Country: Russia

Number of People Groups

182

People Groups Unreached

115 (63.2%)

Progress Level

Progress Gauge

Total
Population

144,094,000

Population in Unreached

17,775,000 (12.3%)

Largest Religion

% Christian Adherent

57.26%

% Evangelical

1.41%

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

2.3%
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
 Abaza 42,000 72,000 Abaza Islam 0.02 % 0.02 % 1
 Abkhaz 8,200 189,000 Abkhaz Christianity 70.00 % 0.08 % -
 Adyghe, West Circassian 111,000 681,000 Adyghe Islam 0.07 % 0.07 % 2
 Aghul 35,000 35,000 Aghul Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Akhvakh 6,700 6,700 Akhvakh Islam 0.03 % 0.03 % 1
 Akkin 103,000 103,000 Chechen Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
 Aleut, Eastern 400 2,800 Aleut Non-Religious 1.00 % 0.60 % 1
 Altai-Kizhi 83,000 84,000 Altai, Southern Ethnic Religions 2.00 % 0.33 % 2
 Alutor 2,000 2,000 Russian Ethnic Religions 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Americans, U.S. 1,100 196,885,000 English Christianity 75.00 % 22.00 % -
Andalal 62,000 62,000 Avar Islam 0.01 % 0.01 % 1
 Andi 31,000 31,000 Andi Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Antsukh 51,000 51,000 Avar Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Arab, Uzbeki 16,000 29,000 Arabic, Uzbeki Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Archi 2,100 2,100 Archi Islam 0.19 % 0.19 % 1
 Armenian 946,000 5,691,000 Armenian Christianity 94.00 % 10.65 % -
 Assyrian 4,400 924,000 Assyrian Neo-Aramaic Christianity 90.00 % 1.00 % -
 Avar, Dagestani 1,012,000 1,133,000 Avar Islam 0.01 % 0.01 % 20
 Azerbaijani 475,000 9,063,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam 3.00 % 0.20 % 9
 Bagvalal 6,700 6,700 Bagvalal Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Balkar 125,000 130,000 Karachay-Balkar Islam 0.04 % 0.04 % 3
 Baraba Tatar, Siberian 21,000 21,000 Siberian Tatar Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Bashkir 1,572,000 1,669,000 Bashkort Islam 4.00 % 1.10 % 31
 Batlukh-Gid 31,000 31,000 Avar Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Belarusian 208,000 9,058,000 Belarusian Christianity 71.00 % 1.30 % -
  Totals:  182 144,094,000         115 57.26 % 1.41 % 417 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 350,000                
  UN Country Population (2023) 144,444,000                

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Province Estimated
Population
Adygey 442,000
Altay 2,433,000
Amur 834,000
Arkhangel'sk 1,192,000
Astrakhan' 1,015,000
Bashkortostan 4,094,000
Belgorod 1,541,000
Bryansk 1,285,000
Buryat 977,000
Chechnya 1,276,000
Chelyabinsk 3,495,000
Chukot 51,000
Chuvash 1,259,000
City of St. Petersburg 5,018,000
Dagestan 2,926,000
Gorno-Altay 207,000
Ingush 415,000
Irkutsk 2,442,000
Ivanovo 1,068,000
Kabardin-Balkar 865,000
Kaliningrad 947,000
Kalmyk 291,000
Kaluga 1,016,000
Kamchatka 324,000
Karachay-Cherkess 481,000
Karelia 647,000
Kemerovo 2,778,000
Khabarovsk 1,351,000
Khakass 535,000
Khanty-Mansiy 1,540,000
Kirov 1,348,000
Komi 906,000
Kostroma 672,000
Krasnodar 5,255,000
Krasnoyarsk 2,843,000
Kurgan 916,000
Kursk 1,133,000
Leningrad 1,726,000
Lipetsk 1,180,000
Maga Buryatdan 22,000
Mariy-El 700,000
Mordovia 839,000
Moscow City 11,565,000
Moskva 7,133,000
Murmansk 799,000
Nenets 42,000
Nizhegorod 3,329,000
North Ossetia 717,000
Novgorod 637,000
Novosibirsk 2,680,000
Omsk 1,989,000
Orel 791,000
Orenburg 2,044,000
Penza 1,393,000
Perm' 2,649,000
Primor'ye 1,966,000
Pskov 677,000
Rostov 4,301,000
Ryazan' 1,160,000
Sakha 964,000
Sakhalin 501,000
Samara 3,233,000
Saratov 2,535,000
Smolensk 991,000
Stavropol' 2,801,000
Sverdlovsk 4,321,000
Tambov 1,098,000
Tatarstan 3,806,000
Tomsk 1,053,000
Tula 1,562,000
Tuva 310,000
Tver' 1,360,000
Tyumen' 1,348,000
Udmurt 1,529,000
Ul'yanovsk 1,300,000
Vladimir 1,452,000
Volgograd 2,624,000
Vologda 1,208,000
Voronezh 2,347,000
Yamal-Nenets 526,000
Yaroslavl' 1,279,000
Yevrey 178,000
Zabaykal'ye 1,113,000
Provinces:  83 143,596,000
UN Country Population 144,444,000
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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 0 New Testament
Adyghe ady 2 2 New Testament
Aghul agx 1 1 Bible Portions
Akhvakh akv 1 1 Unspecified
Aleut ale 1 1 Bible Portions
Altai, Northern atv 3 3 Unspecified
Altai, Southern alt 3 2 New Testament
Andi ani 1 1 Bible Portions
Arabic, Uzbeki auz 1 1 Unspecified
Archi aqc 1 1 Translation Started
Armenian hye 1 0 Complete Bible
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic aii 1 0 Complete Bible
Avar ava 4 4 New Testament
Azerbaijani, North azj 1 1 Complete Bible
Bagvalal kva 1 1 Translation Started
Bashkort bak 1 1 Complete Bible
Belarusian bel 1 0 Complete Bible
Bezhta kap 1 1 Unspecified
Botlikh bph 1 1 Translation Started
Bulgarian bul 1 0 Complete Bible
Buriat, Russia bxr 1 1 Complete Bible
Chamalal cji 1 1 Unspecified
Chechen che 3 3 Complete Bible
Chukchi ckt 1 1 Unspecified
Chuvash chv 1 0 Complete Bible
Crimean Tatar crh 1 1 Complete Bible
Czech ces 1 0 Complete Bible
Dargwa dar 4 4 Bible Portions
Dido ddo 1 1 Bible Portions
Dolgan dlg 1 1 Bible Portions
Dungan dng 1 1 Bible Portions
English eng 2 0 Complete Bible
Erzya myv 1 0 New Testament
Estonian, Standard ekk 1 0 Complete Bible
Even eve 1 1 Bible Portions
Evenki evn 1 1 Bible Portions
Finnish fin 1 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
Ghodoberi gdo 1 1 Unspecified
Gilyak niv 1 1 Bible Portions
Greek ell 1 0 Complete Bible
Hindi hin 1 1 Complete Bible
Hinukh gin 1 1 Unspecified
Hungarian hun 1 0 Complete Bible
Hunzib huz 1 1 Translation Started
Ingush inh 1 1 Bible Portions
Italian ita 1 0 Complete Bible
Japanese jpn 1 1 Complete Bible
Kabardian kbd 1 1 New Testament
Kaitag xdq 1 1 Unspecified
Kalmyk-Oirat xal 1 1 New Testament
Karachay-Balkar krc 2 2 New Testament
Karakalpak kaa 1 1 Complete Bible
Karata kpt 1 1 Unspecified
Karelian krl 1 0 New Testament
Kazakh kaz 1 1 Complete Bible
Ket ket 1 0 Bible Portions
Khakas kjh 1 1 Unspecified
Khanty kca 1 1 Bible Portions
Khvarshi khv 1 1 Translation Started
Komi-Permyak koi 1 0 New Testament
Komi-Zyrian kpv 2 0 Complete Bible
Korean kor 1 0 Complete Bible
Koryak kpy 1 1 Unspecified
Kubachi ugh 1 1 Unspecified
Kumyk kum 1 1 New Testament
Kurdish, Northern kmr 2 2 Complete Bible
Kyrgyz kir 1 1 Complete Bible
Lak lbe 1 1 Bible Portions
Latvian, Standard lvs 1 0 Complete Bible
Lezgi lez 1 1 New Testament
Lithuanian lit 1 0 Complete Bible
Livvi-Karelian olo 1 0 New Testament
Ludian lud 1 0 Unspecified
Mansi mns 1 1 Bible Portions
Mari, Hill mrj 1 0 New Testament
Mari, Meadow mhr 2 0 New Testament
Mingrelian xmf 1 0 Bible Portions
Moksha mdf 1 0 New Testament
Mongolian, Halh khk 1 1 Complete Bible
Nanai gld 1 1 Bible Portions
Nenets yrk 1 1 Unspecified
Nogai nog 1 1 New Testament
Norwegian nor 1 0 Complete Bible
Ossetic oss 2 1 Complete Bible
Pashto, Northern pbu 1 1 Complete Bible
Persian, Iranian pes 1 1 Complete Bible
Polish pol 1 0 Complete Bible
Portuguese por 1 0 Complete Bible
Romani, Vlax rmy 1 0 Complete Bible
Romanian ron 2 0 Complete Bible
Russian rus 26 18 Complete Bible
Russian Sign Language rsl 1 0 Bible Portions
Rutul rut 1 1 Unspecified
Saami, Skolt sms 1 0 Bible Portions
Selkup sel 1 1 Unspecified
Serbian srp 1 0 Complete Bible
Shor cjs 1 0 Bible Portions
Siberian Tatar sty 3 3 Bible Portions
Spanish spa 2 0 Complete Bible
Swedish swe 1 0 Complete Bible
Tabasaran tab 1 1 New Testament
Tajik tgk 2 1 Complete Bible
Talysh tly 1 1 New Testament
Tat, Muslim ttt 1 1 Bible Portions
Tatar tat 4 2 Complete Bible
Tindi tin 1 1 Translation Started
Tsakhur tkr 1 1 Bible Portions
Turkish tur 2 1 Complete Bible
Turkmen tuk 1 1 Complete Bible
Tuvan tyv 3 3 Complete Bible
Udi udi 1 0 Unspecified
Udmurt udm 2 0 Complete Bible
Ukrainian ukr 1 0 Complete Bible
Ulch ulc 1 1 Unspecified
Uyghur uig 1 1 Complete Bible
Uzbek, Northern uzn 1 1 Complete Bible
Veps vep 1 0 New Testament
Vietnamese vie 1 0 Complete Bible
Yakut sah 1 1 New Testament
Yiddish, Eastern ydd 1 1 Complete Bible
Yupik, Saint Lawrence Island ess 1 1 New Testament
Totals: 126 182 115   76 88 81 66 43
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Russia Statistics
People Groups 182
Unreached People Groups 115  (63.2%)
Population 144,094,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 0.0%
Population in Unreached 17,775,000  (12.3%)
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 57.3%
Percent Evangelical 1.4%
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate 2.3%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 417
Country Progress Level 3
Urbanization 74%
Continent Asia
Region Europe, Eastern and Eurasia
10/40 Window No
Country Code RS
Official Language(s) Russian
Literacy Rate 100%
Estimated Illiterate Population 0
Persecution Ranking Not ranked
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