Scripture Access Statistics
Of the world’s 7,397 known living languages:
796
have a full Bible
1,824
only have a New Testament
1,509
only have Scripture portions
3,268
have no known Scripture
Of the 1.5 billion people who do not have the full Bible in their heart language:
931 million
have a New Testament
have some Scripture portions
452 million
122 million
are still waiting for translation work to begin
Europe
12
Africa
116
Pacific
155
Asia
209
Americas
22
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 April 2026
