Frontier Peoples: 100,000 and above Overview

People Groups

1,097

Population

1,868,960,000

% of Unreached
People Groups

14.8 %

% of Unreached Population

57.9 %

% 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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Countries		 Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		Est. Workers
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Abkhaz Turkey Listing 164,000 Abkhaz Islam ☀ 0.00 % 3
Adi Dravida India Listing 8,551,000 Tamil Hinduism ☀ 0.09 % 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 291,000 Afar Islam ☀ 0.03 % 6
Afghan, Tajik Afghanistan Listing 10,585,000 Dari Islam ☀ 0.01 % 212
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 436,000 Marathi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 9
Ahar India Listing 1,447,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 29
Aheria India Listing 166,000 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 1,840,000 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam ☀ 0.02 % 37
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 178,000 Tamil Hinduism ☀ 0.08 % 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 1,241,000 Bengali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 25
Ansari India Listing 10,555,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 211
Ansari Pakistan Listing 4,664,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 93
Arab, Bedouin Jordan Listing 1,381,000 Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.01 % 28
Arab, Cyrenaican Libya Listing 1,457,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.10 % 29
Arab, Hadrami Yemen Listing 1,905,000 Arabic, Hadrami Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 38
Arab, Libyan Libya Listing 1,590,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.10 % 32
Arab, Northern Yemeni Saudi Arabia Listing 273,000 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, 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 195,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 4
Arab, Tihami Yemen Listing 4,447,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 89
Arab, Yemeni Saudi Arabia Listing 195,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.10 % 4
Totals: 1,097 Peoples     1,868,960,000         37,365
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