
Primary Language(s): Arabic, Tunisian (aeb)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 214,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011849
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Arabic, Tunisian
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Arabic, Tunisian Speakers

Media Resources in Arabic, Tunisian:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
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Bible Resources in Arabic, Tunisian:

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Tunisian Arabs:
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Pray specifically for the Tunisian Arabs of Libya

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
readPsalm 19:1

Pray that those who are lost will look to the heavens and see the glory of God displayed, leading them to seek Him and know Him as their Creator and Savior.

And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed. And the word of the Lord was spreading throughout the whole region.
readActs 13:48-49

Pray that the gospel will spread throughout this whole region and that many will believe and embrace the gift of eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ.

Jesus said, ‘Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.
readMark 10:29-30

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will know that when they make sacrifices to follow Jesus, He is there with them and will bless them abundantly in this life and in the life to come.

For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.
readPsalm 96:4

Pray that God will raise up believers to declare His glory among the lost, so that they may know that He is great and greatly to be praised, that He is exalted above all gods.

Arab, Tunisian Across Countries (ROP3 - 110285) reported in the following countries:

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9 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Tunisian ArabsPG000443Tunisian ArabsNetherlands10,500Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, TunisianSunni Islam
Tunisian ArabsPG000072Tunisian ArabsBelgium16,500Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, TunisianSunni Islam
Tunisian ArabsPG047412Tunisian ArabsCanada24,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, TunisianSunni Islam
Tunisian ArabsPG042454Tunisian ArabsGermany45,000Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, TunisianSunni Islam
Tunisian ArabsPG046797Tunisian ArabsItaly125,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, TunisianSunni Islam
Tunisian ArabsPG047223Tunisian ArabsUnited States144,000Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, LevantineSunni Islam
Tunisian ArabsPG011849Tunisian ArabsLibya214,000Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, TunisianSunni Islam
Tunisian ArabsPG011685Tunisian ArabsFrance459,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, TunisianSunni Islam
Tunisian ArabsPG012222Tunisian ArabsTunisia11,400,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, TunisianSunni Islam

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

*Peoplegroups.org relies on updates from the field and other organizations for much of our data, so if you have any updates, please contact us. We use various international naming standards. For a list of these standards and fields, visit our Data Standards section.

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