• Unreached:  

Unreached:  100 Largest What does unreached mean?

People Groups

100

% of World's
People Groups

0.6 %

Population

1,880,358,000

% of World Population

24.0 %
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Photo People Group Country ▲ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Sonar (Hindu traditions) India 7,772,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 155
Mahratta Kunbi India 7,684,000 Gujarati Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 154
Shaikh Siddiqi India 7,577,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 152
Gujar (Hindu traditions) India 7,166,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 143
Nair India 6,738,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 0.19 % 135
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) India 6,722,000 Kashmiri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 134
Lodha (Hindu traditions) India 6,655,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.03 % 133
Gadaria (Hindu traditions) India 6,608,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 132
Badhai (Hindu traditions) India 6,549,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 131
Bhoi (Hindu traditions) India 6,411,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 128
Vakkaliga India 6,403,000 Kannada Hinduism ● 0.21 % 128
Sunda Indonesia 38,495,000 Sunda Islam ● 0.49 % 0.05 % 770
Java Pesisir Lor Indonesia 37,573,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.80 % 0.01 % 751
Java Banyumasan Indonesia 9,235,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.50 % 0.20 % 185
Madura Indonesia 7,649,000 Madura Islam ● 0.11 % 0.01 % 153
Minangkabau Indonesia 6,886,000 Minangkabau Islam ● 0.26 % 0.01 % 138
Persian Iran 38,142,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 2.60 % 0.40 % 763
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk Iran 16,733,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ● 1.50 % 1.40 % 335
Arab, Iraqi Iraq 16,427,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 329
Arab, North Iraqi Iraq 8,977,000 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.70 % 0.20 % 180
Japanese Japan 120,474,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.20 % 0.30 % 2,409
Kazakh Kazakhstan 12,199,000 Kazakh Islam ● 0.10 % 0.07 % 244
Korean Korea, North 25,314,000 Korean Non-Religious ● 1.60 % 1.56 % 506
Malay Malaysia 13,192,000 Malay Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.08 % 264
Moroccan, Arabic-speaking Morocco 24,221,000 Arabic, Moroccan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.09 % 0.08 % 484
Burmese Myanmar (Burma) 31,383,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 0.35 % 0.08 % 628
Hausa Niger 12,562,000 Hausa Islam ● 2.00 % 1.60 % 251
Hausa Nigeria 35,770,000 Hausa Islam ● 0.15 % 0.10 % 715
Fulani, Nigerian Nigeria 17,229,000 Fulfulde, Nigerian Islam ☀ 0.08 % 0.06 % 345
Kanuri, Yerwa Nigeria 7,370,000 Kanuri, Yerwa Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 147
Jat (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 28,827,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 577
Pashtun Pakistan 26,061,000 Pashto, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 521
Rajput (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 14,406,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 288
Shaikh Pakistan 10,559,000 Sindhi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 211
Arain (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 9,830,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 197
Baloch Pakistan 7,380,000 Balochi, Eastern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 148
Arab, Saudi - Najdi Saudi Arabia 14,030,000 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ● 0.60 % 0.12 % 281
Arab, Saudi - Hijazi Saudi Arabia 10,801,000 Arabic, Hijazi Spoken Islam ● 0.30 % 0.12 % 216
Somali Somalia 12,430,000 Somali Islam ● 0.30 % 0.01 % 249
Tajik Tajikistan 7,201,000 Tajik Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.05 % 144
Thai Thailand 22,649,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.30 % 0.27 % 453
Thai, Isan Thailand 18,498,000 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ● 0.40 % 0.27 % 370
Thai, Northern Thailand 7,577,000 Thai, Northern Buddhism ● 0.40 % 0.27 % 152
Arab, Tunisian Tunisia 10,917,000 Arabic, Tunisian Spoken Islam ● 0.22 % 0.00 % 218
Turk Turkey 59,753,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % 1,195
Kurd, Kurmanji Turkey 9,035,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % 181
Kurd, Turkish-speaking Turkey 6,354,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % 127
Uzbek, Northern Uzbekistan 27,521,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.01 % 550
Arab, Northern Yemeni Yemen 13,279,000 Arabic, Sanaani Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 266
Arab, Yemeni Yemen 6,872,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 137
Totals: 100 Peoples   1,880,358,000         37,609
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