Facts and figures.

In 1999, leaders of Wycliffe Global Alliance introduced Vision 2025 with the challenge to believe God for faster progress in the work of Bible translation and other language-related activities. The chart below provides an overview of progress made since that time, by God's grace and with help from partners worldwide.
Progress of Bible Translation 1999 2011
Languages currently without any of the Bible, with probable need of Bible translation: 3,000 2,040*
Number of languages with some or all of the Bible: 2,212 2,696
Number of active language programs Wycliffe is involved in: - 1,476
Number of languages in which language work is being undertaken by other organizations: - 500
Number of languages in which New Testaments or Bibles were completed with Wycliffe personnel involved: 470 808
* Represents an estimated 350 million people

Source: Wycliffe Global Alliance. Definitions and methods for collecting and presenting numbers regarding language and translation have changed over time, along with improvements in interpreting previously-collected data. Direct comparison of numbers across different years may lead to wrong conclusions.

Updated: November 2011.
Other Numbers

World population:
More than 7 billion.

Languages currently spoken in the world:
6,837

Countries represented by the languages in which Wycliffe staff are working:
99 (includes work among people who live outside their traditional homeland).

Wycliffe supported personnel:
Approx. 7,000 affiliated staff working in over 45 Wycliffe organizations worldwide.

Personnel needed:
More than 2,500. There are ongoing needs for linguist/translators, literacy specialists, trainers, project managers, computer specialists, accountants, administrators and other support roles.