Frontier Peoples: 100,000 and above Overview

People Groups

1,097

Population

1,869,004,000

% 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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Countries		 Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent ▼		 Est. Workers
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Baloch Pakistan Listing 8,925,000 Balochi, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 178
Kabardian Turkey Listing 1,177,000 Kabardian Islam ☀ 0.00 % 24
Dongnu China Listing 311,000 Bunu, Bu-Nao Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 6
Dubasiyin Sudan Listing 116,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 2
Zaza-Dimli Turkey Listing 1,740,000 Zazaki, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 35
Daza Chad Listing 492,000 Dazaga Islam ☀ 0.00 % 10
Dangaleat Chad Listing 115,000 Dangaleat Islam ☀ 0.00 % 2
Daju, Dar Fur Sudan Listing 107,000 Daju, Dar Fur Islam ☀ 0.00 % 2
Dar Hamid Sudan Listing 789,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 16
Tatar, Crimean Uzbekistan Listing 177,000 Crimean Tatar Islam ☀ 0.00 % 4
Rohingya Saudi Arabia Listing 526,000 Rohingya Islam ☀ 0.00 % 11
Rohingya Myanmar (Burma) Listing 477,000 Rohingya Islam ☀ 0.00 % 10
Rohingya Bangladesh Listing 948,000 Rohingya Islam ☀ 0.00 % 19
Chechen Turkey Listing 112,000 Chechen Islam ☀ 0.00 % 2
Bedouin, Chaamba Algeria Listing 137,000 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 3
Sri Lanka Moor Sri Lanka Listing 676,000 Tamil Islam ☀ 0.00 % 14
Kuka Chad Listing 137,000 Naba Islam ☀ 0.00 % 3
Bedouin, Fezzan Libya Listing 217,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 4
Fezara, Juhayna Sudan Listing 346,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 7
Fars, Southwestern Iran Listing 111,000 Fars, Southwestern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 2
Buginese Malaysia Listing 145,000 Malay Islam ☀ 0.00 % 3
Brahui Pakistan Listing 2,824,000 Brahui Islam ☀ 0.00 % 56
Bole, Bolewa Nigeria Listing 154,000 Bole Islam ☀ 0.00 % 3
Birgid, Arabized Sudan Listing 163,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 3
Bilala Chad Listing 244,000 Naba Islam ☀ 0.00 % 5
South Asian, Bengali-speaking Oman Listing 208,000 Bengali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 4
Beja, Bedawi Sudan Listing 2,428,000 Bedawiyet Islam ☀ 0.00 % 49
Beja, Hedareb Eritrea Listing 129,000 Bedawiyet Islam ☀ 0.00 % 3
Arab, Saudi - Najdi Syria Listing 1,320,000 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 26
Arab, Saudi - Najdi Kuwait Listing 255,000 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 5
Arab, Saudi - Najdi Iraq Listing 1,710,000 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 34
Bederia Sudan Listing 986,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 20
Bakhtiari Iran Listing 1,247,000 Bakhtiari Islam ☀ 0.00 % 25
Azerbaijani Georgia Listing 221,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam ☀ 0.00 % 4
Awlad Hassan Sudan Listing 139,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 3
Assamese (Muslim traditions) India Listing 2,691,000 Assamese Islam ☀ 0.00 % 54
Tuareg, Arabized Niger Listing 498,000 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 10
Zaghawa, Arabized Sudan Listing 150,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 3
Tagale, Arabized Sudan Listing 110,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 2
Mararit, Arabized Sudan Listing 113,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 2
Burun, Arabized Sudan Listing 146,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 3
Muhamasheen, Akhdam Yemen Listing 1,502,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 30
Arab, Omani Tanzania Listing 197,000 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 4
Arab, Omani United Arab Emirates Listing 303,000 Arabic, Omani Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 6
Zaza-Alevi Turkey Listing 200,000 Zazaki, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 4
Adyghe Turkey Listing 350,000 Adyghe Islam ☀ 0.00 % 7
Abkhaz Turkey Listing 164,000 Abkhaz Islam ☀ 0.00 % 3
Totals: 1,097 Peoples     1,869,004,000         37,367
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