Country: Kyrgyzstan

Number of People Groups

39

People Groups Unreached

28 (71.8%)

Progress Level

Progress Gauge

Total
Population

6,706,000

Population in Unreached

6,260,000 (93.3%)

Largest Religion

% Christian Adherent

3.72%

% Evangelical

0.30%

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

4.3%
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 *
 Arab, Uzbeki 400 29,000 Arabic, Uzbeki Spoken Islam 24.47 % -
 Armenian 800 5,679,000 Armenian, Western Christianity 93.03 % 9.00 % -
 Azerbaijani 21,000 9,048,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam 1.01 % 0.00 % 1
 Balkar 1,400 130,000 Karachay-Balkar Islam 2.03 % 0.00 % 1
 Bashkir 900 1,669,000 Bashkort Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Belarusian 800 9,095,000 Belarusian Christianity 69.98 % 1.30 % -
 Bulgarian 500 6,757,000 Bulgarian Christianity 77.84 % 1.90 % -
 Chechen 1,700 1,952,000 Chechen Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Chinese, general 1,000 15,879,000 Chinese, Mandarin Buddhism 4.43 % 2.00 % 1
 Dargin 2,400 641,000 Dargwa Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Deaf 50,000 49,661,000 Russian Sign Language Islam 5.27 % -
 Dungan 75,000 156,000 Dungan Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
 Georgian 700 3,106,000 Georgian Christianity 77.05 % 0.40 % -
 German 8,300 67,100,000 German, Standard Christianity 61.99 % 2.00 % -
 Hemshin 1,200 26,000 Armenian, Western Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Hui, Muslim Chinese 2,000 14,005,000 Chinese, Mandarin Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Kalmyk-Oirat 3,800 653,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Karachay 1,700 250,000 Karachay-Balkar Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Karakalpak 1,300 924,000 Karakalpak Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Kazakh 37,000 16,737,000 Kazakh Islam 0.10 % 0.10 % 1
 Korean 17,000 81,888,000 Korean Buddhism 26.34 % 16.00 % -
 Kurd, Kurmanji 16,000 16,339,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Kyrgyz 4,882,000 5,957,000 Kyrgyz Islam 0.09 % 0.09 % 98
 Lezgin 2,800 894,000 Lezgi Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Lyuli 5,100 24,000 Tajik Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Mordvinian 5,700 106,000 Erzya Christianity 55.00 % 2.00 % -
 Pashtun, Northern 600 40,328,000 Pashto, Northern Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Romani, Domari 600 1,947,000 Domari Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Russian 351,000 135,461,000 Russian Christianity 62.00 % 3.00 % -
 Tajik 59,000 10,774,000 Tajik Islam 0.09 % 0.09 % 1
 Tatar 27,000 5,727,000 Tatar Islam 0.42 % 0.04 % 1
 Tatar, Crimean 700 827,000 Crimean Tatar Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Tuerke 300 600 Ili Turki Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Turk 45,000 67,115,000 Turkish Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Turk, Meskhetian 24,000 307,000 Kyrgyz Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Turkmen 5,200 8,695,000 Turkmen Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Ukrainian 10,000 31,481,000 Ukrainian Christianity 77.99 % 3.80 % -
 Uyghur 60,000 12,315,000 Uyghur Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Uzbek, Northern 980,000 32,500,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam 0.18 % 0.18 % 20
  Totals:  39 6,706,000         28 3.72 % 0.30 % 145 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 29,000                
  UN Country Population (2023) 6,735,000                

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Province Estimated
Population
Batken 523,000
Biškek 1,018,000
Chüy 945,000
Jalal-Abad 1,219,000
Naryn 288,000
Osh 1,334,000
Osh (city) 293,000
Talas 268,000
Ysyk-Köl 504,000
Provinces:  9 6,392,000
UN Country Population 6,735,000
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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
Arabic, Uzbeki Spoken auz 1 0 Unspecified
Armenian, Western hyw 2 1 Complete Bible
Azerbaijani, North azj 1 1 Complete Bible
Bashkort bak 1 1 Complete Bible
Belarusian bel 1 0 Complete Bible
Bulgarian bul 1 0 Complete Bible
Chechen che 1 1 Complete Bible
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 2 2 Complete Bible
Crimean Tatar crh 1 1 Complete Bible
Dargwa dar 1 1 Bible Portions
Domari rmt 1 1 Bible Portions
Dungan dng 1 1 Bible Portions
Erzya myv 1 0 New Testament
Georgian kat 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Standard deu 1 0 Complete Bible
Ili Turki ili 1 1 Unspecified
Kalmyk-Oirat xal 1 1 New Testament
Karachay-Balkar krc 2 2 New Testament
Karakalpak kaa 1 1 Complete Bible
Kazakh kaz 1 1 Complete Bible
Korean kor 1 0 Complete Bible
Kurdish, Northern kmr 1 1 Complete Bible
Kyrgyz kir 2 2 Complete Bible
Lezgi lez 1 1 New Testament
Pashto, Northern pbu 1 1 Complete Bible
Russian rus 1 0 Complete Bible
Russian Sign Language rsl 1 0 Bible Portions
Tajik tgk 2 2 Complete Bible
Tatar tat 1 1 Complete Bible
Turkish tur 1 1 Complete Bible
Turkmen tuk 1 1 Complete Bible
Ukrainian ukr 1 0 Complete Bible
Uyghur uig 1 1 Complete Bible
Uzbek, Northern uzn 1 1 Complete Bible
Totals: 34 39 28   0 29 32 27 15
Networking Possibilities

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  • Church planting agencies in Kyrgyzstan
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Kyrgyzstan Statistics
People Groups 39
Unreached People Groups 28  (71.8%)
Population 6,706,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 1.5%
Population in Unreached 6,260,000  (93.3%)
Primary Religion Islam
Percent Christian Adherent 3.7%
Percent Evangelical 0.3%
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate 4.3%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 145
Country Progress Level 1
Urbanization 36%
Continent Asia
Region Asia, Central
10/40 Window Yes
Country Code KG
Official Language(s) KyrgyzRussian
Literacy Rate 99%
Estimated Illiterate Population 67,000
Persecution Ranking Not ranked
Kyrgyzstan Maps
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