Frontier Peoples: 100,000 and above Overview
People Groups
1,089
Population
1,846,049,000
% of Unreached
People Groups
14.7 %
% 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.
| Photo | People Group | Country | All Countries |
Population | Primary Language | Primary Religion | Progress Scale |
% Christian Adherent ▼ |
Est. Workers Needed * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Tatar, Crimean | Uzbekistan | Listing | 175,000 | Crimean Tatar | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 3 |
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Rohingya | Saudi Arabia | Listing | 312,000 | Rohingya | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 6 |
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Rohingya | Myanmar (Burma) | Listing | 473,000 | Rohingya | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 9 |
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Rohingya | Bangladesh | Listing | 939,000 | Rohingya | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 19 |
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Chechen | Turkey | Listing | 111,000 | Chechen | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 2 |
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Bedouin, Chaamba | Algeria | Listing | 135,000 | Arabic, Algerian Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 3 |
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Sri Lanka Moor | Sri Lanka | Listing | 673,000 | Tamil | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 13 |
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Kuka | Chad | Listing | 133,000 | Naba | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 3 |
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Bedouin, Fezzan | Libya | Listing | 214,000 | Arabic, Libyan Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 4 |
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Fezara, Juhayna | Sudan | Listing | 338,000 | Arabic, Sudanese Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 7 |
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Fars, Southwestern | Iran | Listing | 110,000 | Fars, Southwestern | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 2 |
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Buginese | Malaysia | Listing | 143,000 | Malay | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 3 |
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Brahui | Pakistan | Listing | 2,670,000 | Brahui | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 53 |
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Birgid, Arabized | Sudan | Listing | 159,000 | Arabic, Sudanese Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 3 |
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Bilala | Chad | Listing | 237,000 | Naba | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 5 |
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Bedouin, Berabish | Mali | Listing | 187,000 | Hassaniyya | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 4 |
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South Asian, Bengali-Speaking | Oman | Listing | 162,000 | Bengali | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 3 |
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Beja, Bedawi | Sudan | Listing | 2,371,000 | Bedawiyet | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 47 |
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Beja, Hedareb | Eritrea | Listing | 127,000 | Bedawiyet | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 3 |
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Beja, Bedawi | Egypt | Listing | 1,099,000 | Bedawiyet | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 22 |
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Arab, Saudi - Najdi | Syria | Listing | 1,224,000 | Arabic, Najdi Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 24 |
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Arab, Saudi - Najdi | Kuwait | Listing | 251,000 | Arabic, Najdi Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 5 |
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Arab, Saudi - Najdi | Iraq | Listing | 1,671,000 | Arabic, Najdi Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 33 |
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Bederia | Sudan | Listing | 962,000 | Arabic, Sudanese Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 19 |
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Bole, Bolewa | Nigeria | Listing | 150,000 | Bole | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 3 |
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Bakhtiari | Iran | Listing | 1,231,000 | Bakhtiari | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 25 |
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Azerbaijani | Georgia | Listing | 221,000 | Azerbaijani, North | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 4 |
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Awlad Hassan | Sudan | Listing | 135,000 | Arabic, Sudanese Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 3 |
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Assamese (Muslim traditions) | India | Listing | 2,670,000 | Assamese | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 53 |
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Tuareg, Arabized | Niger | Listing | 480,000 | Arabic, Algerian Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 10 |
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Zaghawa, Arabized | Sudan | Listing | 146,000 | Arabic, Sudanese Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 3 |
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Tagale, Arabized | Sudan | Listing | 107,000 | Arabic, Sudanese Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 2 |
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Mararit, Arabized | Sudan | Listing | 110,000 | Arabic, Sudanese Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 2 |
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Burun, Arabized | Sudan | Listing | 143,000 | Arabic, Sudanese Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 3 |
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Muhamasheen, Akhdam | Yemen | Listing | 1,469,000 | Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 29 |
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Arab, Omani | Tanzania | Listing | 191,000 | Swahili | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 4 |
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Zaza-Alevi | Turkey | Listing | 198,000 | Zazaki, Northern | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 4 |
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Abkhaz | Turkey | Listing | 163,000 | Abkhaz | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 3 |
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Adyghe | Turkey | Listing | 347,000 | Adyghe | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 7 |
| Totals: | 1,089 Peoples | 1,846,049,000 | 36,894 |
