Here are the latest Bible translation statistics.
Updated: 2 October 2025
1 in 5 people are still waiting for the Bible in their language
7,391 languages in the world
3,333 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 almost 1 every 3 days!
An average of one new language project is beginning every day
See the most recent State of the Bible report here.
Completed translation (October 2025)
781 Bibles (up 2 from last month)
1,804 New Testaments (up 2 from last month)
1,473 portions of Scripture (up 25 from last month)
Each language only included in one category
Translation in progress (October 2025)
4,447 languages where work is currently in progress (down 26 from last month)
There are 1,691 languages that have no Scripture and no work in progress at the moment. Of these, 561 languages (spoken by 38.9 million people) are considered vital enough for communities to sustain and benefit from translation work.
*All statistics, ProgressBible Snapshot (October 2025)