Frontier Peoples: 100,000 and above Overview
People Groups
1,054
Population
1,786,171,000
% of Unreached
People Groups
14.8 %
% of Unreached Population
56.0 %
% of World's
People Groups
6.2 %
% of World Population
23.3 %
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.
| Photo | People Group ▲ | Country | All Countries |
Population | Primary Language | Primary Religion | Progress Scale |
% Christian Adherent |
Est. Workers Needed * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Abkhaz | Turkey | Listing | 163,000 | Abkhaz | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 3 |
|
Ad Dharmi | India | Listing | 747,000 | Punjabi, Eastern | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.01 % | 15 |
|
Adi Dravida | India | Listing | 8,696,000 | Tamil | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.08 % | 174 |
|
Adyghe | Turkey | Listing | 347,000 | Adyghe | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 7 |
|
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Adyghe, West Circassian | Russia | Listing | 142,000 | Adyghe | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.08 % | 3 |
|
Afar | Djibouti | Listing | 317,000 | Afar | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.03 % | 6 |
|
Afghan, Tajik | Afghanistan | Listing | 10,246,000 | Dari | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.01 % | 205 |
|
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Afghan, Tajik | Iran | Listing | 395,000 | Dari | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.01 % | 8 |
|
Afshari | Iran | Listing | 373,000 | Azerbaijani, South | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 7 |
|
Agri | India | Listing | 423,000 | Marathi | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 8 |
|
Ahar | India | Listing | 1,459,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 29 |
|
Aheria | India | Listing | 163,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 3 |
|
Aimaq | Afghanistan | Listing | 1,558,000 | Aimaq | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 31 |
|
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Aimaq | Iran | Listing | 232,000 | Aimaq | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 5 |
|
Akhdam, Arabized Blacks | Yemen | Listing | 1,469,000 | Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 29 |
|
Akkin | Russia | Listing | 104,000 | Chechen | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.01 % | 2 |
|
Alawite | Lebanon | Listing | 162,000 | Arabic, North Levantine Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 3 |
|
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Alawite | Syria | Listing | 1,230,000 | Arabic, North Levantine Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.02 % | 25 |
|
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Alawite | Turkey | Listing | 548,000 | Arabic, North Levantine Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.03 % | 11 |
|
Albanian, Macedonian | North Macedonia | Listing | 521,000 | Albanian, Gheg | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 10 |
|
Algerian, Arabic-speaking | Egypt | Listing | 1,668,000 | Arabic, Algerian Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.02 % | 33 |
|
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Algerian, Arabic-speaking | Libya | Listing | 291,000 | Arabic, Algerian Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.10 % | 6 |
|
Amat | India | Listing | 257,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.02 % | 5 |
|
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Ambattan | India | Listing | 181,000 | Tamil | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.10 % | 4 |
|
Amdo, Hbrogpa | China | Listing | 747,000 | Tibetan, Amdo | Buddhism | 1 ☀ | 0.05 % | 15 |
|
Amdo, Rongba | China | Listing | 163,000 | Tibetan, Amdo | Buddhism | 1 ☀ | 0.01 % | 3 |
|
Amdo, Rongmahbrogpa | China | Listing | 188,000 | Tibetan, Amdo | Buddhism | 1 ☀ | 0.05 % | 4 |
|
Amdo, Rtahu | China | Listing | 101,000 | Tibetan, Amdo | Buddhism | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 2 |
|
Andh | India | Listing | 497,000 | Marathi | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.02 % | 10 |
|
Ani | China | Listing | 110,000 | Language unknown | Ethnic Religions | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 2 |
|
Ansari | Bangladesh | Listing | 1,231,000 | Bengali | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 25 |
|
|
Ansari | India | Listing | 10,711,000 | Urdu | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 214 |
|
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Ansari | Pakistan | Listing | 4,712,000 | Punjabi, Western | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 94 |
|
Arab, Bedouin | Jordan | Listing | 1,368,000 | Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.01 % | 27 |
|
Arab, Cyrenaican | Libya | Listing | 1,694,000 | Arabic, Libyan Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.10 % | 34 |
|
Arab, Hadrami | Yemen | Listing | 1,532,000 | Arabic, Hadrami Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 31 |
|
Arab, Libyan | Libya | Listing | 1,926,000 | Arabic, Libyan Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.10 % | 39 |
|
Arab, Northern Yemeni | Saudi Arabia | Listing | 270,000 | Arabic, Sanaani Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 5 |
|
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Arab, Northern Yemeni | Yemen | Listing | 12,212,000 | Arabic, Sanaani Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 244 |
|
Arab, Omani | Tanzania | Listing | 191,000 | Swahili | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 4 |
|
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Arab, Omani | Yemen | Listing | 216,000 | Arabic, Omani Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.10 % | 4 |
|
Arab, Saharan | Mali | Listing | 144,000 | Hassaniyya | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 3 |
|
Arab, Saudi - Najdi | Iraq | Listing | 1,671,000 | Arabic, Najdi Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 33 |
|
Arab, Saudi - Najdi | Jordan | Listing | 102,000 | Arabic, Najdi Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.01 % | 2 |
|
Arab, Saudi - Najdi | Kuwait | Listing | 251,000 | Arabic, Najdi Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 5 |
|
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Arab, Saudi - Najdi | Syria | Listing | 1,224,000 | Arabic, Najdi Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 24 |
|
Arab, Tihami | Saudi Arabia | Listing | 152,000 | Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 3 |
|
|
Arab, Tihami | Yemen | Listing | 4,251,000 | Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 85 |
|
Arab, Yemeni | Egypt | Listing | 192,000 | Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.08 % | 4 |
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Arab, Yemeni | Saudi Arabia | Listing | 237,000 | Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.10 % | 5 |
| Totals: | 1,054 Peoples | 1,786,171,000 | 35,708 |
