Frontier Peoples: 100,000 and above Overview
People Groups
1,097
Population
1,869,229,000
% 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.
| 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 | 164,000 | Abkhaz | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 3 |
|
Adi Dravida | India | Listing | 8,564,000 | Tamil | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.08 % | 171 |
|
Adyghe | Turkey | Listing | 350,000 | Adyghe | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 7 |
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Adyghe, West Circassian | Russia | Listing | 142,000 | Adyghe | Islam | ☀ | 0.08 % | 3 |
|
Afar | Djibouti | Listing | 322,000 | Afar | Islam | ☀ | 0.03 % | 6 |
|
Afghan, Tajik | Afghanistan | Listing | 10,485,000 | Dari | Islam | ☀ | 0.01 % | 210 |
|
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Afghan, Tajik | Iran | Listing | 400,000 | Dari | Islam | ☀ | 0.01 % | 8 |
|
Afshari | Iran | Listing | 378,000 | Azerbaijani, South | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 8 |
|
Agri | India | Listing | 437,000 | Marathi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 9 |
|
Ahar | India | Listing | 1,438,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 29 |
|
Aheria | India | Listing | 165,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 3 |
|
Aimaq | Afghanistan | Listing | 1,595,000 | Aimaq | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 32 |
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Aimaq | Iran | Listing | 235,000 | Aimaq | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 5 |
|
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Aimaq | Turkmenistan | Listing | 249,000 | Aimaq | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 5 |
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Akkin | Russia | Listing | 104,000 | Chechen | Islam | ☀ | 0.01 % | 2 |
|
Alawite | Lebanon | Listing | 161,000 | Arabic, North Levantine Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 3 |
|
Alawite | Syria | Listing | 1,261,000 | Arabic, North Levantine Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.02 % | 25 |
|
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Alawite | Turkey | Listing | 554,000 | Arabic, North Levantine Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.03 % | 11 |
|
Albanian, Macedonian | North Macedonia | Listing | 521,000 | Albanian, Gheg | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 10 |
|
Algerian, Arabic-speaking | Algeria | Listing | 29,618,000 | Arabic, Algerian Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.01 % | 592 |
|
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Algerian, Arabic-speaking | Egypt | Listing | 1,700,000 | Arabic, Algerian Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.02 % | 34 |
|
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Algerian, Arabic-speaking | Libya | Listing | 295,000 | Arabic, Algerian Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.10 % | 6 |
|
Amat | India | Listing | 270,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 5 |
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Ambattan | India | Listing | 179,000 | Tamil | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.10 % | 4 |
|
Amdo, Hbrogpa | China | Listing | 750,000 | Tibetan, Amdo | Buddhism | ☀ | 0.05 % | 15 |
|
Amdo, Rongba | China | Listing | 163,000 | Tibetan, Amdo | Buddhism | ☀ | 0.01 % | 3 |
|
Amdo, Rongmahbrogpa | China | Listing | 189,000 | Tibetan, Amdo | Buddhism | ☀ | 0.05 % | 4 |
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Amdo, Rtahu | China | Listing | 101,000 | Tibetan, Amdo | Buddhism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 2 |
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Andh | India | Listing | 488,000 | Marathi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.02 % | 10 |
|
Ani | China | Listing | 111,000 | Language unknown | Ethnic Religions | ☀ | 0.00 % | 2 |
|
Ansari | Bangladesh | Listing | 1,242,000 | Bengali | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 25 |
|
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Ansari | India | Listing | 10,567,000 | Urdu | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 211 |
|
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Ansari | Pakistan | Listing | 4,726,000 | Punjabi, Western | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 95 |
|
Arab, Bedouin | Jordan | Listing | 1,381,000 | Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.01 % | 28 |
|
Arab, Cyrenaican | Libya | Listing | 1,667,000 | Arabic, Libyan Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.10 % | 33 |
|
Arab, Hadrami | Yemen | Listing | 1,905,000 | Arabic, Hadrami Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 38 |
|
Arab, Libyan | Libya | Listing | 1,902,000 | Arabic, Libyan Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.10 % | 38 |
|
Arab, Northern Yemeni | Saudi Arabia | Listing | 274,000 | Arabic, Sanaani Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 5 |
|
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Arab, Northern Yemeni | Yemen | Listing | 12,990,000 | Arabic, Sanaani Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 260 |
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Arab, Omani | United Arab Emirates | Listing | 303,000 | Arabic, Omani Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 6 |
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Arab, Omani | Tanzania | Listing | 197,000 | Swahili | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 4 |
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Arab, Omani | Yemen | Listing | 151,000 | Arabic, Omani Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.10 % | 3 |
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Arab, Saharan | Mali | Listing | 149,000 | Hassaniyya | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 3 |
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Arab, Saudi - Hijazi | United Arab Emirates | Listing | 385,000 | Arabic, Hijazi Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 8 |
|
Arab, Saudi - Najdi | Iraq | Listing | 1,710,000 | Arabic, Najdi Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 34 |
|
Arab, Saudi - Najdi | Jordan | Listing | 103,000 | Arabic, Najdi Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.01 % | 2 |
|
Arab, Saudi - Najdi | Kuwait | Listing | 255,000 | Arabic, Najdi Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 5 |
|
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Arab, Saudi - Najdi | Syria | Listing | 1,320,000 | Arabic, Najdi Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 26 |
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Arab, Tihami | Saudi Arabia | Listing | 154,000 | Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 3 |
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Arab, Tihami | Yemen | Listing | 4,447,000 | Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 89 |
| Totals: | 1,097 Peoples | 1,869,229,000 | 37,372 |
