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

165,559,000

Population in Unreached

163,841,000 (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.

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= Frontier peoples
People Group ▲	Population this Country	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent *	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed **
Abdul	42,000	83,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Aguri	2,500	605,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Ahmadi	3,100	179,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Anglo Indian	2,000	158,000		Bengali	Christianity	3 ●	80.70 %	-1	-1 -
Ansari	15,000	17,104,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Arleng	1,500	587,000	●	Karbi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Asho Khyang	5,300	175,000	●	Chin, Asho	Buddhism	2 ●	38.29 %	-1	-1 -
Asur	1,900	39,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	1 ●	1.23 %	-1	1
Badhai (Muslim traditions)	3,300	778,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	82,000	3,452,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.31 %	-1	2
Baha'i	10,000	27,000	●	Bengali	Other / Small	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bahelia (Hindu traditions)	3,000	215,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baidya	1,000	1,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	126,000	455,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.07 %	-1	3
Baiga	5,100	671,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	189,000	4,585,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Baiti	6,300	58,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bania Agarwal	2,300	5,704,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bania Bais	1,200	153,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bania Gandha Banik	4,100	343,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bania Khatri	2,600	242,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bania Rauniar	800	159,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bania Subarna Banik	3,300	197,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bania unspecified	18,000	16,822,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Banjara (Muslim traditions)	3,600	287,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Barman	71,000	79,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.72 %	-1	1
Barua	34,000	36,000	●	Chittagonian	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bauri	14,000	2,319,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	6,900	680,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bedia (Muslim traditions)	50,000	58,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Beg	1,600	5,200	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Behara	80,000	84,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	12,000	1,973,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Besya (Hindu traditions)	1,500	5,400	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Besya (Muslim traditions)	15,000	17,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bhar	6,000	2,332,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	3,100	1,638,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	12,000	5,947,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bhuinhar	1,600	1,132,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bhuinmali	95,000	278,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.42 %	-1	2
Bhuiya Ghatwar	2,500	358,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bhuiya unspecified	12,000	1,737,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bhumij	34,000	1,340,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	1 ●	1.12 %	-1	1
Bihari (Muslim traditions)	919,000	919,000	●	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	18
Bind	9,000	1,242,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Binjhia	6,500	215,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	1 ●	2.04 %	-1	1
Birhor	1,300	25,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	1 ●	2.33 %	-1	1
Birjia	500	18,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bishnupriya Manipuri	18,000	120,000	●	Bishnupuriya	Hinduism	1 ●	0.20 %	-1	1
Biswas (Hindu traditions)	2,600	2,600	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Biswas (Muslim traditions)	36,000	42,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bodo (Hindu traditions)	13,000	1,857,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahmin Acharaj	1,300	65,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahmin Barna	4,000	37,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahmin Bhat	500	29,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahmin Gaur	27,000	3,621,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahmin Joshi	2,300	446,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahmin Kanaujia	6,000	5,029,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahmin Maithili	3,700	30,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahmin Radhi	49,000	1,919,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahmin Sakaldwipi	3,000	580,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahmin Saraswat	6,200	711,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahmin unspecified	237,000	34,394,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Brahmin Utkal	3,900	220,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahmin Vaidik	4,900	229,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahmin Varendra	20,000	325,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bru	2,200	242,000	●	Riang	Hinduism	2 ●	14.19 %	-1	-1 -
Buna (Hindu traditions)	94,000	562,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Burmese	79,000	32,047,000		Burmese	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.09 %	-1	2
Chain	24,000	616,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Chak	6,300	8,600	●	Chak	Buddhism	1 ●	0.35 %	-1	1
Chakma	513,000	797,000	●	Chakma	Buddhism	2 ●	7.47 %	-1	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	75,000	53,923,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	2.08 %	-1	1
Chasadhobi	9,200	117,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Chero	8,800	194,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	1 ●	0.95 %	-1	1
Chik Baraik	8,300	145,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	1 ●	1.47 %	-1	1
Christian	293,000	2,109,000	●	Bengali	Christianity	3 ●	100.00 %	-1	-1 -
Dai (Hindu traditions)	9,500	9,500	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dai (Muslim traditions)	83,000	98,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Dalu	10,000	31,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	33,000	1,637,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Deaf	1,246,000	48,207,000	●	West Bengal Sign Language	Islam	1 ●	0.66 %	-1	25
Dhanuk	3,500	5,160,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	149,000	12,659,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	38,000	2,385,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dholi (Muslim traditions)	60,000	67,000	●	Sylheti	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Doai	2,900	14,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dom (Muslim traditions)	3,100	224,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Domar (Hindu traditions)	28,000	2,555,000	●	Chittagonian	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dulia	9,500	458,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	8,400	6,777,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dusadh (Muslim traditions)	2,200	16,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dusadh Bahelia	5,600	809,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Faqir	5,200	129,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	3,900	4,719,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gain	6,400	6,400	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Ganak	12,000	12,000	●	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)	94,000	1,372,000	●	Garo	Christianity	3 ●	98.76 %	-1	-1 -
Ghasiya (Hindu traditions)	2,200	519,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Ghazi	97,000	99,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Ghulam	7,100	31,000	●	Chittagonian	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gond	10,000	9,949,000	●	Gondi, Northern	Hinduism	1 ●	0.36 %	-1	1
Gonrhi	6,300	954,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gorait	900	13,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.62 %	-1	1
Gosain	2,200	1,352,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gurung Ghaleg	1,200	722,000	●	Gurung	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Hadi	80,000	1,224,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.47 %	-1	2
Hajam	547,000	5,069,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	11
Hajang	18,000	105,000	●	Hajong	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Halam	900	50,000	●	Chin, Falam	Christianity	3 ●	82.92 %	-1	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	62,000	1,792,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Halwai Maira	12,000	159,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Han Chinese, Mandarin	3,600	937,400,000		Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Hazra	1,100	1,100	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Ho	93,000	1,345,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	1 ●	2.24 %	-1	2
Jamadar	500	500	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Jamatia	6,300	103,000	●	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)	1,600	13,681,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Jat (Sikh traditions)	2,900	8,919,000	●	Bengali	Other / Small	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Jat Atra	3,100	59,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Jhalo Malo	213,000	683,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.03 %	-1	4
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	614,000	4,338,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.08 %	-1	12
Jogi (Muslim traditions)	8,900	137,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Jola	1,318,000	1,318,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	26
Jotdar	2,600	2,600	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kachari Dimasa	12,000	182,000	●	Dimasa	Hinduism	1 ●	0.18 %	-1	1
Kadar	3,800	140,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kaghazi	4,100	4,100	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	75,000	9,654,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kahar (Muslim traditions)	7,000	240,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kaibartta Jalia	243,000	770,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	5
Kaibartta unspecified	243,000	1,862,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	5
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	2,300	2,553,000	●	Chittagonian	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kalu	124,000	425,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	3,200	2,758,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kamar	900	39,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kandu	16,000	2,902,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kanjar (Hindu traditions)	1,200	251,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kaora	5,600	347,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kapali	164,000	513,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Karadar	5,500	5,500	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Karenga	1,600	50,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Karmali	5,100	156,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	1 ●	2.70 %	-1	1
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	8,500	776,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kawar	3,900	1,170,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	1,445,000	8,468,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.04 %	-1	29
Kayastha Karan	249,000	872,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	5
Khadala	4,300	139,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Khairwar	1,200	489,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Khami	5,800	5,800	●	Chittagonian	Buddhism	1 ●	4.63 %	-1	1
Khandait	2,900	2,019,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kharia	23,000	904,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	1 ●	1.17 %	-1	1
Kharwar	19,000	680,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	1 ●	0.83 %	-1	1
Khasi (War-Khasi)	23,000	1,477,000	●	War-Jaintia	Christianity	3 ●	98.48 %	-1	-1 -
Kisan	6,900	1,903,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	1 ●	1.37 %	-1	1
Koch (Hindu traditions)	34,000	95,000	●	Koch	Hinduism	1 ●	0.62 %	-1	1
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	7,700	9,841,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kol	3,100	2,053,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Koli (Hindu traditions)	1,000	2,879,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Konai	5,900	155,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kori	12,000	3,037,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.10 %	-1	1
Korku	6,000	1,186,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Korwa	4,000	526,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kui, Kuvi Khond	7,800	1,553,000	●	Kuvi	Hinduism	1 ●	3.07 %	-1	1
Kuki Chin	123,000	314,000	●	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	19,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kumhar (Hindu traditions)	238,000	18,716,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	68,000	22,432,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kusiari	7,100	9,100	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Laheri (Muslim traditions)	7,400	72,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Laleng (Patra)	8,300	8,300	●	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)	185,000	11,395,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Lohar (Muslim traditions)	43,000	2,863,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Lohara	29,000	339,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	1 ●	0.66 %	-1	1
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	37,000	3,822,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Madari (Muslim traditions)	5,200	122,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Magar	2,400	2,509,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mahanta	1,800	106,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mahara	16,000	22,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mahishya	716,000	12,293,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.95 %	-1	14
Mahli	41,000	515,000	●	Mahali	Hinduism	1 ●	1.43 %	-1	1
Maimal	147,000	150,000	●	Sylheti	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Majhwar	18,000	235,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mal (Hindu traditions)	22,000	2,078,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mal (Muslim traditions)	7,900	27,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mali (Hindu traditions)	172,000	12,444,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	17,000	3,241,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mallah (Muslim traditions)	15,000	497,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions)	1,600	393,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions)	18,000	39,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mallah Kewat (Hindu traditions)	1,600	357,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mallah Kewat (Muslim traditions)	200	4,700	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	62,000	732,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Malto	34,000	255,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	3.72 %	-1	1
Mandala (Hindu traditions)	6,600	8,900	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mandala (Muslim traditions)	116,000	119,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Marma	235,000	289,000	●	Marma	Buddhism	2 ●	5.69 %	-1	-1 -
Masalchi	5,800	5,800	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Matia	26,000	263,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mech	1,000	71,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Meitei	29,000	1,440,000	●	Meitei	Hinduism	1 ●	0.17 %	-1	1
Mir	48,000	105,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mirdhas (Muslim traditions)	1,100	1,100	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mirzakhani	13,000	27,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mishri	3,400	11,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mizo Bawm	2,500	3,900	●	Chin, Bawm	Christianity	3 ●	98.66 %	-1	-1 -
Mizo Lushai	700	660,000	●	Mizo	Christianity	3 ●	91.98 %	-1	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	231,000	2,518,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Mochi (Muslim traditions)	12,000	3,426,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Moghal	44,000	3,354,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mru	70,000	96,000	●	Mru	Buddhism	1 ●	3.94 %	-1	1
Munda	53,000	4,352,000	●	Mundari	Hinduism	1 ●	4.57 %	-1	1
Murasing	2,100	18,000	●	War-Jaintia	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Musahar (Hindu traditions)	15,000	3,925,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Nagarchi (Hindu traditions)	17,000	191,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Nagarchi (Muslim traditions)	17,000	17,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Nai (Hindu traditions)	28,000	13,973,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Nai Nabasakh	6,500	19,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Nalband	300	6,600	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Naliya (Muslim traditions)	1,900	5,600	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	619,000	4,402,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.54 %	-1	12
Namassej (Muslim traditions)	2,200	5,100	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Namassej Chandel	2,085,000	3,759,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.59 %	-1	42
Nat (Hindu traditions)	15,000	595,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.33 %	-1	1
Nat (Muslim traditions)	5,300	194,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Newah	1,000	1,664,000	●	Nepali	Hinduism	1 ●	3.96 %	-1	1
Nikari (Muslim traditions)	81,000	153,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Oraon, Kurux	106,000	5,381,000	●	Kurux	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	15.40 %	-1	-1 -
Paliya	100,000	242,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Pan	4,200	1,586,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pankhu, Panko	5,600	5,600	●	Pangkhua	Buddhism	1 ●	3.31 %	-1	1
Parhaiya	6,200	42,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	1 ●	1.76 %	-1	1
Parsee	700	167,000		Parsi	Other / Small	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun Khan	24,000	148,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak)	1,300	1,270,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Pathan	137,000	9,177,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	6,500	5,779,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pasi (Muslim traditions)	2,700	22,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Patial	8,000	54,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Patni (Hindu traditions)	137,000	401,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Patni (Muslim traditions)	9,500	9,500	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Patwa (Muslim traditions)	13,000	22,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Persian	800	42,530,000		Dari	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Peshakar	1,300	3,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pinjara	51,000	4,099,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pnar	19,000	343,000	●	Pnar	Christianity	3 ●	73.51 %	-1	-1 -
Pod	29,000	3,511,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pundari	9,300	314,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Qassab	31,000	2,385,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Qazi	26,000	884,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rai	1,200	836,000	●	Bengali	Other / Small	1 ●	4.21 %	-1	1
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	1,540,000	6,599,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.64 %	-1	31
Rajbansi (Muslim traditions)	9,400	9,700	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajbhar	3,300	101,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	32,000	27,190,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	1
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	28,000	6,879,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	900	1,230,000	●	Bengali	Other / Small	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajwar	10,000	719,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rakhine	19,000	2,737,000	●	Rakhine	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rangrez (Muslim traditions)	9,900	443,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rasua	1,200	2,400	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Raute	1,500	2,500	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rautia	1,100	136,000	●	Sadri, Oraon	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rayeen (Hindu traditions)	7,100	8,800	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rayeen (Muslim traditions)	96,000	1,266,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Rohingya	863,000	2,027,000		Rohingya	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	17
Rohingya Zerbadi	79,000	79,000	●	Rohingya	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Sahariya	7,100	1,015,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Sankara	12,000	103,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Santal (Sawntal)	204,000	9,138,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	2 ●	8.08 %	-1	-1 -
Saora	2,500	931,000	●	Sora	Hinduism	1 ●	0.23 %	-1	1
Sardar (Muslim traditions)	87,000	102,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Sauria Paharia	8,000	69,000	●	Sylheti	Hinduism	1 ●	3.33 %	-1	1
Sayyid	1,773,000	17,189,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	35
Shaikh	129,081,000	212,131,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2,582
Shaikh Siddiqi	7,900	8,806,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Shanan	27,000	27,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Sikligar (Muslim traditions)	8,700	69,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Sindhi (Muslim traditions)	1,200	189,000	●	Sindhi	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	16,000	8,247,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	346,000	1,082,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	7
Sunri Sadhubanik	243,000	563,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	182,000	676,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Sutradhar (Muslim traditions)	14,000	55,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Sylhet (Muslim traditions)	11,875,000	11,875,000	●	Sylheti	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	238
Tamang	700	1,980,000	●	Tamang, Eastern	Buddhism	1 ●	2.29 %	-1	1
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	189,000	2,458,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Tamboli (Muslim traditions)	127,000	302,000	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Tangchanghya	65,000	67,000	●	Tangchangya	Buddhism	2 ●	13.35 %	-1	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	109,000	5,889,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Tanti (Muslim traditions)	1,600	6,100	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tarafdar	5,200	5,200	●	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Teli (Hindu traditions)	152,000	22,468,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions)	2,800	686,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tili	73,000	1,329,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tipera	143,000	943,000	●	Kok Borok	Hinduism	1 ●	3.68 %	-1	3
Tiyar	51,000	626,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Turaiha	2,900	426,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Turi (Hindu traditions)	27,000	436,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Uchoi	9,100	12,000	●	Usoi	Christianity	3 ●	83.30 %	-1	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	10,000	5,826,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions)	1,900	13,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	80,000	41,296,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Yadav Sadgope	108,000	3,136,000	●	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Totals: 311	165,559,000					289 ●	0.37 %	0.00 %	3,455
Unclassified / Other Individuals	744,000
UN Country Population (2021)	166,303,000

Other minor groups: 127

Bangladesh

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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

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* 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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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:	165,559,000	311	289	92.9 %	163,841,000	99.0 %	64

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Class ▲	Population	% Popl	% Hindu	% Muslim	% Christian	% Buddhist	% Sikh	% Other
Forward Caste (FC)	282,458,000	170.6 %	97.2 %	0.0 %	1.2 %	0.1 %	0.0 %	1.4 %
Other Backward Classes (OBC)	778,555,000	470.3 %	70.6 %	24.5 %	1.8 %	0.1 %	2.3 %	0.8 %
Scheduled Caste (SC)	207,795,000	125.5 %	93.3 %	0.0 %	0.4 %	3.6 %	2.6 %	0.0 %
Scheduled Tribe (ST)	118,286,000	71.4 %	81.3 %	1.5 %	9.4 %	0.8 %	0.0 %	6.8 %
	165,559,000

Why Use Caste to Define Peoples?

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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	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Chakma	ccp	1	0	4 New Testament	-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
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
Parsi	prp	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	1 Translation Needed	-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	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
West Bengal Sign Language	wbs	1	1	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Totals:	48	311	289		19	25	35	45	0

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State ▲	Population	Hindu	Muslim	Christian	Buddhist	Sikh	Other	% Christian Adherent *
Barisal	9,469,000	1,222,000	8,238,000	6,390	3,070	360	20	0.00 %
Chittagong	34,418,000	2,765,000	30,475,000	160,000	1,004,000	1,090	13,400	0.00 %
Dhaka	54,721,000	4,435,000	50,034,000	208,000	22,200	1,160	19,200	0.00 %
Khulna	18,119,000	2,977,000	15,070,000	49,900	14,600	560	6,380	0.00 %
Rajshahi	20,740,000	1,378,000	19,202,000	78,300	520	290	80,400	0.00 %
Rangpur	18,079,000	2,463,000	15,490,000	61,800	3,680	140	61,500	0.00 %
Sylhet	12,181,000	1,921,000	10,174,000	50,400	10,100	240	25,400	0.00 %
Country:	165,559,000	17,161,000	148,683,000	615,000	1,058,000	3,800	206,000	0.37 %

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

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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	165,559,000
Population Annual Growth Rate	1.2%
Population in Unreached	163,841,000 (99.0%)
Primary Religion	Islam
Percent Christian Adherent *	0.4%
Percent Evangelical	Unknown
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate	3.6%
Pioneer Workers Needed **	3,455
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	43,045,000
Persecution Ranking	29 (1=Highest) Open Doors

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