Unreached People Groups-100 Largest

Unreached: 100 Largest What does unreached mean?

People Groups

100

% of World's
People Groups

0.6 %

Population

2,011,339,000

% of World Population

24.6 %

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	Mahratta Kunbi	India	8,707,000	Gujarati	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	-1	174
	Shaikh Siddiqi	India	8,664,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	173
	Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	India	8,425,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.03 %	-1	168
	Gujar (Hindu traditions)	India	8,216,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	-1	164
	Vakkaliga unspecified	India	7,697,000	Kannada	Hinduism	1 ●	0.21 %	-1	154
	Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	India	7,672,000	Kashmiri	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	153
	Badhai (Hindu traditions)	India	7,564,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	-1	151
	Banjara (Hindu traditions)	India	7,151,000	Lambadi	Hinduism	1 ●	1.62 %	0.81 %	143
	Lodha (Hindu traditions)	India	7,091,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.03 %	-1	142
	Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	India	6,818,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	-1	136
	Sunda	Indonesia	39,595,000	Sunda	Islam	1 ●	0.49 %	0.06 %	792
	Java Pesisir Lor	Indonesia	38,703,000	Javanese	Islam	1 ●	2.80 %	0.06 %	774
	Java Mancanegari	Indonesia	21,713,000	Javanese	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.22 %	434
	Java Banyumasan	Indonesia	9,548,000	Javanese	Islam	1 ●	2.50 %	1.18 %	191
	Madura	Indonesia	7,908,000	Madura	Islam	1 ●	0.11 %	0.05 %	158
	Minangkabau	Indonesia	7,119,000	Minangkabau	Islam	1 ●	0.26 %	0.02 %	142
	Persian	Iran	44,066,000	Persian, Iranian	Islam	1 ●	1.80 %	1.60 %	881
	Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk	Iran	18,188,000	Azerbaijani, South	Islam	1 ●	1.80 %	1.60 %	364
	Arab, Iraqi	Iraq	21,070,000	Arabic, Mesopotamian	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	421
	Arab, North Iraqi	Iraq	10,988,000	Arabic, North Mesopotamian	Islam	1 ●	0.70 %	0.20 %	220
	Japanese	Japan	117,656,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.20 %	0.30 %	2,353
	Kazakh	Kazakhstan	14,508,000	Kazakh	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.17 %	290
	Korean	Korea, North	25,983,000	Korean	Non-Religious	1 ●	1.60 %	1.56 %	520
	Malay	Malaysia	14,258,000	Malay	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.08 %	285
	Bambara	Mali	7,390,000	Bamanankan	Islam	1 ●	4.00 %	1.10 %	148
	Arab, Moroccan	Morocco	25,592,000	Arabic, Moroccan	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.08 %	512
	Burmese	Myanmar (Burma)	31,429,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.35 %	0.08 %	629
	Hausa	Niger	14,944,000	Hausa	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	1.60 %	299
	Hausa	Nigeria	40,347,000	Hausa	Islam	1 ●	1.70 %	1.50 %	807
	Fulani, Nigerian	Nigeria	18,813,000	Fulfulde, Nigerian	Islam	1 ●	0.28 %	0.28 %	376
	Kanuri, Yerwa	Nigeria	8,281,000	Kanuri, Yerwa	Islam	1 ●	1.40 %	1.00 %	166
	Pashtun	Pakistan	34,039,000	Pashto, Central	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	681
	Jat (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	14,565,000	Saraiki	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	291
	Shaikh	Pakistan	12,964,000	Sindhi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	259
	Arain (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	12,144,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	243
	Sayyid	Pakistan	7,017,000	Sindhi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	140
	Arab, Saudi - Najdi	Saudi Arabia	13,722,000	Arabic, Najdi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.08 %	274
	Arab, Saudi - Hijazi	Saudi Arabia	10,564,000	Arabic, Hijazi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.08 %	211
	Somali	Somalia	14,934,000	Somali	Islam	1 ●	1.11 %	0.94 %	299
	Arab, Sudanese	Sudan	15,948,000	Arabic, Sudanese	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.01 %	319
	Tajik	Tajikistan	8,902,000	Tajik	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.05 %	178
	Thai	Thailand	23,189,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.60 %	0.90 %	464
	Thai, Isan	Thailand	18,939,000	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	0.01 %	379
	Thai, Northern	Thailand	7,758,000	Thai, Northern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.20 %	0.03 %	155
	Arab, Tunisian	Tunisia	11,295,000	Arabic, Tunisian	Islam	1 ●	0.22 %	0.00 %	226
	Turk	Türkiye (Turkey)	62,771,000	Turkish	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.02 %	1,255
	Kurd, Kurmanji	Türkiye (Turkey)	9,453,000	Kurdish, Northern	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.00 %	189
	Uzbek, Northern	Uzbekistan	30,048,000	Uzbek, Northern	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.01 %	601
	Arab, Northern Yemeni	Yemen	19,689,000	Arabic, Sanaani	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	394
	Arab, Yemeni	Yemen	8,598,000	Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	172
Totals:	100 Peoples		2,011,339,000						40,225

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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Level	Description	Criteria
0.3	Unreached Frontier - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
0.7	Unreached not Frontier - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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