In 2013 United Bible Societies identified 100 full Bibles that could be translated by the end of last year.
At the end, in total, the full Bible has been reported to be available in 563 languages spoken by nearly 5.1 billion people.
The full translations include one in Lusoga language, which the organisation estimated to be spoken by 2,060,000 people.
While releasing the report, Alexander M. Schweitzer, United Bible Societies Head of Global Bible Translation, said, “How encouraging it is to look back at 2015 to see that Bible Societies have been involved in completing translations in no fewer than 50 languages spoken by nearly 160 million people,”
“We also take special joy to see the progress being made with new Scriptures in Braille and Sign Language. This progress inspires us to aim even higher so that the lives of many more individuals and communities are enriched by the transforming power of God’s Word,” he further stated in the report.
It is estimated that there are 281 million people with only some parts of the Bible and another nearly 500 million with no Bible translation whatsoever.
Scripture Access Today
Figures as as 31.12.2015. The figures for the number of language speakers is based on the best available data which currently totals 6.5 billion, less than the actual world population.
563 languages (spoken by nearly 5.1 billion people) now have a full Bible and a further 1,334 languages (spoken by 658 million people) have a New Testament. This leaves 281 million people with only some portions of the Bible and a further 497 million people with no Scripture translated in their language at all.
In the digital age, the United Bible Societies has also worked to make the Bible available digitally. At the end of 2015, the Digital Bible Library contained about 1,200 Bibles, testaments and portions in about 950 languages.
Download the Global Scripture Access Report 2015 (pdf 1.8 MB)
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