Frontier Peoples: 100,000 and above Overview

People Groups

1,098

Population

1,869,722,000

% of Unreached
People Groups

14.8 %

% of Unreached Population

57.8 %

% 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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Brahmin Kannada India Listing 457,000 Kannada Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 9
Brahmin Kashmiri Pandit India Listing 702,000 Kashmiri Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 14
Brahmin Khandelwal India Listing 282,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 6
Brahmin Maha India Listing 193,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 4
Brahmin Mahratta India Listing 468,000 Marathi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 9
Brahmin Marathi India Listing 103,000 Marathi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 2
Brahmin Modh India Listing 127,000 Gujarati Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 3
Brahmin Nagar India Listing 109,000 Gujarati Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 2
Brahmin Pancha Dravida India Listing 144,000 Malayalam Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 3
Brahmin Parikh India Listing 146,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 3
Brahmin Purohit India Listing 111,000 Marwari Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 2
Brahmin Radhi India Listing 1,571,000 Bengali Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 31
Brahmin Sakaldwipi India Listing 481,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 10
Brahmin Sanadhya India Listing 2,706,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 54
Brahmin Saraswat India Listing 597,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 12
Brahmin Sawaria India Listing 4,277,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 86
Brahmin Tamil India Listing 505,000 Tamil Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 10
Brahmin Telaganya India Listing 207,000 Telugu Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 4
Brahmin Telugu India Listing 1,046,000 Telugu Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 21
Brahmin Terai Nepal Listing 129,000 Maithili Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 3
Brahmin Utkal India Listing 180,000 Bengali Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 4
Brahmin Vaidik India Listing 188,000 Bengali Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 4
Brahmin Varendra India Listing 256,000 Bengali Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 5
Brahmin Velanadu India Listing 120,000 Telugu Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 2
Brahmin Vyas India Listing 155,000 Telugu Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 3
Brahui Pakistan Listing 2,824,000 Brahui Islam ☀ 0.00 % 56
Brahui (original nucleus) Pakistan Listing 333,000 Brahui Islam ☀ 0.00 % 7
Brahui Jhalawan Pakistan Listing 975,000 Brahui Islam ☀ 0.00 % 19
Brahui Sarawan Pakistan Listing 477,000 Brahui Islam ☀ 0.00 % 10
Brunei Malay Brunei Listing 184,000 Brunei Islam ☀ 0.06 % 4
Budega Jangam India Listing 305,000 Kannada Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 6
Buduma, Kuri Islander Chad Listing 132,000 Buduma Islam ☀ 0.04 % 3
Buginese Malaysia Listing 145,000 Malay Islam ☀ 0.00 % 3
Bulang China Listing 106,000 Blang Buddhism ☀ 0.06 % 2
Buna (Hindu traditions) India Listing 397,000 Bengali Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 8
Bunu China Listing 432,000 Bunu, Bu-Nao Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 9
Buol Indonesia Listing 113,000 Buol Islam ☀ 0.01 % 2
Burun, Arabized Sudan Listing 146,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 3
Burusho Pakistan Listing 258,000 Burushaski Islam ☀ 0.00 % 5
Byari (Beary) India Listing 453,000 Konkani Islam ☀ 0.00 % 9
Chadar India Listing 148,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 3
Chain India Listing 506,000 Bengali Hinduism ☀ 0.04 % 10
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) India Listing 857,000 Tamil Hinduism ☀ 0.07 % 17
Chalvadi India Listing 225,000 Kannada Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 5
Cham, Western Cambodia Listing 252,000 Cham, Western Islam ☀ 0.01 % 5
Chamar (Muslim traditions) Pakistan Listing 224,000 Sindhi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 4
Changgar Pakistan Listing 360,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 7
Charan (Hindu traditions) India Listing 315,000 Gujarati Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 6
Chechen Turkey Listing 112,000 Chechen Islam ☀ 0.00 % 2
Chechen, Nohchi Russia Listing 1,455,000 Chechen Islam ☀ 0.01 % 29
Totals: 1,098 Peoples     1,869,722,000         37,379
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