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 *
	Uzbek, Northern	Uzbekistan	30,048,000	Uzbek, Northern	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.01 %	601
	Uyghur	China	11,689,000	Uyghur	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	234
	Shaikh unspecified	India	82,690,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	-1	1,654
	Ansari	India	12,243,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	-1	245
	Pashtun, Pathan	India	10,558,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	-1	211
	Shaikh Qureshi	India	9,407,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	188
	Sayyid	India	9,135,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	183
	Turk	Türkiye (Turkey)	62,771,000	Turkish	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.02 %	1,255
	Thai, Northern	Thailand	7,758,000	Thai, Northern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.20 %	0.03 %	155
	Thai, Isan	Thailand	18,939,000	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	0.01 %	379
	Thai	Thailand	23,189,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.60 %	0.90 %	464
	Kapu unspecified	India	16,085,000	Telugu	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.01 %	322
	Madiga (Hindu traditions)	India	9,031,000	Telugu	Hinduism	1 ●	0.13 %	0.06 %	181
	Vanniyan	India	14,557,000	Tamil	Hinduism	1 ●	1.38 %	-1	291
	Adi Dravida	India	9,795,000	Tamil	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	-1	196
	Viswakarma unspecified	India	8,785,000	Tamil	Hinduism	1 ●	0.13 %	-1	176
	Tajik	Tajikistan	8,902,000	Tajik	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.05 %	178
	Sylhet (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	12,557,000	Sylheti	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	251
	Sunda	Indonesia	39,595,000	Sunda	Islam	1 ●	0.49 %	0.06 %	792
	Somali	Somalia	14,934,000	Somali	Islam	1 ●	1.11 %	0.94 %	299
	Somali	Ethiopia	8,579,000	Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.35 %	0.22 %	172
	Shaikh	Pakistan	12,964,000	Sindhi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	259
	Sayyid	Pakistan	7,017,000	Sindhi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	140
	Jat (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	14,565,000	Saraiki	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	291
	Arain (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	12,144,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	243
	Jat (Sikh traditions)	India	10,080,000	Punjabi, Eastern	Other / Small	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	-1	202
	Persian	Iran	44,066,000	Persian, Iranian	Islam	1 ●	1.80 %	1.60 %	881
	Pashtun, Southern	Afghanistan	8,840,000	Pashto, Southern	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.02 %	177
	Pashtun	Pakistan	34,039,000	Pashto, Central	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	681
	Minangkabau	Indonesia	7,119,000	Minangkabau	Islam	1 ●	0.26 %	0.02 %	142
	Mahratta unspecified	India	36,204,000	Marathi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	-1	724
	Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	India	10,898,000	Marathi	Buddhism	1 ●	0.13 %	-1	218
	Nair	India	7,705,000	Malayalam	Hinduism	1 ●	0.19 %	-1	154
	Mappila	India	10,000,000	Malayalam	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	200
	Malay	Malaysia	14,258,000	Malay	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.08 %	285
	Madura	Indonesia	7,908,000	Madura	Islam	1 ●	0.11 %	0.05 %	158
	Banjara (Hindu traditions)	India	7,151,000	Lambadi	Hinduism	1 ●	1.62 %	0.81 %	143
	Kurd, Kurmanji	Türkiye (Turkey)	9,453,000	Kurdish, Northern	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.00 %	189
	Korean	Korea, North	25,983,000	Korean	Non-Religious	1 ●	1.60 %	1.56 %	520
	Khmer	Cambodia	14,994,000	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	3.10 %	1.30 %	300
	Kazakh	Kazakhstan	14,508,000	Kazakh	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.17 %	290
	Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	India	7,672,000	Kashmiri	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	153
	Kanuri, Yerwa	Nigeria	8,281,000	Kanuri, Yerwa	Islam	1 ●	1.40 %	1.00 %	166
	Vakkaliga unspecified	India	7,697,000	Kannada	Hinduism	1 ●	0.21 %	-1	154
	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
	Japanese	Japan	117,656,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.20 %	0.30 %	2,353
	Chamar (Hindu traditions)	India	52,473,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	1.24 %	0.62 %	1,049
	Yadav (Hindu traditions)	India	47,216,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	-1	944
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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