Country: Türkiye (Turkey)

Number of People Groups

85

People Groups Unreached

57 (67.1%)

Progress Level

Progress Gauge

Total
Population

85,679,000

Population in Unreached

85,014,000 (99.2%)

Largest Religion

% Christian Adherent

0.56%

% Evangelical

0.04%

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

1.2%
Map Notes

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Photo People Group Population
this Country
Global
Population
Indigenous Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale
% Christian
Adherent
% Evangelical Est. Workers
Needed
 Kurd, Kurmanji 9,252,000 14,705,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam 0.01 % 0.00 % 185
 Kurd, Turkish-speaking 6,412,000 6,412,000 Turkish Islam 0.01 % 0.00 % 128
 Kyrgyz 27,000 5,897,000 Kyrgyz Islam 5.00 % 0.70 % 1
 Laz, Lazuri 106,000 108,000 Laz Islam 2.00 % 0.20 % 2
 Lezgin 3,400 894,000 Lezgi Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Macedonian 47,000 1,953,000 Macedonian Christianity 65.00 % 0.20 % -
 Moldovan 7,600 3,115,000 Romanian Christianity 70.00 % 4.00 % -
 Ossette 42,000 623,000 Ossetic Islam 6.00 % 0.30 % -
 Persian 130,000 46,396,000 Persian, Iranian Islam 0.30 % 0.10 % 3
 Pomak 396,000 494,000 Bulgarian Islam 2.00 % 0.40 % 8
 Pontic Greek 5,100 386,000 Pontic Islam 5.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Romani, Balkan 75,000 943,000 Romani, Balkan Islam 4.50 % 0.50 % 1
 Romani, Domari 14,000 1,947,000 Domari Islam 1.00 % 0.20 % 1
 Romanian 10,000 21,811,000 Romanian Christianity 97.00 % 5.40 % -
 Russian 67,000 135,992,000 Russian Christianity 68.00 % 1.20 % -
 Serb 9,900 8,333,000 Serbian Christianity 80.00 % 0.60 % -
 Shikaki 26,000 57,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Somali 28,000 26,240,000 Somali Islam 0.40 % 0.30 % 1
 Spaniard 1,200 29,952,000 Spanish Christianity 65.00 % 1.00 % -
 Syrian Aramaic, Turoyo 75,000 180,000 Turoyo Christianity 88.00 % 0.90 % -
 Tajik 8,000 10,766,000 Tajik Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Tatar 29,000 5,727,000 Tatar Islam 0.50 % 0.00 % 1
 Tatar, Crimean 112,000 865,000 Crimean Tatar Islam 0.05 % 0.01 % 2
 Turk 61,482,000 67,070,000 Turkish Islam 0.02 % 0.02 % 1,230
 Turk, Meskhetian 23,000 307,000 Turkish Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
  Totals:  85 85,679,000         57 0.56 % 0.04 % 1,717 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 137,000                
  UN Country Population (2023) 85,816,000                

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Province Estimated
Population
Adana 2,303,000
Adiyaman 636,000
Afyon 751,000
Agri 584,000
Aksaray 342,000
Amasya 342,000
Ankara 5,476,000
Antalya 5,476,000
Ardahan 107,000
Artvin 181,000
Aydin 1,108,000
Balikesir 1,264,000
Bartın 201,000
Batman 593,000
Bayburt 86,000
Bilecik 223,000
Bingol 283,000
Bitlis 359,000
Bolu 303,000
Burdur 273,000
Bursa 2,965,000
Canakkale 544,000
Cankiri 196,000
Corum 560,000
Denizli 1,041,000
Diyarbakir 1,739,000
Duzce 379,000
Edirne 425,000
Elazıg 605,000
Erzincan 238,000
Erzurum 811,000
Eskisehir 863,000
Gaziantep 2,009,000
Giresun 457,000
Gumushane 155,000
Hakkari 293,000
Hatay 1,616,000
Igdır 204,000
Isparta 446,000
Istanbul 15,287,000
Izmir 4,373,000
K. Maras 1,158,000
Karabuk 246,000
Karaman 255,000
Kars 315,000
Kastamonu 392,000
Kayseri 1,406,000
Kilis 137,000
Kinkkale 299,000
Kirklareli 366,000
Kirsehir 237,000
Kocaeli 1,832,000
Konya 2,243,000
Kutahya 608,000
Malatya 819,000
Manisa 1,455,000
Mardin 839,000
Mersin 1,836,000
Mugla 952,000
Mus 437,000
Nevsehir 304,000
Nigde 366,000
Ordu 770,000
Osmaniye 539,000
Rize 351,000
Sakarya 992,000
Samsun 1,350,000
Sanliurfa 1,963,000
Siirt 338,000
Sinop 218,000
Sirnak 520,000
Sivas 662,000
Tekirdag 964,000
Tokat 636,000
Trabzon 816,000
Tunceli 93,000
Usak 371,000
Van 1,155,000
Yalova 241,000
Yozgat 460,000
Zinguldak 637,000
Provinces:  81 85,675,000
UN Country Population 85,816,000
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Language Code # Peoples
w/ this Primary
Language
# Unreached
w/ this Primary
Language
Scripture
Status
YouVersion
Bible
Resources
Faith Comes
By Hearing
Bible Resources
Jesus Film
Online
Global
Recordings
Resources
Gospel
Tract
Online
Abaza abq 1 1 Bible Portions
Abkhaz abk 1 1 New Testament
Adyghe ady 1 1 New Testament
Albanian, Gheg aln 1 0 New Testament
Arabic, Algerian arq 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Egyptian arz 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Levantine apc 5 5 Bible Portions
Arabic, Libyan ayl 1 1 Unspecified
Arabic, Mesopotamian acm 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Moroccan ary 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, North Mesopotamian ayp 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Sanaani ayn 1 1 Unspecified
Arabic, Sudanese apd 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Tunisian aeb 1 1 New Testament
Armenian, Western hyw 1 0 Complete Bible
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic aii 1 0 Complete Bible
Azerbaijani, South azb 1 1 Complete Bible
Balkan Gagauz Turkish bgx 1 1 Unspecified
Bavarian bar 1 0 Complete Bible
Bosnian bos 1 1 Complete Bible
Bulgarian bul 2 1 Complete Bible
Chechen che 1 1 Complete Bible
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Crimean Tatar crh 1 1 Complete Bible
Dari prs 1 1 Complete Bible
Domari rmt 1 1 Bible Portions
Dutch nld 1 0 Complete Bible
English eng 2 0 Complete Bible
French fra 1 0 Complete Bible
Gagauz gag 1 0 New Testament
Georgian kat 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Standard deu 1 0 Complete Bible
Greek ell 1 0 Complete Bible
Hertevin hrt 1 0 Unspecified
Hungarian hun 1 0 Complete Bible
Italian ita 1 0 Complete Bible
Kabardian kbd 1 1 New Testament
Karachay-Balkar krc 1 1 New Testament
Karakalpak kaa 1 1 Complete Bible
Kazakh kaz 1 1 Complete Bible
Kumyk kum 1 1 New Testament
Kurdish, Northern kmr 4 4 Complete Bible
Kyrgyz kir 1 1 Complete Bible
Laz lzz 1 1 Bible Portions
Lezgi lez 1 1 New Testament
Macedonian mkd 1 0 Complete Bible
Ossetic oss 1 0 Complete Bible
Persian, Iranian pes 1 1 Complete Bible
Pontic pnt 1 1 Translation Needed
Romani, Balkan rmn 1 1 Complete Bible
Romanian ron 2 0 Complete Bible
Russian rus 1 0 Complete Bible
Serbian srp 1 0 Complete Bible
Somali som 1 1 Complete Bible
Spanish spa 1 0 Complete Bible
Tagalog tgl 1 0 Complete Bible
Tajik tgk 1 1 Complete Bible
Tatar tat 1 1 Complete Bible
Turkish tur 7 7 Complete Bible
Turkish Sign Language tsm 1 1 Translation Needed
Turkmen tuk 1 1 Complete Bible
Turoyo tru 1 0 New Testament
Ukrainian ukr 1 0 Complete Bible
Urdu urd 1 1 Complete Bible
Uyghur uig 1 1 Complete Bible
Uzbek, Southern uzs 1 1 Bible Portions
Wolof wol 1 1 New Testament
Zazaki, Northern kiu 1 1 Bible Portions
Zazaki, Southern diq 1 1 Bible Portions
Totals: 69 85 57   54 56 59 61 42
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Türkiye (Turkey) Statistics
People Groups 85
Unreached People Groups 57  (67.1%)
Population 85,679,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 1.0%
Population in Unreached 85,014,000  (99.2%)
Primary Religion Islam
Percent Christian Adherent 0.6%
Percent Evangelical 0.0%
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate 1.2%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 1,717
Country Progress Level 1
Urbanization 75%
Continent Asia
Region Asia, Central
10/40 Window Yes
Country Code TU
Official Language(s) Turkish
Literacy Rate 96%
Estimated Illiterate Population 3,427,000
Persecution Ranking 50 (1=Highest) Open Doors
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