Here are the latest Bible translation statistics.
Updated: 1 May 2025
1 in 5 people are still waiting for the Bible in their language
7,398 languages in the world
3,466 languages have no Scripture – yet (down 34 from last month)
But huge progress is being made:
Bibles and New Testaments are being launched at a rate of 2 a week – that’s one every 3.5 days!
An average of one new language project is beginning every day
See the most recent State of the Bible report here.
Completed translation (May 2025)
774 Bibles (up 1 from last month)
1,773 New Testaments (up 10 from last month)
1,385 portions of Scripture (up 24 from last month)
Each language only included in one category
Translation in progress (May 2025)
4,223 languages where work is currently in progress (up 39 from last month)
*All statistics, ProgressBible Snapshot (May 2025)