AUSTRALIA
Australia has over 200 people groups. Christianity was brought to Australia by British settlers. The Anglican Church began operating immediately, and they held a religious monopoly over the country. British and Irish immigrants played a huge role in developing churches, schools, and orphanages in the early twentieth century.
There are around 202 people groups in Australia. Of those, 30 (14.9%) are unreached. There is an estimated population of 25,931,000. Of those, 1,482,000 (5.7%) are unreached.
The largest religion is Christianity (63.14%). Of those, 14.05% are Evangelical Christians.
The major people groups are 62% Anglo-Australian; 5% British; 3% Han Chinese (Mandarin); 2% Anglo-New Zealander; plus 222 others.
Mission
The Christian population is the largest in Australia, however, it is slowly declining. There were around 96% Christians in 1921, whereas there are around 63% today.
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