Frontier Peoples: 100,000 and above Overview

People Groups

1,045

Population

1,755,630,000

% of Unreached
People Groups

14.7 %

% of Unreached Population

55.7 %

% of World's
People Groups

6.1 %

% of World Population

23.1 %

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 160,000 Abkhaz Islam ● 0.00 % 3
Ad Dharmi India Listing 744,000 Punjabi, Eastern Hinduism ● 0.01 % 15
Adi Dravida India Listing 8,608,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 0.08 % 172
Adyghe Turkey Listing 340,000 Adyghe Islam ● 0.00 % 7
Adyghe, West Circassian Russia Listing 140,000 Adyghe Islam ● 0.08 % 3
Afar Djibouti Listing 316,000 Afar Islam ● 0.03 % 6
Afghani, Tajik Afghanistan Listing 9,801,000 Dari Islam ● 0.01 % 196
Afghani, Tajik Iran Listing 391,000 Dari Islam ● 0.01 % 8
Afshari Iran Listing 369,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ● 0.00 % 7
Agri India Listing 419,000 Marathi Hinduism ● 0.00 % 8
Ahar India Listing 1,444,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 0.00 % 29
Aheria India Listing 162,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 0.00 % 3
Aimaq Afghanistan Listing 1,491,000 Aimaq Islam ● 0.00 % 30
Aimaq Iran Listing 230,000 Aimaq Islam ● 0.00 % 5
Akhdam, Arabized Blacks Yemen Listing 1,457,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ● 0.00 % 29
Akkin Russia Listing 103,000 Chechen Islam ● 0.01 % 2
Alawite Lebanon Listing 146,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 0.00 % 3
Alawite Syria Listing 1,327,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 0.02 % 27
Alawite Turkey Listing 538,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 0.03 % 11
Albanian, Macedonian North Macedonia Listing 521,000 Albanian, Gheg Islam ● 0.00 % 10
Algerian, Arabic-speaking Egypt Listing 1,651,000 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam ● 0.02 % 33
Algerian, Arabic-speaking Libya Listing 278,000 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam ● 0.10 % 6
Amat India Listing 255,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 0.02 % 5
Amdo, Hbrogpa China Listing 738,000 Tibetan, Amdo Buddhism ● 0.05 % 15
Amdo, Rongba China Listing 161,000 Tibetan, Amdo Buddhism ● 0.01 % 3
Amdo, Rongmahbrogpa China Listing 185,000 Tibetan, Amdo Buddhism ● 0.05 % 4
Amdo, Rtahu China Listing 100,000 Tibetan, Amdo Buddhism ● 0.00 % 2
Andh India Listing 491,000 Marathi Hinduism ● 0.02 % 10
Ani China Listing 109,000 Axi Ethnic Religions ● 0.00 % 2
Ansari Bangladesh Listing 1,256,000 Bengali Islam ● 0.00 % 25
Ansari India Listing 10,605,000 Urdu Islam ● 0.00 % 212
Ansari Pakistan Listing 4,595,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ● 0.00 % 92
Arab, Bedouin Jordan Listing 1,341,000 Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken Islam ● 0.01 % 27
Arab, Cyrenaican Libya Listing 1,619,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam ● 0.10 % 32
Arab, Hadrami Yemen Listing 1,520,000 Arabic, Hadrami Spoken Islam ● 0.00 % 30
Arab, Libyan Libya Listing 1,841,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam ● 0.10 % 37
Arab, Northern Yemeni Saudi Arabia Listing 264,000 Arabic, Sanaani Spoken Islam ● 0.00 % 5
Arab, Northern Yemeni Yemen Listing 12,111,000 Arabic, Sanaani Spoken Islam ● 0.00 % 242
Arab, Omani Tanzania Listing 195,000 Swahili Islam ● 0.00 % 4
Arab, Omani Yemen Listing 214,000 Arabic, Omani Spoken Islam ● 0.10 % 4
Arab, Saharan Mali Listing 140,000 Hassaniyya Islam ● 0.00 % 3
Arab, Saudi - Najdi Iraq Listing 1,673,000 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ● 0.00 % 33
Arab, Saudi - Najdi Jordan Listing 100,000 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ● 0.01 % 2
Arab, Saudi - Najdi Kuwait Listing 250,000 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ● 0.00 % 5
Arab, Saudi - Najdi Syria Listing 1,321,000 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ● 0.00 % 26
Arab, Tihami Saudi Arabia Listing 149,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ● 0.00 % 3
Arab, Tihami Yemen Listing 4,215,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ● 0.00 % 84
Arab, Yemeni Egypt Listing 190,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ● 0.08 % 4
Arab, Yemeni Saudi Arabia Listing 232,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ● 0.10 % 5
Arab, Yemeni Yemen Listing 6,324,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ● 0.00 % 126
Totals: 1,045 Peoples     1,755,630,000         35,095
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