Frontier Peoples: 500,000 and above Overview
People Groups
405
Population
1,636,973,000
% of Unreached
People Groups
5.7 %
% of Unreached Population
51.4 %
% of World's
People Groups
2.4 %
% of World Population
21.3 %
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 * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ad Dharmi | India | Listing | 747,000 | Punjabi, Eastern | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.01 % | 15 |
|
Adi Dravida | India | Listing | 8,696,000 | Tamil | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.08 % | 174 |
|
Afghan, Tajik | Afghanistan | Listing | 10,246,000 | Dari | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.01 % | 205 |
|
Ahar | India | Listing | 1,459,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 29 |
|
Aimaq | Afghanistan | Listing | 1,558,000 | Aimaq | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 31 |
|
Akhdam, Arabized Blacks | Yemen | Listing | 1,469,000 | Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 29 |
|
Alawite | Syria | Listing | 1,230,000 | Arabic, North Levantine Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.02 % | 25 |
|
|
Alawite | Turkey | Listing | 548,000 | Arabic, North Levantine Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.03 % | 11 |
|
Albanian, Macedonian | North Macedonia | Listing | 521,000 | Albanian, Gheg | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 10 |
|
Algerian, Arabic-speaking | Egypt | Listing | 1,668,000 | Arabic, Algerian Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.02 % | 33 |
|
Amdo, Hbrogpa | China | Listing | 747,000 | Tibetan, Amdo | Buddhism | 1 ☀ | 0.05 % | 15 |
|
Ansari | Bangladesh | Listing | 1,231,000 | Bengali | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 25 |
|
|
Ansari | India | Listing | 10,711,000 | Urdu | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 214 |
|
|
Ansari | Pakistan | Listing | 4,712,000 | Punjabi, Western | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 94 |
|
Arab, Bedouin | Jordan | Listing | 1,368,000 | Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.01 % | 27 |
|
Arab, Cyrenaican | Libya | Listing | 1,694,000 | Arabic, Libyan Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.10 % | 34 |
|
Arab, Hadrami | Yemen | Listing | 1,532,000 | Arabic, Hadrami Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 31 |
|
Arab, Libyan | Libya | Listing | 1,926,000 | Arabic, Libyan Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.10 % | 39 |
|
Arab, Northern Yemeni | Yemen | Listing | 12,212,000 | Arabic, Sanaani Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 244 |
|
Arab, Saudi - Najdi | Iraq | Listing | 1,671,000 | Arabic, Najdi Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 33 |
|
Arab, Saudi - Najdi | Syria | Listing | 1,224,000 | Arabic, Najdi Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 24 |
|
Arab, Tihami | Yemen | Listing | 4,251,000 | Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 85 |
|
Arab, Yemeni | Yemen | Listing | 6,376,000 | Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 128 |
|
Arain (Muslim traditions) | Pakistan | Listing | 11,369,000 | Punjabi, Western | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 227 |
|
Arakh | India | Listing | 601,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 12 |
|
Arora (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 4,104,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 82 |
|
Arunthathiyar | India | Listing | 1,037,000 | Tamil | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 21 |
|
Assamese (Muslim traditions) | India | Listing | 2,739,000 | Assamese | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 55 |
|
Avar, Dagestani | Russia | Listing | 779,000 | Avar | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.01 % | 16 |
|
Awan | Pakistan | Listing | 5,679,000 | Punjabi, Western | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 114 |
|
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk | Turkey | Listing | 584,000 | Azerbaijani, South | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 12 |
|
Badhai (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 6,552,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.01 % | 131 |
|
Badhai (Muslim traditions) | India | Listing | 595,000 | Urdu | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 12 |
|
Bagdi (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 2,927,000 | Bengali | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.09 % | 59 |
|
Baggara, Messiria | Sudan | Listing | 612,000 | Arabic, Sudanese Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 12 |
|
Baghban (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 627,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 13 |
|
Bahna (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 830,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.01 % | 17 |
|
Bairagi (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 3,545,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 71 |
|
Bairwa | India | Listing | 1,002,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.03 % | 20 |
|
Bakhtiari | Iran | Listing | 1,231,000 | Bakhtiari | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 25 |
|
Balija (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 1,737,000 | Telugu | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.01 % | 35 |
|
Baloch | Pakistan | Listing | 8,202,000 | Balochi, Southern | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 164 |
|
Baloch Rind | Pakistan | Listing | 904,000 | Balochi, Southern | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 18 |
|
Baloch, Southern | Oman | Listing | 669,000 | Balochi, Southern | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 13 |
|
Baloch, Western | Iran | Listing | 741,000 | Balochi, Western | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 15 |
|
Bania | India | Listing | 29,416,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 588 |
|
Bania Agarwal | India | Listing | 4,849,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 97 |
|
Bania Chetti | India | Listing | 751,000 | Tamil | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 15 |
|
Bania Komti | India | Listing | 1,812,000 | Telugu | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 36 |
|
Bania Mahur | India | Listing | 878,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 18 |
| Totals: | 405 Peoples | 1,636,973,000 | 32,736 |
