Frontier Peoples: 100,000 and above Overview

People Groups

1,096

Population

1,869,554,000

% of Unreached
People Groups

14.8 %

% 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.

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Photo People Group Country All
Countries		 Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale ▲		 % Christian
Adherent 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Lak Russia Listing 163,000 Lak Islam ☀ 0.03 % 3
Lakhera India Listing 189,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 4
Laki Iran Listing 1,236,000 Laki Islam ☀ 0.00 % 25
Lampung Abung Indonesia Listing 206,000 Lampung Nyo Islam ☀ 0.01 % 4
Lampung Pesisir Indonesia Listing 567,000 Lampung Api Islam ☀ 0.10 % 11
Lampung Pubian Indonesia Listing 113,000 Lampung Api Islam ☀ 0.02 % 2
Larestani Iran Listing 119,000 Lari Islam ☀ 0.00 % 2
Lassi Pakistan Listing 179,000 Lasi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 4
Lembak Indonesia Listing 238,000 Col Islam ☀ 0.01 % 5
Lezgin Azerbaijan Listing 195,000 Lezgi Islam ☀ 0.10 % 4
Lezgin Russia Listing 431,000 Lezgi Islam ☀ 0.02 % 9
Lingayat India Listing 3,455,000 Kannada Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.01 % 69
Lodha (Hindu traditions) India Listing 6,608,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.03 % 132
Lodha Jariya India Listing 1,497,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 30
Lohana India Listing 580,000 Gujarati Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 12
Lohar (Hindu traditions) Bangladesh Listing 191,000 Bengali Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 4
Lohar (Hindu traditions) India Listing 9,443,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 189
Lohar (Muslim traditions) India Listing 621,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 12
Lohar (Muslim traditions) Pakistan Listing 2,063,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 41
Lunia (Hindu traditions) India Listing 3,164,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 63
Luri, Northern Iran Listing 1,871,000 Luri, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 37
Luri, Northern Iraq Listing 115,000 Luri, Northern Islam ☀ 0.10 % 2
Luri, Southern Iran Listing 1,019,000 Luri, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 20
Maalia Sudan Listing 126,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 3
Maba, Mabangi Chad Listing 530,000 Maba Islam ☀ 0.04 % 11
Machhi (Hindu traditions) India Listing 785,000 Gujarati Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % 16
Machhi (Muslim traditions) Pakistan Listing 2,365,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 47
Madari (Hindu traditions) India Listing 259,000 Tamil Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 5
Maguindanao Philippines Listing 1,304,000 Maguindanaon Islam ☀ 0.10 % 26
Mahratta India Listing 30,768,000 Marathi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 615
Mahratta Jadhav India Listing 2,781,000 Marathi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 56
Mahratta Konkani India Listing 561,000 Marathi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 11
Mahratta Kunbi India Listing 7,628,000 Gujarati Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 153
Mahratta Pawar India Listing 607,000 Marathi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 12
Mahratta Shinde India Listing 550,000 Marathi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 11
Mahtam (Hindu traditions) India Listing 138,000 Punjabi, Eastern Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 3
Mahtam (Muslim traditions) Pakistan Listing 306,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 6
Makhmi Pakistan Listing 123,000 Balti Islam ☀ 0.00 % 2
Makhuwa, Nahara Mozambique Listing 489,000 Makhuwa Islam ☀ 0.02 % 10
Mal (Hindu traditions) India Listing 1,758,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 35
Mala Sale India Listing 134,000 Telugu Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 3
Malay Indonesia Listing 3,251,000 Malay Islam ☀ 0.01 % 65
Malay, Ketapang Indonesia Listing 309,000 Malay Islam ☀ 0.00 % 6
Malay, Pattani Thailand Listing 1,527,000 Malay, Pattani Islam ☀ 0.01 % 31
Malay, Riau Indonesia Listing 1,880,000 Malay Islam ☀ 0.08 % 38
Malay, Sambas Indonesia Listing 505,000 Malay Islam ☀ 0.03 % 10
Malay, Sumatera North Indonesia Listing 2,266,000 Malay Islam ☀ 0.05 % 45
Maldivian, Malki Maldives Listing 499,000 Maldivian Islam ☀ 0.00 % 10
Mali (Hindu traditions) Bangladesh Listing 133,000 Bengali Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 3
Mali (Hindu traditions) India Listing 9,897,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 198
Totals: 1,096 Peoples     1,869,554,000         37,376
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