← People Groups

Deaf

Where they live

164 countries, largest population first.

CountryPopulationLanguage ReligionBible
India7569000 Indian Sign LanguageUnknown 3
China4699000 Chinese Sign LanguageUnknown 1
Pakistan1097000 Pakistan Sign LanguageUnknown 2
Nigeria838000 Nigerian Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Bangladesh825000 West Bengal Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Indonesia821000 Indonesian Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Russia697000 Russian Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Brazil632000 Brazilian Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Ethiopia574000 Ethiopian Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Philippines544000 Filipino Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Egypt509000 Egyptian Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Congo, Democratic Republic of464000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Myanmar (Burma)402000 Myanmar Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Tanzania301000 Tanzanian Sign LanguageUnknown 3
United States279000 American Sign LanguageUnknown 5
Cameroon265000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Kenya265000 Kenyan Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Iran252000 Iranian Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Mexico252000 Mexican Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Türkiye (Turkey)251000 Turkish Sign LanguageUnknown 2
Algeria243000 Algerian Sign LanguageUnknown 2
South Africa238000 South African Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Sudan221000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Thailand200000 Thai Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Afghanistan195000 Afghan Sign LanguageUnknown 1
Korea, South180000 Korean Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Yemen164000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Angola164000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Ghana155000 Ghanaian Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Mozambique154000 Mozambican Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Colombia152000 Colombian Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Madagascar138000 Malagasy Sign LanguageUnknown 2
Côte d'Ivoire133000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Iraq131000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Korea, North128000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Japan125000 Japanese Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Burkina Faso104000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Saudi Arabia102000 Saudi Arabian Sign LanguageUnknown 2
France100000 French Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Peru99000 Peruvian Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Tajikistan96000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Malawi95000 Malawian Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Syria88000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Venezuela86000 Venezuelan Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Vietnam86000 Hanoi Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Senegal83000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Chad82000 Chadian Sign LanguageUnknown 2
Germany80000 German Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Somalia80000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Spain78000 Spanish Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Sri Lanka74000 Sri Lankan Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Zimbabwe74000 Zimbabwe Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Morocco66000 Moroccan Sign LanguageUnknown 2
Guinea65000 Guinean Sign LanguageUnknown 2
Argentina60000 Argentine Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Burundi59000 Burundian Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Malaysia59000 Malaysian Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Kazakhstan57000 Language unknownUnknown 0
South Sudan56000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Belarus56000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Ukraine55000 Ukrainian Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Mali52000 Tebul Sign LanguageUnknown 2
Guatemala51000 Guatemalan Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Ecuador50000 Ecuadorian Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Canada46000 American Sign LanguageUnknown 5
Togo41000 French Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Honduras41000 Honduran Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Sierra Leone40000 Sierra Leone Sign LanguageUnknown 2
Haiti40000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Italy40000 Italian Sign LanguageUnknown 2
Poland38000 Polish Sign LanguageUnknown 2
Laos36000 Laos Sign LanguageUnknown 2
Rwanda34000 Rwandan Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Cuba34000 Cuban Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Kyrgyzstan32000 Russian Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Dominican Republic32000 Dominican Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Papua New Guinea31000 Papua New Guinean Sign LanguageUnknown 2
Azerbaijan30000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Jordan30000 Jordanian Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Congo, Republic of the28000 Language unknownUnknown 0
El Salvador26000 Salvadoran Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Uganda26000 Ugandan Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Liberia26000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Central African Republic25000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Taiwan24000 Taiwan Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Mauritania24000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Romania24000 Romanian Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Bolivia23000 Bolivian Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Uzbekistan22000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Bulgaria21000 Bulgarian Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Chile21000 Chilean Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Tunisia21000 Tunisian Sign LanguageUnknown 1
Gambia20000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Nepal20000 Nepalese Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Eritrea20000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Libya20000 Libyan Sign LanguageUnknown 2
Turkmenistan18000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Niger17000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Mongolia16000 Mongolian Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Paraguay15000 Paraguayan Sign LanguageUnknown 4
Netherlands15000 Sign Language of the NetherlandsUnknown 3
Costa Rica15000 Costa Rican Sign LanguageUnknown 3
West Bank / Gaza15000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Serbia15000 Slovenian Sign LanguageUnknown 0
Zambia15000 Zambian Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Slovakia15000 Slovakian Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Czechia13000 Czech Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Benin13000 American Sign LanguageUnknown 5
Lesotho13000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Lebanon12000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Belgium11000 French Belgian Sign LanguageUnknown 1
Georgia11000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Greece11000 Greek Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Israel11000 Israeli Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Australia11000 AuslanUnknown 3
Hungary10000 Hungarian Sign LanguageUnknown 3
United Arab Emirates10000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Portugal10000 Portuguese Sign LanguageUnknown 2
Puerto Rico10000 Puerto Rican Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Bosnia-Herzegovina9900 Language unknownUnknown 0
Panama9600 Panamanian Sign LanguageUnknown 2
Austria8700 Austrian Sign LanguageUnknown 2
Namibia8500 Namibian Sign LanguageUnknown 2
Sweden8000 Swedish Sign LanguageUnknown 3
China, Hong Kong8000 Hong Kong Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Lithuania7900 Lithuanian Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Moldova7700 Moldova Sign LanguageUnknown 2
Jamaica7500 Jamaican Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Switzerland7500 Swiss-German Sign LanguageUnknown 2
Gabon7100 Language unknownUnknown 0
Botswana7100 Language unknownUnknown 0
Uruguay7000 Uruguayan Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Croatia6500 Croatian Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Nicaragua6300 Nicaraguan Sign LanguageUnknown 2
Timor-Leste6100 Language unknownUnknown 0
Eswatini6100 Language unknownUnknown 0
Singapore6000 Singapore Sign LanguageUnknown 2
Denmark6000 Danish Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Djibouti5100 Language unknownUnknown 0
Kosovo5000 Albanian Sign LanguageUnknown 1
Comoros4100 Language unknownUnknown 0
Western Sahara3100 Language unknownUnknown 0
Solomon Islands3100 Solomon Islands Sign LanguageUnknown 2
Cape Verde2800 Portuguese Sign LanguageUnknown 2
Guyana2100 Language unknownUnknown 0
Montenegro2000 Croatian Sign LanguageUnknown 3
Maldives1600 Language unknownUnknown 0
Belize1200 Language unknownUnknown 0
São Tomé and Príncipe1000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Mayotte1000 Language unknownUnknown 0
Micronesia, Federated States600 Language unknownUnknown 0
Samoa600 Language unknownUnknown 0
Marshall Islands200 Language unknownUnknown 0
Dominica200 Language unknownUnknown 0
Cook Islands50 Language unknownUnknown 0
CuracaoNone Language unknownUnknown 0
San MarinoNone Language unknownUnknown 0
GuadeloupeNone Language unknownUnknown 0
Saint Kitts and NevisNone Language unknownUnknown 0
Saint LuciaNone Language unknownUnknown 0
ArubaNone Language unknownUnknown 0
MartiniqueNone Language unknownUnknown 0
MonacoNone Language unknownUnknown 0
American SamoaNone Language unknownUnknown 0

All catalogue fields

27 fields recorded
peopleid3
19007
peopname
Deaf
peopleid1
26
affinitybloc
Deaf
peopleid2
328
peoplecluster
Deaf
rop3
116642
rop25
301989
rop25name
Deaf
populationpgac
27763250
jpscalepgac
1
leastreachedpgac
Y
cntpgic
164
cntupg
151
populationupg
12101250
cntfpg
57
populationfpg
3856050
rog3largest
IN
ctrylargest
India
rol3pgac
ins
primarylanguagepgac
Indian Sign Language
rlg3pgac
9
primaryreligionpgac
Unknown
percentchristianpgac
3.7230
pctchristianrangepgac
2-5%
percentevangelicalpgac
1.7960
pctevangelicalrangepgac
0.1-2%

Religion records

40 rows from the harvest catalogue
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13052519007AA71None0NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneBM09/10/25 00:00:0009/07/18 00:00:00
13052619007AA81None0NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneBM09/10/25 00:00:0009/07/18 00:00:00
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13052819007AA101None0NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneBM04/30/26 00:00:0004/30/26 00:00:00
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13055019007AG11None0.28NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneBM09/10/25 00:00:0009/07/18 00:00:00
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13055319007AG51None0NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneBM09/10/25 00:00:0009/07/18 00:00:00
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13055519007AG71None0NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneBM09/10/25 00:00:0009/07/18 00:00:00
13055619007AG81None0NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneBM09/10/25 00:00:0009/07/18 00:00:00
13055719007AG91P99.72NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneBM09/10/25 00:00:0009/07/18 00:00:00
13055819007AG101None0NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneBM04/30/26 00:00:0004/30/26 00:00:00
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