Scripture Access Statistics
Of the world’s 7,393 known living languages:
812
have a full Bible
1,863
only have a New Testament
1,515
only have Scripture portions
3,204
have no known Scripture
Of the 1.5 billion people who do not have the full Bible in their heart language:
917 million
have a New Testament
have some Scripture portions
437 million
105 million
are still waiting for translation work to begin
Europe
11
Africa
123
Pacific
125
Asia
209
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
