Frontier Peoples | Joshua Project

Frontier Peoples: 100,000 and above Overview

People Groups

1,097

Population

1,869,229,000

% of Unreached
People Groups

14.8 %

% of Unreached Population

58.0 %

% of World's
People Groups

6.3 %

% of World Population

24.1 %

Frontier Peoples are unreached groups most needing pioneer church planting. Frontier Peoples are less than or equal to 0.1% Christian and an approximation of groups without a known self-sustaining gospel movement.

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Photo	People Group ▲	Country	All Countries	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	Est. Workers Needed *
	Abkhaz	Turkey	Listing	164,000	Abkhaz	Islam	☀	0.00 %	3
	Adi Dravida	India	Listing	8,564,000	Tamil	Hinduism	☀	0.08 %	171
	Adyghe	Turkey	Listing	350,000	Adyghe	Islam	☀	0.00 %	7
	Adyghe, West Circassian	Russia	Listing	142,000	Adyghe	Islam	☀	0.08 %	3
	Afar	Djibouti	Listing	322,000	Afar	Islam	☀	0.03 %	6
	Afghan, Tajik	Afghanistan	Listing	10,485,000	Dari	Islam	☀	0.01 %	210
	Afghan, Tajik	Iran	Listing	400,000	Dari	Islam	☀	0.01 %	8
	Afshari	Iran	Listing	378,000	Azerbaijani, South	Islam	☀	0.00 %	8
	Agri	India	Listing	437,000	Marathi	Hinduism	☀	0.00 %	9
	Ahar	India	Listing	1,438,000	Hindi	Hinduism	☀	0.00 %	29
	Aheria	India	Listing	165,000	Hindi	Hinduism	☀	0.00 %	3
	Aimaq	Afghanistan	Listing	1,595,000	Aimaq	Islam	☀	0.00 %	32
	Aimaq	Iran	Listing	235,000	Aimaq	Islam	☀	0.00 %	5
	Aimaq	Turkmenistan	Listing	249,000	Aimaq	Islam	☀	0.00 %	5
	Akkin	Russia	Listing	104,000	Chechen	Islam	☀	0.01 %	2
	Alawite	Lebanon	Listing	161,000	Arabic, North Levantine Spoken	Islam	☀	0.00 %	3
	Alawite	Syria	Listing	1,261,000	Arabic, North Levantine Spoken	Islam	☀	0.02 %	25
	Alawite	Turkey	Listing	554,000	Arabic, North Levantine Spoken	Islam	☀	0.03 %	11
	Albanian, Macedonian	North Macedonia	Listing	521,000	Albanian, Gheg	Islam	☀	0.00 %	10
	Algerian, Arabic-speaking	Algeria	Listing	29,618,000	Arabic, Algerian Spoken	Islam	☀	0.01 %	592
	Algerian, Arabic-speaking	Egypt	Listing	1,700,000	Arabic, Algerian Spoken	Islam	☀	0.02 %	34
	Algerian, Arabic-speaking	Libya	Listing	295,000	Arabic, Algerian Spoken	Islam	☀	0.10 %	6
	Amat	India	Listing	270,000	Hindi	Hinduism	☀	0.00 %	5
	Ambattan	India	Listing	179,000	Tamil	Hinduism	☀	0.10 %	4
	Amdo, Hbrogpa	China	Listing	750,000	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	☀	0.05 %	15
	Amdo, Rongba	China	Listing	163,000	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	☀	0.01 %	3
	Amdo, Rongmahbrogpa	China	Listing	189,000	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	☀	0.05 %	4
	Amdo, Rtahu	China	Listing	101,000	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	☀	0.00 %	2
	Andh	India	Listing	488,000	Marathi	Hinduism	☀	0.02 %	10
	Ani	China	Listing	111,000	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	☀	0.00 %	2
	Ansari	Bangladesh	Listing	1,242,000	Bengali	Islam	☀	0.00 %	25
	Ansari	India	Listing	10,567,000	Urdu	Islam	☀	0.00 %	211
	Ansari	Pakistan	Listing	4,726,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	☀	0.00 %	95
	Arab, Bedouin	Jordan	Listing	1,381,000	Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken	Islam	☀	0.01 %	28
	Arab, Cyrenaican	Libya	Listing	1,667,000	Arabic, Libyan Spoken	Islam	☀	0.10 %	33
	Arab, Hadrami	Yemen	Listing	1,905,000	Arabic, Hadrami Spoken	Islam	☀	0.00 %	38
	Arab, Libyan	Libya	Listing	1,902,000	Arabic, Libyan Spoken	Islam	☀	0.10 %	38
	Arab, Northern Yemeni	Saudi Arabia	Listing	274,000	Arabic, Sanaani Spoken	Islam	☀	0.00 %	5
	Arab, Northern Yemeni	Yemen	Listing	12,990,000	Arabic, Sanaani Spoken	Islam	☀	0.00 %	260
	Arab, Omani	United Arab Emirates	Listing	303,000	Arabic, Omani Spoken	Islam	☀	0.00 %	6
	Arab, Omani	Tanzania	Listing	197,000	Swahili	Islam	☀	0.00 %	4
	Arab, Omani	Yemen	Listing	151,000	Arabic, Omani Spoken	Islam	☀	0.10 %	3
	Arab, Saharan	Mali	Listing	149,000	Hassaniyya	Islam	☀	0.00 %	3
	Arab, Saudi - Hijazi	United Arab Emirates	Listing	385,000	Arabic, Hijazi Spoken	Islam	☀	0.00 %	8
	Arab, Saudi - Najdi	Iraq	Listing	1,710,000	Arabic, Najdi Spoken	Islam	☀	0.00 %	34
	Arab, Saudi - Najdi	Jordan	Listing	103,000	Arabic, Najdi Spoken	Islam	☀	0.01 %	2
	Arab, Saudi - Najdi	Kuwait	Listing	255,000	Arabic, Najdi Spoken	Islam	☀	0.00 %	5
	Arab, Saudi - Najdi	Syria	Listing	1,320,000	Arabic, Najdi Spoken	Islam	☀	0.00 %	26
	Arab, Tihami	Saudi Arabia	Listing	154,000	Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken	Islam	☀	0.00 %	3
	Arab, Tihami	Yemen	Listing	4,447,000	Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken	Islam	☀	0.00 %	89
Totals:	1,097 Peoples			1,869,229,000					37,372

* 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 for every 50,000 individuals living in an unreached people group by country. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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