Scripture Access Statistics
Of the world’s 7,393 known living languages:
795
have a full Bible
1,815
only have a New Testament
1,511
only have Scripture portions
3,272
have no known Scripture
Of the 1.5 billion people who do not have the full Bible in their heart language:
927 million
have a New Testament
have some Scripture portions
454 million
123 million
are still waiting for translation work to begin
Europe
12
Africa
136
Pacific
160
Asia
209
Americas
36
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 upated February 2026
