Bangladesh people groups, languages and religions

Country: Bangladesh South Asia Peoples website

Number of People Groups

311

People Groups Unreached

289 (92.9%)

Progress Level

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - 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%

Total
Population

170,416,000

Population in Unreached

168,651,000 (99.0%)

Largest Religion

Islam (90.4%)

% Christian Adherent *

0.37%

% Evangelical

Unknown

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

3.6%

(Global Rate = 2.6%)

* From latest Bangladesh census data. Other reputable sources suggest two to three times this many Christians in Bangladesh.

Map Notes

Click column headings for sorting ▲▼

Progress Scale: ●●●●●
☀
= Frontier peoples
People Group ▲	Population this Country	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent *	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed **
Abdul	43,000	86,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Aguri	2,500	615,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Ahmadi	3,200	185,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Anglo Indian	2,000	161,000		Bengali	Christianity	3 ●	80.70 %	-1	-1 -
Ansari	16,000	17,535,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Arleng	1,500	597,000	●	Karbi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Asho Khyang	5,400	173,000	●	Chin, Asho	Buddhism	2 ●	38.29 %	-1	-1 -
Asur	1,900	40,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	1 ●	1.23 %	-1	1
Badhai (Muslim traditions)	3,400	794,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	85,000	3,513,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.31 %	-1	2
Baha'i	11,000	28,000	●	Bengali	Other / Small	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bahelia (Hindu traditions)	3,100	218,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baidya	1,000	1,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	130,000	465,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.07 %	-1	3
Baiga	5,200	682,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	194,000	4,669,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Baiti	6,500	60,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bania Agarwal	2,400	5,800,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bania Bais	1,300	156,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bania Gandha Banik	4,200	349,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bania Khatri	2,700	246,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bania Rauniar	800	161,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bania Subarna Banik	3,400	200,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bania unspecified	19,000	17,114,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Banjara (Muslim traditions)	3,700	295,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Barman	73,000	81,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.72 %	-1	1
Barua	35,000	37,000	●	Chittagonian	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bauri	15,000	2,360,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	7,100	692,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bedia (Muslim traditions)	51,000	59,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Beg	1,600	5,200	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Behara	82,000	86,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	13,000	2,008,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bengali Muslim Moghal	45,000	3,450,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bengali Muslim Pashtun Khan	24,000	150,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bengali Muslim Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak)	1,400	1,309,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bengali Muslim Pashtun, Pathan	141,000	9,334,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Bengali Muslim Sayyid	1,825,000	17,693,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	37
Bengali Muslim Shaikh	132,871,000	217,686,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2,657
Bengali Muslim Shaikh Siddiqi	8,200	8,956,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Besya (Hindu traditions)	1,500	5,500	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Besya (Muslim traditions)	16,000	18,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bhar	6,100	2,372,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	3,200	1,668,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	12,000	6,050,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bhuinhar	1,600	1,151,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bhuinmali	98,000	285,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.42 %	-1	2
Bhuiya Ghatwar	2,500	364,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bhuiya unspecified	12,000	1,766,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bhumij	35,000	1,363,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	1 ●	1.12 %	-1	1
Bihari (Muslim traditions)	946,000	946,000	●	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	19
Bind	9,200	1,264,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Binjhia	6,700	218,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	1 ●	2.04 %	-1	1
Birhor	1,300	25,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	1 ●	2.33 %	-1	1
Birjia	600	18,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bishnupriya Manipuri	19,000	122,000	●	Bishnupuriya	Hinduism	1 ●	0.20 %	-1	1
Biswas (Hindu traditions)	2,700	2,700	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Biswas (Muslim traditions)	37,000	43,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bodo (Hindu traditions)	14,000	1,890,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahmin Acharaj	1,400	66,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahmin Barna	4,100	38,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahmin Bhat	500	29,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahmin Gaur	28,000	3,683,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahmin Joshi	2,400	454,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahmin Kanaujia	6,100	5,115,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahmin Maithili	3,800	31,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahmin Radhi	51,000	1,953,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahmin Sakaldwipi	3,100	590,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahmin Saraswat	6,400	724,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahmin unspecified	244,000	34,983,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Brahmin Utkal	4,000	223,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahmin Vaidik	5,000	232,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahmin Varendra	20,000	331,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bru	2,300	246,000	●	Riang	Hinduism	2 ●	14.19 %	-1	-1 -
Buna (Hindu traditions)	97,000	573,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Burmese	81,000	31,726,000		Burmese	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.09 %	-1	2
Chain	24,000	626,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Chak	6,500	8,800	●	Chak	Buddhism	1 ●	0.35 %	-1	1
Chakma	528,000	817,000	●	Chakma	Buddhism	2 ●	7.47 %	-1	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	77,000	54,849,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	2.08 %	-1	2
Chasadhobi	9,400	119,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Chero	9,100	197,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	1 ●	0.95 %	-1	1
Chik Baraik	8,600	149,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	1 ●	1.47 %	-1	1
Christian	301,000	2,157,000	●	Bengali	Christianity	3 ●	100.00 %	-1	-1 -
Dai (Hindu traditions)	9,700	9,700	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dai (Muslim traditions)	85,000	101,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Dalu	11,000	33,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	34,000	1,678,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Deaf	1,283,000	49,091,000	●	West Bengal Sign Language	Islam	1 ●	0.66 %	-1	26
Dhanuk	3,600	5,251,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	153,000	12,878,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	39,000	2,462,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dholi (Muslim traditions)	62,000	69,000	●	Sylheti	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Doai	3,000	14,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dom (Muslim traditions)	3,200	228,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Domar (Hindu traditions)	29,000	2,600,000	●	Chittagonian	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dulia	9,700	465,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	8,700	6,896,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dusadh (Muslim traditions)	2,300	17,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dusadh Bahelia	5,800	823,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Faqir	5,400	132,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	4,000	4,799,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gain	6,600	6,600	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Ganak	13,000	13,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gandpal	2,200	2,200	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Garo (A-chik Mande)	97,000	1,397,000	●	Garo	Christianity	3 ●	98.76 %	-1	-1 -
Ghasiya (Hindu traditions)	2,300	528,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Ghazi	100,000	102,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Ghulam	7,400	32,000	●	Chittagonian	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gond	11,000	10,120,000	●	Gondi, Northern	Hinduism	1 ●	0.36 %	-1	1
Gonrhi	6,500	970,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gorait	900	13,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.62 %	-1	1
Gosain	2,200	1,375,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gurung Ghaleg	1,200	741,000	●	Gurung	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Hadi	82,000	1,246,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.47 %	-1	2
Hajam	563,000	5,228,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	11
Hajang	18,000	106,000	●	Hajong	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Halam	1,000	51,000	●	Chin, Falam	Christianity	3 ●	82.92 %	-1	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	64,000	1,825,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Halwai Maira	12,000	162,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Han Chinese, Mandarin	3,700	925,789,000		Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Hazra	1,100	1,100	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Ho	96,000	1,369,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	1 ●	2.24 %	-1	2
Jamadar	500	500	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Jamatia	6,500	106,000	●	War-Jaintia	Hinduism	2 ●	19.65 %	-1	-1 -
Jaraj (Muslim traditions)	28,000	28,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Jat (Muslim traditions)	1,700	14,295,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Jat (Sikh traditions)	3,000	9,071,000	●	Bengali	Other / Small	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Jat Atra	3,200	61,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Jhalo Malo	219,000	697,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.03 %	-1	4
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	632,000	4,419,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.08 %	-1	13
Jogi (Muslim traditions)	9,200	139,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Jola	1,357,000	1,357,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	27
Jotdar	2,700	2,700	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kachari Dimasa	13,000	185,000	●	Dimasa	Hinduism	1 ●	0.18 %	-1	1
Kadar	3,900	142,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kaghazi	4,200	4,200	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	77,000	9,819,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Kahar (Muslim traditions)	7,200	248,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kaibartta Jalia	250,000	786,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	5
Kaibartta unspecified	251,000	1,897,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	5
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	2,400	2,596,000	●	Chittagonian	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kalu	127,000	433,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	3,300	2,807,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kamar	900	40,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kandu	17,000	2,954,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kanjar (Hindu traditions)	1,200	255,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kaora	5,700	353,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kapali	169,000	524,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Karadar	5,700	5,700	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Karenga	1,700	51,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Karmali	5,300	159,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	1 ●	2.70 %	-1	1
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	8,700	789,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kawar	4,000	1,190,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	1,488,000	8,631,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.04 %	-1	30
Kayastha Karan	256,000	889,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	5
Khadala	4,400	141,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Khairwar	1,300	498,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Khami	5,900	5,900	●	Chittagonian	Buddhism	1 ●	4.63 %	-1	1
Khandait	2,900	2,053,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kharia	23,000	919,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	1 ●	1.17 %	-1	1
Kharwar	19,000	691,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	1 ●	0.83 %	-1	1
Khasi (War-Khasi)	23,000	1,502,000	●	War-Jaintia	Christianity	3 ●	98.48 %	-1	-1 -
Kisan	7,100	1,936,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	1 ●	1.37 %	-1	1
Koch (Hindu traditions)	35,000	97,000	●	Koch	Hinduism	1 ●	0.62 %	-1	1
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	7,900	10,013,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kol	3,200	2,088,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Koli (Hindu traditions)	1,000	2,936,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Konai	6,100	157,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kori	12,000	3,088,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.10 %	-1	1
Korku	6,200	1,206,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Korwa	4,100	535,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kui, Kuvi Khond	8,100	1,580,000	●	Kuvi	Hinduism	1 ●	3.07 %	-1	1
Kuki Chin	126,000	319,000	●	Chittagonian	Buddhism	2 ●	11.41 %	-1	-1 -
Kuki Chin Asho	1,700	1,700	●	Chin, Asho	Buddhism	1 ●	3.40 %	-1	1
Kuki Chin Chinbon	1,400	46,000	●	Chin, Uppu	Buddhism	2 ●	18.40 %	-1	-1 -
Kuki Chin Lai	1,700	1,700	●	Chin, Hakha	Buddhism	2 ●	13.14 %	-1	-1 -
Kuki Chin Yindi	2,400	2,400	●	Chin, Khumi	Buddhism	2 ●	11.09 %	-1	-1 -
Kuli	600	20,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kumhar (Hindu traditions)	244,000	19,041,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	70,000	22,819,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kusiari	7,300	9,400	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Laheri (Muslim traditions)	7,600	74,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Laleng (Patra)	8,500	8,500	●	Language unknown	Hinduism	2 ●	11.19 %	-1	-1 -
Lohait Kuri	2,000	2,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	191,000	11,593,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Lohar (Muslim traditions)	44,000	2,975,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Lohara	30,000	346,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	1 ●	0.66 %	-1	1
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	39,000	3,889,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Madari (Muslim traditions)	5,300	126,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Magar	2,400	2,578,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mahanta	1,800	108,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mahara	16,000	22,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mahishya	737,000	12,511,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.95 %	-1	15
Mahli	42,000	525,000	●	Mahali	Hinduism	1 ●	1.43 %	-1	1
Maimal	151,000	154,000	●	Sylheti	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Majhwar	18,000	238,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mal (Hindu traditions)	23,000	2,114,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mal (Muslim traditions)	8,100	28,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mali (Hindu traditions)	177,000	12,659,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	17,000	3,297,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mallah (Muslim traditions)	16,000	518,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions)	1,600	400,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions)	19,000	41,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mallah Kewat (Hindu traditions)	1,700	363,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mallah Kewat (Muslim traditions)	200	4,800	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	64,000	746,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Malto	36,000	260,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	3.72 %	-1	1
Mandala (Hindu traditions)	6,800	9,100	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mandala (Muslim traditions)	119,000	122,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Marma	242,000	297,000	●	Marma	Buddhism	2 ●	5.69 %	-1	-1 -
Masalchi	5,900	5,900	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Matia	27,000	268,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mech	1,100	72,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Meitei	30,000	1,465,000	●	Meitei	Hinduism	1 ●	0.17 %	-1	1
Mir	50,000	108,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mirdhas (Muslim traditions)	1,200	1,200	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mirzakhani	14,000	28,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mishri	3,500	11,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mizo Bawm	2,600	4,000	●	Chin, Bawm	Christianity	3 ●	98.66 %	-1	-1 -
Mizo Lushai	800	671,000	●	Mizo	Christianity	3 ●	91.98 %	-1	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	237,000	2,564,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Mochi (Muslim traditions)	13,000	3,586,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mru	72,000	98,000	●	Mru	Buddhism	1 ●	3.94 %	-1	1
Munda	54,000	4,426,000	●	Mundari	Hinduism	1 ●	4.57 %	-1	1
Murasing	2,200	19,000	●	War-Jaintia	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Musahar (Hindu traditions)	16,000	3,996,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Nagarchi (Hindu traditions)	18,000	195,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Nagarchi (Muslim traditions)	18,000	18,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Nai (Hindu traditions)	29,000	14,214,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Nai Nabasakh	6,700	19,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Nalband	300	6,700	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Naliya (Muslim traditions)	1,900	5,700	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	637,000	4,484,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.54 %	-1	13
Namassej (Muslim traditions)	2,300	5,300	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Namassej Chandel	2,146,000	3,848,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.59 %	-1	43
Nat (Hindu traditions)	15,000	606,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.33 %	-1	1
Nat (Muslim traditions)	5,500	198,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Newah	1,000	1,710,000	●	Nepali	Hinduism	1 ●	3.96 %	-1	1
Nikari (Muslim traditions)	83,000	156,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Oraon, Kurux	109,000	5,474,000	●	Kurux	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	15.40 %	-1	-1 -
Paliya	103,000	247,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Pan	4,300	1,613,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pankhu, Panko	5,800	5,800	●	Pangkhua	Buddhism	1 ●	3.31 %	-1	1
Parhaiya	6,400	43,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	1 ●	1.76 %	-1	1
Parsee	700	170,000		Gujarati	Other / Small	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	6,700	5,877,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pasi (Muslim traditions)	2,800	22,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Patial	8,300	55,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Patni (Hindu traditions)	141,000	409,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Patni (Muslim traditions)	9,700	9,700	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Patwa (Muslim traditions)	14,000	23,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Persian	800	44,131,000		Dari	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Peshakar	1,300	3,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pinjara	52,000	4,174,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pnar	19,000	349,000	●	Pnar	Christianity	3 ●	73.51 %	-1	-1 -
Pod	30,000	3,571,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pundari	9,600	321,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Qassab	32,000	2,459,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Qazi	27,000	901,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rai	1,200	858,000	●	Bengali	Other / Small	1 ●	4.21 %	-1	1
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	1,585,000	6,732,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.64 %	-1	32
Rajbansi (Muslim traditions)	9,700	10,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajbhar	3,400	102,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	33,000	27,658,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	1
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	28,000	7,145,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	900	1,251,000	●	Bengali	Other / Small	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajwar	10,000	731,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rakhine	19,000	2,706,000	●	Rakhine	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rangrez (Muslim traditions)	10,000	453,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rasua	1,200	2,400	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Raute	1,600	2,700	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rautia	1,200	138,000	●	Sadri, Oraon	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rayeen (Hindu traditions)	7,400	9,100	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rayeen (Muslim traditions)	98,000	1,289,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Rohingya	888,000	2,075,000		Rohingya	Islam	1 ●	0.11 %	0.11 %	18
Rohingya Zerbadi	82,000	82,000	●	Rohingya	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Sahariya	7,300	1,032,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Sankara	12,000	105,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Santal (Sawntal)	210,000	9,297,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	2 ●	8.08 %	-1	-1 -
Saora	2,600	947,000	●	Sora	Hinduism	1 ●	0.23 %	-1	1
Sardar (Muslim traditions)	89,000	104,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Sauria Paharia	8,200	70,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	1 ●	3.33 %	-1	1
Shanan	28,000	28,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Sikligar (Muslim traditions)	8,900	70,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Sindhi (Muslim traditions)	1,200	192,000	●	Sindhi	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	16,000	8,389,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	356,000	1,106,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	7
Sunri Sadhubanik	250,000	575,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	188,000	690,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Sutradhar (Muslim traditions)	15,000	56,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Sylhet (Muslim traditions)	12,224,000	12,224,000	●	Sylheti	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	244
Tamang	700	2,034,000	●	Tamang, Eastern	Buddhism	1 ●	2.29 %	-1	1
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	195,000	2,503,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Tamboli (Muslim traditions)	130,000	308,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Tangchanghya	66,000	68,000	●	Tangchangya	Buddhism	2 ●	13.35 %	-1	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	112,000	5,992,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Tanti (Muslim traditions)	1,600	6,200	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tarafdar	5,300	5,300	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Teli (Hindu traditions)	156,000	22,858,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions)	2,900	697,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tili	75,000	1,352,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tipera	147,000	961,000	●	Kok Borok	Hinduism	1 ●	3.68 %	-1	3
Tiyar	53,000	637,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Turaiha	2,900	433,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Turi (Hindu traditions)	28,000	444,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Uchoi	9,300	12,000	●	Usoi	Christianity	3 ●	83.30 %	-1	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	10,000	5,930,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions)	2,000	13,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	82,000	42,015,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Yadav Sadgope	111,000	3,191,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Totals: 311	170,416,000					289 ●	0.37 %	0.00 %	3,552
Unclassified / Other Individuals	770,000
UN Country Population (2022)	171,186,000

Other minor groups: 127

Bangladesh

Very small groups reported, but outside the Joshua Project Small Group Policy. Some may not be viable and/or have incorrect Progress Scale values, population, language and religion information. The groups listed below are not included in overall Joshua Project people group counts. If you have information about these groups, please contact us.

Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
People Group ▲	Progress Scale	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion
Agaria, Hindu	1 ●	300	Chittagonian	Hinduism
Ahang	0 ●	-1 Unknown		Hinduism
Ahom	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Assamese	Hinduism
Akhandji	1 ●	500	Bengali	Islam
Amat	1 ●	200	Bengali	Hinduism
Arab	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Arabic, Baharna Spoken	Islam
Badhai, Hindu	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Bengali	Hinduism
Baidya (Muslim traditions)	1 ●	500	Bengali	Islam
Bajikar (Muslim traditions)	1 ●	100	Bengali	Islam
Balija, Hindu	1 ●	100	Telugu	Hinduism
Baloch, Eastern	1 ●	300	Balochi, Eastern	Islam
Bania, Jaiswal	1 ●	200	Marwari	Hinduism
Bania, Saraogi	1 ●	-1 Unknown
Banjara, Hindu	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Lambadi	Hinduism
Bantar	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Bengali	Hinduism
Bari, Hindu	1 ●	200	Bengali	Hinduism
Bathudi	1 ●	200	Sylheti	Hinduism
Bawaria, Sikh	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Bengali	Other / Small
Beg	1 ●	700	Bengali	Islam
Bhandari	1 ●	300	Oriya	Hinduism
Bhangi, Muslim	1 ●	300	Bengali	Islam
Bhaskar	1 ●	200	Bengali	Hinduism
Bhat, Muslim	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Bengali	Islam
Bhatia, Hindu	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Gujarati	Hinduism
Bhil	1 ●	400	Bengali	Islam
Bhil Mavchi	1 ●	400	Bengali	Islam
Bhotia, Sikkim	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Sikkimese	Buddhism
Bhottada	1 ●	100	Oriya	Hinduism
Brahman, Audich	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Gujarati	Hinduism
Brahman, Kashmiri Pandit	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Kashmiri	Hinduism
Brahman, Khandelwal	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Bengali	Hinduism
Brahman, Sikh	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Panjabi, Western	Other / Small
Brahui	1 ●	400	Brahui	Islam
Brittal Bania	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Bengali	Hinduism
Buna (Muslim traditions)	1 ●	100	Bengali	Islam
Chaudhari, caste	1 ●	200	Bengali	Hinduism
Chhetri	1 ●	200	Nepali	Hinduism
Chhimba, Sikh	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Panjabi, Western	Other / Small
Dabgar, Hindu	1 ●	500	Bengali	Hinduism
Dahiara	1 ●	300	Bengali	Islam
Daphtari	1 ●	600	Bengali	Islam
Darjee	1 ●	200	Nepali	Hinduism
Dhangar	1 ●	200	Gujarati	Hinduism
Dhimal	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Dhimal	Hinduism
Diwan	1 ●	100	Bengali	Islam
Dusadh (Muslim traditions)	1 ●	600	Bengali	Islam
Ganda	1 ●	200	Oriya	Hinduism
Gauda	1 ●	200	Oriya	Hinduism
Ghosi, Hindu	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Oriya	Hinduism
Ghusuria	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Bengali	Hinduism
Gokha, Hindu	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Oriya	Hinduism
Guria	1 ●	200	Oriya	Hinduism
Hazra (Muslim traditions)	1 ●	800	Bengali	Islam
Jharudar	1 ●	300	Bengali	Islam
Jhinwar, Sikh	1 ●	300	Panjabi, Western	Other / Small
Jimdar	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Bengali	Hinduism
Julaha	1 ●	200	Panjabi, Western	Other / Small
Kalingi	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Oriya	Hinduism
Kalwar Sunri	1 ●	700	Bengali	Hinduism
Kamboh, Sikh	1 ●	400	Panjabi, Western	Other / Small
Kandra	1 ●	200	Oriya	Hinduism
Karan	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Oriya	Hinduism
Kashmiri Muslim	1 ●	200	Kashmiri	Islam
Khas	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Bengali	Hinduism
Khatik, Hindu	1 ●	300	Bengali	Hinduism
Khatri, Sikh	1 ●	400	Panjabi, Western	Other / Small
Khavar	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Bengali	Hinduism
Khomoi	0 ●	-1 Unknown	Chittagonian	Hinduism
Kichak	0 ●	-1 Unknown	Bengali	Hinduism
Kolta	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Oriya	Hinduism
Kotal	1 ●	200	Bengali	Hinduism
Kotwal	1 ●	300	Bengali	Hinduism
Kumhar, Sikh	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Panjabi, Western	Other / Small
Labana, Sikh	1 ●	300	Panjabi, Western	Other / Small
Lepcha	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Lepcha	Buddhism
Limbu	1 ●	200	Limbu	Other / Small
Lodha	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Bengali	Hinduism
Lohana	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Sindhi	Hinduism
Lushai, Mizo	2 ●	200	Mizo	Christianity
Mahaldar	1 ●	300	Bengali	Islam
Mahar, Hindu	1 ●	300	Bengali	Hinduism
Mahratta Kunbi	1 ●	300	Gujarati	Hinduism
Mahyavanshi	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Gujarati	Hinduism
Mallik (Hindu traditions)	1 ●	200	Bengali	Hinduism
Maramei	0 ●	-1 Unknown	Naga, Maram	Christianity
Markande	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Sylheti	Hinduism
Marua	0 ●	-1 Unknown	Hindi	Hinduism
Matang	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Marathi	Hinduism
Maulangi	1 ●	500	Bengali	Islam
Munnur	1 ●	100	Telugu	Hinduism
Munshi	1 ●	600	Bengali	Islam
Musahar (Muslim traditions)	1 ●	400	Bengali	Islam
Mutrasi	1 ●	100	Telugu	Hinduism
Nagar	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Bengali	Hinduism
Nai, Sikh	1 ●	200	Panjabi, Western	Other / Small
Naliya (Muslim traditions)	1 ●	900	Bengali	Islam
Nikari (Hindu traditions)	1 ●	100	Bengali	Hinduism
Paik	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Oriya	Hinduism
Panika	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Bengali	Hinduism
Parja	1 ●	300	Bengali	Hinduism
Pawaria, Muslim	1 ●	200	Bengali	Islam
Peshakar	1 ●	700	Bengali	Islam
Poi	2 ●	-1 Unknown	Language Unknown	Christianity
Rabha	1 ●	100	Rabha	Hinduism
Raju	1 ●	200	Bengali	Hinduism
Ralte	2 ●	-1 Unknown	Mizo	Christianity
Ramdasia, Sikh	1 ●	300	Panjabi, Western	Other / Small
Rasua	1 ●	900	Bengali	Islam
Rathawa	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Gujarati	Hinduism
Sagarbanshi	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Oriya	Hinduism
Saini, Sikh	1 ●	400	Panjabi, Western	Other / Small
Sardar (Hindu traditions)	1 ●	700	Bengali	Hinduism
Sarki	1 ●	500	Nepali	Hinduism
Shabar	1 ●	200	Oriya	Hinduism
Sherpa	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Sherpa	Buddhism
Siyalgir (Muslim traditions)	1 ●	300	Bengali	Islam
Sonar, Sikh	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Panjabi, Western	Other / Small
Sukli	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Bengali	Hinduism
Sunuwar	1 ●	400	Nepali	Hinduism
Thakuri	1 ●	300	Nepali	Hinduism
Tharu	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Tharu, Kathoriya	Hinduism
Thathera, Hindu	1 ●	200	Bengali	Hinduism
Tirendaj	1 ●	300	Bengali	Hinduism
Unspecified	0 ●	-1 Unknown	Bengali	Unknown
Unspecified Jain	0 ●	-1 Unknown	Bengali	Other / Small
Unspecified Sikh	0 ●	-1 Unknown	Panjabi, Western	Other / Small
Vaghri, Hindu	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Gujarati	Hinduism
Totals: 127

For more information see the Joshua Project Small Group Policy

* 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.

Download Data Data Sources Definitions

Prayer Cards

Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
Province ▲	Population	People Groups	Unreached Groups	% Unreached Peoples	Population in Unreached	% Population Unreached	Districts
Barisal	9,469,000	128	123	96.1 %	9,466,000	100.0 %	6
Chittagong	34,418,000	213	194	91.1 %	33,402,000	97.0 %	11
Dhaka	54,721,000	232	224	96.6 %	54,495,000	99.6 %	17
Khulna	18,119,000	217	209	96.3 %	18,070,000	99.7 %	10
Rajshahi	20,740,000	205	199	97.1 %	20,549,000	99.1 %	8
Rangpur	18,079,000	201	195	97.0 %	17,941,000	99.2 %	8
Sylhet	12,181,000	164	152	92.7 %	12,087,000	99.2 %	4
Country:	170,416,000	311	289	92.9 %	168,651,000	99.0 %	64

Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
Language ▲	Code	# Peoples w/ this Primary Language	# Unreached w/ this Primary Language	Scripture Status	NT Text Online	NT Audio Online	Jesus Film Online	Audio Recordings Online	Gospel Tract Online
Bengali	ben	227	224	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Bishnupuriya	bpy	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Burmese	mya	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Chak	ckh	1	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Chakma	ccp	1	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	1	-1
Chin, Asho	csh	2	1	5 Complete Bible	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Chin, Bawm	bgr	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	-1	1	-1
Chin, Falam	cfm	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Chin, Hakha	cnh	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	-1	1	-1
Chin, Khumi	cnk	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	-1	1	1	-1
Chin, Uppu	cnb	1	0	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Chinese, Mandarin	cmn	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Chittagonian	ctg	6	5	4 New Testament	-1	1	1	1	-1
Dari	prs	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Dimasa	dis	1	1	4 New Testament	1	-1	1	1	-1
Garo	grt	1	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	1	-1
Gondi, Northern	gno	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Gujarati	guj	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Gurung	gvr	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Hajong	haj	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Karbi	mjw	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	-1	1	1	-1
Koch	kdq	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	1	-1	1	-1
Kok Borok	trp	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Kurux	kru	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Kuvi	kxv	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	1	1	1	-1
Mahali	mjx	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	1	-1	1	-1
Marma	rmz	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Meitei	mni	1	1	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	1	-1
Mizo	lus	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Mru	mro	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Mundari	unr	1	1	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	1	-1
Nepali	npi	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Pangkhua	pkh	1	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Pnar	pbv	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Rakhine	rki	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Riang	ria	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	-1	1	1	-1
Rohingya	rhg	2	2	3 Bible Portions	-1	1	1	1	-1
Sadri, Oraon	sdr	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Sindhi	snd	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Sora	srb	1	1	5 Complete Bible	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Sylheti	syl	29	29	4 New Testament	1	1	1	1	-1
Tamang, Eastern	taj	1	1	4 New Testament	1	1	1	1	-1
Tangchangya	tnv	1	0	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Unknown	xxx	1	0	Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Urdu	urd	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Usoi	usi	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	-1	1	1	-1
War-Jaintia	aml	3	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
West Bengal Sign Language	wbs	1	1	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Totals:	48	311	289		20	25	37	45	7

Networking Possibilities

Search the Web
There are many agencies and churches looking for additional staff to help them in their mission and calling in Bangladesh. Internet searches are probably the best way to find these organizations. The following are some example search topics you might try:

Church planting agencies in Bangladesh
Christian ministry in Bangladesh
Business as mission
Christian literature distribution
Evangelism agencies
Christian discipleship
Short term Christian missions

Long term Christian missions
Urban ministries
Christian media opportunities
Bible translation opportunities
Relief and development agencies
Clean water projects
Christian medical outreaches

Bangladesh Statistics
People Groups	311
Unreached People Groups	289 (92.9%)
Population	170,416,000
Population Annual Growth Rate	1.2%
Population in Unreached	168,651,000 (99.0%)
Primary Religion	Islam
Percent Christian Adherent	0.4%
Percent Evangelical	Unknown
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate	3.6%
Pioneer Workers Needed *	3,552
Country Progress Level	1 ●
Urbanization	37%
Continent	Asia
Region	Asia, South
10/40 Window	Yes
Country Code	BG
Official Language(s)	Bengali \| English
Literacy Rate	74%
Estimated Illiterate Population	44,308,000
Persecution Ranking	29 (1=Highest) Open Doors

Bangladesh Maps
Political Map (UN)
Language Map (Ethnologue)
Ethnolinguistic Map (Univ of Texas)
Perry-Castaneda Map Collection

Bangladesh Prayer Cards / Guide
Prayer Cards All Unreached	Prayer Guide

Bangladesh Links
Operation World
Stratus Earth Index
Prosperity Index
Social Progress Index
Open Doors Persecution Ranking
World Factbook
Religious Freedom Report
UN Human Development Report
Ethnologue Language Listing
National Bible Society

Bangladesh Videos
More great prayer resources at Prayercast