Driven by our desire to glorify God and in obedience to His commission, we assist the church to help the Bibleless people of the world receive His Word in their heart language.

Total Languages in the World: 6913

No Translation Need* 1476 Adequate New Testament 1068 Translation In Progress 1678 Need Translation 2644 Asia 1080 Africa 843 Eurasia 139 Americas 95 Pacific 487

Since our founding in 1942, Wycliffe helped complete the New Testament in almost 600 languages, making God’s Word available to more than 30 million people. But the translation task is not yet completed—not even close! The charts and statistics here show the immense need around the world for Bible translation. Translation Perspectives, a story on the U.S. website has more information.

Our goal is to help begin translation work among every remaining people group within this generation. You can play a part in providing God’s Word to those without it, either through prayer, giving or overseas service?

Worldwide statistics:
World Population: 6.4 billion.
Number of people who speak a language with no Scripture: well over 300 million;
over 250 million don’t have the Scriptures or a translation programme,
approximately 130 million don’t have the Scriptures but do have a programme in progress
Population of individual language groups needing translation: varies greatly, from less than 100 to more than 10 million.
All languages in which Bible translation is in progress: 1,678 (est. Ethnologue update 2004)

Wycliffe statistics:
Wycliffe has completed or helped complete the New Testament for over 30 million people speaking almost 600 languages.
We are currently working in over 1,200 languages.
We have worked in over 1,500 language projects.
Number of Wycliffe personnel worldwide: more than 5,250 active members plus over 580 others preparing for service.
Countries of origin of personnel: 60.
Personnel needed: over 2,000. There are ongoing needs for linguists/translators, literacy specialists, as well as for a broad variety of support roles.
Role of national Bible translation organisations: We have the privilege of cooperating with more than 100 national Bible translation organisations around the world.