Scripture Access Statistics
Of the world’s 7,393 known living languages:
807
have a full Bible
1,844
only have a New Testament
1,519
only have Scripture portions
3,224
have no known Scripture
Of the 1.5 billion people who do not have the full Bible in their heart language:
914 million
have a New Testament
have some Scripture portions
436 million
105 million
are still waiting for translation work to begin
Europe
12
Africa
121
Pacific
153
Asia
213
Americas
44
These figures only reflect the number of languages without any Scripture in which work is already being requested or is likely to be requested. There are thousands more languages with incomplete translation projects as well.
Statistics updated August 2026
