Frontier Peoples: 100,000 and above Overview

People Groups

1,098

Population

1,873,581,000

% of Unreached
People Groups

14.8 %

% of Unreached Population

58.1 %

% of World's
People Groups

6.3 %

% of World Population

24.2 %

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
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Abkhaz Turkey Listing 164,000 Abkhaz Islam ☀ 0.00 % 3
Adyghe, West Circassian Russia Listing 142,000 Adyghe Islam ☀ 0.08 % 3
Adyghe Turkey Listing 350,000 Adyghe Islam ☀ 0.00 % 7
Afar Djibouti Listing 322,000 Afar Islam ☀ 0.03 % 6
Deaf Afghanistan Listing 389,000 Afghan Sign Language Islam ☀ 0.05 % 8
Aimaq Afghanistan Listing 1,595,000 Aimaq Islam ☀ 0.00 % 32
Aimaq Iran Listing 235,000 Aimaq Islam ☀ 0.00 % 5
Aimaq Turkmenistan Listing 249,000 Aimaq Islam ☀ 0.00 % 5
Albanian, Macedonian North Macedonia Listing 521,000 Albanian, Gheg Islam ☀ 0.00 % 10
Tati, Southern Iran Listing 186,000 Alviri-Vidari Islam ☀ 0.00 % 4
Tuareg, Algerian Algeria Listing 152,000 Arabic, Algerian Saharan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.01 % 3
Bedouin, Yahia Morocco Listing 113,000 Arabic, Algerian Saharan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.01 % 2
Algerian, Arabic-speaking Algeria Listing 29,618,000 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam ☀ 0.01 % 592
Algerian, Arabic-speaking Egypt Listing 1,700,000 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam ☀ 0.02 % 34
Algerian, Arabic-speaking Libya Listing 295,000 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam ☀ 0.10 % 6
Tuareg, Arabized Niger Listing 498,000 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 10
Bedouin, Chaamba Algeria Listing 137,000 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 3
Bedouin, Sidi Algeria Listing 137,000 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam ☀ 0.01 % 3
Bedouin, Suafa Algeria Listing 130,000 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam ☀ 0.01 % 3
Bedouin, Tajakant Algeria Listing 1,770,000 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 35
Bedouin, Ziban Algeria Listing 274,000 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 5
Baggara, Shuwa Arab Cameroon Listing 190,000 Arabic, Chadian Spoken Islam ☀ 0.02 % 4
Arab, Bedouin Jordan Listing 1,381,000 Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.01 % 28
Bedouin, Eastern Bedawi Egypt Listing 1,074,000 Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 21
Bedouin, Eastern Bedawi Israel Listing 124,000 Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 2
Romani, Halebi Egypt Listing 373,000 Arabic, Egyptian Spoken Islam ☀ 0.05 % 7
Nubian, Arabized Egypt Listing 543,000 Arabic, Egyptian Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 11
Bedouin, Gulf United Arab Emirates Listing 192,000 Arabic, Gulf Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 4
Arab, Hadrami Yemen Listing 1,905,000 Arabic, Hadrami Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 38
Arab, Saudi - Hijazi United Arab Emirates Listing 385,000 Arabic, Hijazi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 8
Bedouin, Fezzan Libya Listing 217,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 4
Arab, Cyrenaican Libya Listing 1,667,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.10 % 33
Arab, Libyan Libya Listing 1,902,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.10 % 38
Bedouin, Sanusi Libya Listing 651,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 13
Jebala Morocco Listing 1,265,000 Arabic, Moroccan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.03 % 25
Moroccan, Arabic-speaking Sudan Listing 266,000 Arabic, Moroccan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 5
Moroccan, Arabic-speaking Egypt Listing 1,700,000 Arabic, Moroccan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.04 % 34
Moroccan, Arabic-speaking Morocco Listing 23,940,000 Arabic, Moroccan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.09 % 479
Moroccan, Arabic-speaking Spain Listing 780,000 Arabic, Moroccan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.10 % 16
Saharawi Morocco Listing 162,000 Arabic, Moroccan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 3
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
Arab, Saudi - Najdi Syria Listing 1,320,000 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 26
Druze Lebanon Listing 299,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Other / Small ☀ 0.05 % 6
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
Alawite Turkey Listing 554,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ☀ 0.03 % 11
Arab, Omani United Arab Emirates Listing 303,000 Arabic, Omani Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 6
Arab, Omani Yemen Listing 151,000 Arabic, Omani Spoken Islam ☀ 0.10 % 3
Totals: 1,098 Peoples     1,873,581,000         37,459
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