Photo | People Group ▲ | Population this Country |
Global Population |
Indigenous | Primary Language | Primary Religion | Progress Scale |
% Christian Adherent |
% Evangelical | Est. Workers Needed * |
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Abaza | 14,000 | 74,000 | Abaza | Islam | 1 ● | 0.20 % | 0.00 % | 1 | |
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Abkhaz | 167,000 | 313,000 | ● | Abkhaz | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 3 |
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Adyghe | 356,000 | 701,000 | Adyghe | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 7 | |
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Alawite | 562,000 | 2,117,000 | ● | Arabic, North Levantine Spoken | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.03 % | 0.01 % | 11 |
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Albanian | 74,000 | 5,429,000 | Albanian, Gheg | Islam | 2 ● | 30.00 % | 0.55 % | -1 - | |
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Americans, U.S. | 26,000 | 193,960,000 | English | Christianity | 5 ● | 77.00 % | 29.00 % | -1 - | |
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Arab, Iraqi | 113,000 | 18,095,000 | Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken | Islam | 1 ● | 0.50 % | 0.20 % | 2 | |
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Arab, Lebanese | 101,000 | 7,253,000 | Arabic, North Levantine Spoken | Islam | 1 ● | 0.50 % | 0.10 % | 2 | |
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Arab, North Iraqi | 577,000 | 10,579,000 | Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken | Islam | 1 ● | 0.50 % | 0.10 % | 12 | |
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Arab, Syrian | 595,000 | 18,087,000 | Arabic, North Levantine Spoken | Islam | 1 ● | 5.00 % | 0.40 % | 12 | |
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Armenian | 68,000 | 6,292,000 | Armenian, Western | Christianity | 4 ● | 94.00 % | 8.00 % | -1 - | |
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Assyrian | 29,000 | 916,000 | Assyrian Neo-Aramaic | Christianity | 4 ● | 95.00 % | 2.91 % | -1 - | |
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Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk | 599,000 | 17,891,000 | Azerbaijani, South | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 12 | |
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Bosniak | 114,000 | 3,175,000 | Bosnian | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.10 % | 0.00 % | 2 | |
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British | 39,000 | 54,472,000 | English | Christianity | 4 ● | 61.00 % | 8.00 % | -1 - | |
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Bulgarian | 7,500 | 6,926,000 | Bulgarian | Christianity | 3 ● | 80.00 % | 1.90 % | -1 - | |
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Chechen | 113,000 | 1,727,000 | Chechen | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 2 | |
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Deaf | 428,000 | 48,824,000 | ● | Turkish Sign Language | Islam | 1 ● | 0.21 % | -1 | 9 |
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Dutch | 35,000 | 13,560,000 | Dutch | Non-Religious | 4 ● | 48.00 % | 4.20 % | -1 - | |
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French | 30,000 | 50,956,000 | French | Christianity | 3 ● | 63.00 % | 1.00 % | -1 - | |
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Gagauzi Turk | 5,300 | 175,000 | Gagauz | Christianity | 3 ● | 90.00 % | 2.00 % | -1 - | |
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Gajal, Gadzhal | 18,000 | 18,000 | ● | Turkish | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 |
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Georgian | 169,000 | 3,439,000 | Georgian | Christianity | 3 ● | 55.00 % | 0.50 % | -1 - | |
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German | 6,200 | 66,498,000 | German, Standard | Christianity | 4 ● | 65.00 % | 2.10 % | -1 - | |
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Greek | 4,100 | 10,318,000 | Greek | Christianity | 3 ● | 91.00 % | 0.40 % | -1 - | |
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Han Chinese, Mandarin | 43,000 | 940,265,000 | Chinese, Mandarin | Non-Religious | 4 ● | 6.00 % | 5.70 % | -1 - | |
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Hemshin | 23,000 | 26,000 | ● | Turkish | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 |
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Herki | 44,000 | 110,000 | ● | Kurdish, Northern | Islam | 1 ● | 0.30 % | 0.00 % | 1 |
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Hertevin | 1,300 | 1,300 | ● | Hertevin | Christianity | 3 ● | 100.00 % | 0.00 % | -1 - |
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Hungarian | 800 | 11,689,000 | Hungarian | Christianity | 4 ● | 89.00 % | 2.80 % | -1 - | |
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Italian | 1,900 | 38,313,000 | Italian | Christianity | 3 ● | 83.00 % | 1.10 % | -1 - | |
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Jew, Spanish | 13,000 | 59,000 | Turkish | Ethnic Religions | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 | |
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Jew, Turkish | 1,500 | 49,000 | ● | Turkish | Ethnic Religions | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 |
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Kabardian | 1,194,000 | 2,015,000 | ● | Kabardian | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 24 |
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Karachai | 21,000 | 252,000 | Karachay-Balkar | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 | |
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Karakalpak | 75,000 | 897,000 | Karakalpak | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 2 | |
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Kazakh, Qazaqi | 8,600 | 17,734,000 | Kazakh | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.10 % | 0.03 % | 1 | |
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Kumyk | 1,700 | 516,000 | Kumyk | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 | |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | 9,090,000 | 15,873,000 | ● | Kurdish, Northern | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.01 % | 0.00 % | 182 |
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Kurd, Turkish-speaking | 6,393,000 | 6,393,000 | ● | Turkish | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.01 % | 0.00 % | 128 |
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Kyrgyz | 1,700 | 5,885,000 | Kyrgyz | Islam | 1 ● | 5.00 % | 0.70 % | 1 | |
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Laz, Lazuri | 104,000 | 106,000 | ● | Laz | Islam | 1 ● | 2.00 % | 0.20 % | 2 |
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Lezgin | 3,400 | 668,000 | Lezgi | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 | |
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Macedonian | 46,000 | 1,947,000 | Macedonian | Christianity | 3 ● | 65.00 % | 0.20 % | -1 - | |
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Ossetic | 41,000 | 581,000 | Ossetic | Islam | 2 ● | 6.00 % | 0.30 % | -1 - | |
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Persian | 695,000 | 43,037,000 | ● | Persian, Iranian | Islam | 1 ● | 0.30 % | 0.10 % | 14 |
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Pomak | 382,000 | 482,000 | ● | Bulgarian | Islam | 1 ● | 2.00 % | 0.40 % | 8 |
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Pontic Greek | 5,100 | 386,000 | ● | Pontic | Islam | 1 ● | 5.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 |
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Romani, Balkan | 74,000 | 1,234,000 | Romani, Balkan | Islam | 1 ● | 4.50 % | 0.50 % | 1 | |
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Romani, Domari | 35,000 | 3,611,000 | ● | Domari | Islam | 1 ● | 1.00 % | 0.20 % | 1 |
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Romanian | 10,000 | 20,961,000 | Romanian | Christianity | 4 ● | 97.00 % | 5.40 % | -1 - | |
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Russian | 37,000 | 135,489,000 | Russian | Christianity | 3 ● | 68.00 % | 1.20 % | -1 - | |
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Serb | 9,800 | 9,867,000 | Serbian | Christianity | 3 ● | 80.00 % | 0.60 % | -1 - | |
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Shikaki | 26,000 | 56,000 | ● | Kurdish, Northern | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 |
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Spaniard | 1,200 | 29,276,000 | Spanish | Christianity | 3 ● | 65.00 % | 1.00 % | -1 - | |
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Syrian Aramaic, Turoyo | 75,000 | 180,000 | ● | Turoyo | Christianity | 3 ● | 88.00 % | 0.90 % | -1 - |
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Tatar | 29,000 | 6,370,000 | Tatar | Islam | 1 ● | 0.50 % | 0.00 % | 1 | |
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Tatar, Crimean | 112,000 | 611,000 | Crimean Tatar | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.05 % | 0.01 % | 2 | |
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Turk | 60,117,000 | 65,645,000 | ● | Turkish | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.01 % | 0.00 % | 1,202 |
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Turk, Meskhetian | 23,000 | 301,000 | ● | Turkish | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 |
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Turkmen | 1,600 | 8,197,000 | Turkmen | Islam | 1 ● | 1.50 % | 0.00 % | 1 | |
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Urdu | 25,000 | 2,144,000 | Urdu | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 | |
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Uyghur | 25,000 | 12,494,000 | Uyghur | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 | |
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Uzbek, Southern | 4,200 | 4,632,000 | Uzbek, Southern | Islam | 1 ● | 0.50 % | 0.10 % | 1 | |
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Yazidi | 2,800 | 752,000 | ● | Kurdish, Northern | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 |
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Yoruk | 470,000 | 475,000 | ● | Balkan Gagauz Turkish | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 9 |
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Zaza-Alevi | 203,000 | 234,000 | ● | Zazaki, Northern | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 4 |
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Zaza-Dimli | 1,765,000 | 1,765,000 | ● | Zazaki, Southern | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 35 |
Totals: 68 | 85,486,000 | 45 ● | 0.60 % | 0.04 % | 1,708 | |||||
Unclassified / Other Individuals | 76,000 | |||||||||
UN Country Population (2022) | 85,562,000 |
Province ▲ | Estimated Population |
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Adana | 2,190,000 |
Adiyaman | 605,000 |
Afyon | 714,000 |
Agri | 555,000 |
Aksaray | 326,000 |
Amasya | 326,000 |
Ankara | 5,206,000 |
Antalya | 5,206,000 |
Ardahan | 102,000 |
Artvin | 172,000 |
Aydin | 1,053,000 |
Balikesir | 1,202,000 |
Bartın | 191,000 |
Batman | 564,000 |
Bayburt | 82,000 |
Bilecik | 212,000 |
Bingol | 269,000 |
Bitlis | 342,000 |
Bolu | 288,000 |
Burdur | 260,000 |
Bursa | 2,818,000 |
Canakkale | 518,000 |
Cankiri | 186,000 |
Corum | 533,000 |
Denizli | 990,000 |
Diyarbakir | 1,653,000 |
Duzce | 360,000 |
Edirne | 404,000 |
Elazıg | 575,000 |
Erzincan | 226,000 |
Erzurum | 771,000 |
Eskisehir | 821,000 |
Gaziantep | 1,910,000 |
Giresun | 435,000 |
Gumushane | 148,000 |
Hakkari | 279,000 |
Hatay | 1,537,000 |
Igdır | 194,000 |
Isparta | 424,000 |
Istanbul | 14,534,000 |
Izmir | 4,158,000 |
K. Maras | 1,101,000 |
Karabuk | 234,000 |
Karaman | 243,000 |
Kars | 299,000 |
Kastamonu | 373,000 |
Kayseri | 1,336,000 |
Kilis | 130,000 |
Kinkkale | 284,000 |
Kirklareli | 348,000 |
Kirsehir | 225,000 |
Kocaeli | 1,742,000 |
Konya | 2,132,000 |
Kutahya | 578,000 |
Malatya | 778,000 |
Manisa | 1,383,000 |
Mardin | 798,000 |
Mersin | 1,746,000 |
Mugla | 905,000 |
Mus | 415,000 |
Nevsehir | 289,000 |
Nigde | 348,000 |
Ordu | 732,000 |
Osmaniye | 513,000 |
Rize | 334,000 |
Sakarya | 943,000 |
Samsun | 1,284,000 |
Sanliurfa | 1,866,000 |
Siirt | 321,000 |
Sinop | 207,000 |
Sirnak | 494,000 |
Sivas | 630,000 |
Tekirdag | 917,000 |
Tokat | 605,000 |
Trabzon | 775,000 |
Tunceli | 88,000 |
Usak | 353,000 |
Van | 1,098,000 |
Yalova | 229,000 |
Yozgat | 438,000 |
Zinguldak | 606,000 |
Provinces: 81 | 81,459,000 |
UN Country Population | 85,562,000 |
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Language ▲ | Code | # Peoples w/ this Primary Language |
# Unreached w/ this Primary Language |
Scripture Status |
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Abaza | abq | 1 | 1 | 3 Bible Portions | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 |
Abkhaz | abk | 1 | 1 | 4 New Testament | -1 | -1 | 1 | -1 | -1 |
Adyghe | ady | 1 | 1 | 4 New Testament | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Albanian, Gheg | aln | 1 | 0 | 4 New Testament | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken | acm | 1 | 1 | 4 New Testament | -1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Arabic, North Levantine Spoken | apc | 3 | 3 | 3 Bible Portions | -1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | -1 |
Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken | ayp | 1 | 1 | 4 New Testament | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Armenian, Western | hyw | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic | aii | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Azerbaijani, South | azb | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Balkan Gagauz Turkish | bgx | 1 | 1 | 0 Unspecified | -1 | -1 | -1 | 1 | -1 |
Bosnian | bos | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | -1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Bulgarian | bul | 2 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Chechen | che | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Chinese, Mandarin | cmn | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Crimean Tatar | crh | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Domari | rmt | 1 | 1 | 3 Bible Portions | -1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Dutch | nld | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
English | eng | 2 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
French | fra | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Gagauz | gag | 1 | 0 | 4 New Testament | -1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1 |
Georgian | kat | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
German, Standard | deu | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Greek | ell | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Hertevin | hrt | 1 | 0 | 0 Unspecified | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 |
Hungarian | hun | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Italian | ita | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Kabardian | kbd | 1 | 1 | 4 New Testament | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Karachay-Balkar | krc | 1 | 1 | 4 New Testament | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Karakalpak | kaa | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Kazakh | kaz | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Kumyk | kum | 1 | 1 | 4 New Testament | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Kurdish, Northern | kmr | 4 | 4 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Kyrgyz | kir | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Laz | lzz | 1 | 1 | 3 Bible Portions | -1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | -1 |
Lezgi | lez | 1 | 1 | 4 New Testament | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Macedonian | mkd | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Ossetic | oss | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Persian, Iranian | pes | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Pontic | pnt | 1 | 1 | 1 Translation Needed | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 |
Romani, Balkan | rmn | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Romanian | ron | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Russian | rus | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Serbian | srp | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Spanish | spa | 1 | 0 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Tatar | tat | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Turkish | tur | 7 | 7 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Turkish Sign Language | tsm | 1 | 1 | 1 Translation Needed | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 |
Turkmen | tuk | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Turoyo | tru | 1 | 0 | 4 New Testament | -1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Urdu | urd | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Uyghur | uig | 1 | 1 | 5 Complete Bible | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Uzbek, Southern | uzs | 1 | 1 | 3 Bible Portions | -1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Zazaki, Northern | kiu | 1 | 1 | 3 Bible Portions | -1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
Zazaki, Southern | diq | 1 | 1 | 3 Bible Portions | -1 | 1 | -1 | -1 | -1 |
Totals: | 55 | 68 | 45 | 28 | 40 | 47 | 48 | 0 |
People Groups | 68 |
Unreached People Groups | 45 (66.2%) |
Population | 85,486,000 |
Population Annual Growth Rate | 1.0% |
Population in Unreached | 84,726,000 (99.1%) |
Primary Religion | Islam |
Percent Christian Adherent | 0.6% |
Percent Evangelical | 0.0% |
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate | 1.2% |
Pioneer Workers Needed * | 1,708 |
Country Progress Level | 1 ● |
Urbanization | 75% |
Continent | Asia |
Region | Asia, Central |
10/40 Window | Yes |
Country Code | TU |
Official Language(s) | Turkish |
Literacy Rate | 96% |
Estimated Illiterate Population | 3,419,000 |
Persecution Ranking | 42 (1=Highest) Open Doors |
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