Country: Turkmenistan

Number of People Groups

49

People Groups Unreached

30 (61.2%)

Progress Level

Progress Gauge

Total
Population

6,481,000

Population in Unreached

6,157,000 (95.0%)

Largest Religion

% Christian Adherent

3.85%

% Evangelical

0.11%

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

2.1%
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
 Kyrgyz 1,500 5,897,000 Kyrgyz Islam 5.00 % 0.70 % 1
 Lak 4,800 187,000 Lak Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Lezgin 20,000 894,000 Lezgi Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Lithuanian 700 2,777,000 Lithuanian Christianity 85.00 % 1.10 % -
 Mari, Low 900 433,000 Mari, Meadow Christianity 92.00 % 0.20 % -
 Moldovan 3,500 3,115,000 Romanian Christianity 73.00 % 3.70 % -
 Mordvinian 4,300 106,000 Erzya Christianity 65.00 % 1.00 % -
 Ossette 4,100 623,000 Ossetic Christianity 40.00 % 1.00 % -
 Pashtun, Northern 11,000 40,163,000 Pashto, Northern Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Pashtun, Southern 1,600 5,026,000 Pashto, Southern Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Persian 17,000 46,396,000 Persian, Iranian Islam 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
 Polish 900 45,860,000 Polish Christianity 90.00 % 0.30 % -
 Russian 176,000 135,992,000 Russian Christianity 67.00 % 0.80 % -
 South Asian, Bengali-speaking 800 1,884,000 Bengali Hinduism 5.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Tabasaran 600 153,000 Tabasaran Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Tajik 11,000 10,766,000 Tajik Islam 1.00 % 0.10 % 1
 Tatar 89,000 5,727,000 Tatar Islam 0.75 % 0.10 % 2
 Tatar, Crimean 1,800 865,000 Crimean Tatar Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Turk 58,000 67,070,000 Turkish Islam 0.20 % 0.00 % 1
 Turkmen 4,945,000 8,693,000 Turkmen Islam 0.05 % 0.00 % 99
 Udmurt 600 404,000 Udmurt Christianity 56.00 % 10.00 % -
 Ukrainian 24,000 31,577,000 Ukrainian Christianity 79.00 % 3.80 % -
 Uyghur 2,500 12,315,000 Uyghur Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Uzbek, Northern 455,000 32,497,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam 0.20 % 0.00 % 9
  Totals:  49 6,481,000         30 3.85 % 0.11 % 141 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 35,000                
  UN Country Population (2023) 6,516,000                
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Province Estimated
Population
Ahal 970,000
Aşgabat 900,000
Balkan 572,000
Dashoguz 1,135,000
Lebap 1,377,000
Mary 1,527,000
Provinces:  6 6,481,000
UN Country Population 6,516,000
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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
Aimaq aiq 1 1 Unspecified
Armenian, Western hyw 1 0 Complete Bible
Avar ava 1 1 New Testament
Azerbaijani, North azj 1 1 Complete Bible
Balochi, Western bgn 1 1 Bible Portions
Bashkort bak 1 1 Complete Bible
Belarusian bel 1 0 Complete Bible
Bengali ben 1 1 Complete Bible
Brahui brh 1 1 New Testament
Bulgarian bul 1 0 Complete Bible
Buriat, Russia bxr 1 0 Complete Bible
Chechen che 1 1 Complete Bible
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 1 1 Complete Bible
Chuvash chv 1 0 Complete Bible
Crimean Tatar crh 1 1 Complete Bible
Dargwa dar 1 1 Bible Portions
Erzya myv 1 0 New Testament
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
Karakalpak kaa 1 1 Complete Bible
Kazakh kaz 1 1 Complete Bible
Korean kor 1 0 Complete Bible
Kumyk kum 1 1 New Testament
Kurdish, Northern kmr 1 1 Complete Bible
Kyrgyz kir 1 1 Complete Bible
Lak lbe 1 1 Bible Portions
Lezgi lez 1 1 New Testament
Lithuanian lit 1 0 Complete Bible
Mari, Meadow mhr 1 0 New Testament
Ossetic oss 1 0 Complete Bible
Pashto, Northern pbu 1 1 Complete Bible
Pashto, Southern pbt 1 1 Bible Portions
Persian, Iranian pes 1 1 Complete Bible
Polish pol 1 0 Complete Bible
Romanian ron 1 0 Complete Bible
Russian rus 2 1 Complete Bible
Tabasaran tab 1 1 New Testament
Tajik tgk 1 1 Complete Bible
Tatar tat 1 1 Complete Bible
Turkish tur 1 1 Complete Bible
Turkmen tuk 1 1 Complete Bible
Udmurt udm 1 0 Complete Bible
Ukrainian ukr 1 0 Complete Bible
Unknown xxx 1 1 Unspecified
Uyghur uig 1 1 Complete Bible
Uzbek, Northern uzn 1 1 Complete Bible
Totals: 48 49 30   40 45 46 38 23
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  • Church planting agencies in Turkmenistan
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Turkmenistan Statistics
People Groups 49
Unreached People Groups 30  (61.2%)
Population 6,481,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 1.2%
Population in Unreached 6,157,000  (95.0%)
Primary Religion Islam
Percent Christian Adherent 3.9%
Percent Evangelical 0.1%
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate 2.1%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 141
Country Progress Level 1
Urbanization 52%
Continent Asia
Region Asia, Central
10/40 Window Yes
Country Code TX
Official Language(s) TurkmenRussian
Literacy Rate 100%
Estimated Illiterate Population 0
Persecution Ranking 29 (1=Highest) Open Doors
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