Scripture Access Statistics
Of the world’s 7,393 known living languages:
801
have a full Bible
1,835
only have a New Testament
1,516
only have Scripture portions
3,241
have no known Scripture
Of the 1.5 billion people who do not have the full Bible in their heart language:
921 million
have a New Testament
have some Scripture portions
464 million
105 million
are still waiting for translation work to begin
Europe
12
Africa
134
Pacific
150
Asia
223
Americas
21
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 June 2026
