Frontier Peoples: 500,000 and above Overview
People Groups
402
Population
1,638,350,000
% of Unreached
People Groups
5.7 %
% of Unreached Population
52.3 %
% of World's
People Groups
2.4 %
% of World Population
21.6 %
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 gospel movement.
| Photo | People Group ▲ | Country | Population | Primary Language | Primary Religion | Progress Scale |
% Christian Adherent |
% Evangelical |
Est. Workers Needed * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ad Dharmi | India | 741,000 | Punjabi, Eastern | Hinduism | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 15 |
|
Afar | Ethiopia | 1,914,000 | Afar | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.01 % | 0.01 % | 38 |
|
Afghan, Tajik | Afghanistan | 9,801,000 | Dari | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.01 % | 0.01 % | 196 |
|
Ahar | India | 1,436,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 29 |
|
Aimaq | Afghanistan | 1,491,000 | Aimaq | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 30 |
|
Akhdam, Arabized Blacks | Yemen | 1,457,000 | Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 29 |
|
Alawite | Syria | 1,327,000 | Arabic, North Levantine Spoken | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.02 % | 0.02 % | 27 |
|
|
Alawite | Turkey | 538,000 | Arabic, North Levantine Spoken | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.03 % | 0.01 % | 11 |
|
Albanian, Macedonian | Macedonia | 521,000 | Albanian, Gheg | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 10 |
|
Algerian, Arabic-speaking | Egypt | 1,651,000 | Arabic, Algerian Spoken | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.02 % | 0.01 % | 33 |
|
Amdo, Hbrogpa | China | 738,000 | Tibetan, Amdo | Buddhism | 1 ◉ | 0.05 % | 0.05 % | 15 |
|
Ansari | Bangladesh | 1,261,000 | Bengali | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 25 |
|
|
Ansari | India | 10,505,000 | Urdu | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | -1 | 210 |
|
|
Ansari | Pakistan | 4,580,000 | Punjabi, Western | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | -1 | 92 |
|
Arab, Bedouin | Jordan | 1,341,000 | Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.01 % | 0.01 % | 27 |
|
Arab, Cyrenaican | Libya | 1,619,000 | Arabic, Libyan Spoken | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.10 % | 0.03 % | 32 |
|
Arab, Hadrami | Yemen | 1,520,000 | Arabic, Hadrami Spoken | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 30 |
|
Arab, Libyan | Libya | 1,841,000 | Arabic, Libyan Spoken | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.10 % | 0.04 % | 37 |
|
Arab, Maghrebi | Spain | 774,000 | Arabic, Moroccan Spoken | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.10 % | 0.05 % | 15 |
|
|
Arab, Moroccan | Egypt | 1,680,000 | Arabic, Moroccan Spoken | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.04 % | 0.01 % | 34 |
|
|
Arab, Moroccan | Morocco | 23,474,000 | Arabic, Moroccan Spoken | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.09 % | 0.01 % | 469 |
|
Arab, Saudi - Najdi | Iraq | 1,673,000 | Arabic, Najdi Spoken | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 33 |
|
Arab, Saudi - Najdi | Syria | 1,321,000 | Arabic, Najdi Spoken | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 26 |
|
Arab, Tihami | Yemen | 4,215,000 | Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 84 |
|
Arab, Yemeni | Yemen | 6,324,000 | Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 126 |
|
Arain (Muslim traditions) | Pakistan | 10,888,000 | Punjabi, Western | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 218 |
|
Arakh | India | 592,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 12 |
|
Arora (Hindu traditions) | India | 4,037,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | -1 | 81 |
|
Arunthathiyar | India | 965,000 | Tamil | Hinduism | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 19 |
|
Assamese (Muslim traditions) | India | 2,703,000 | Assamese | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 54 |
|
Avar, Dagestani | Russia | 769,000 | Avar | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.01 % | 0.01 % | 15 |
|
Awan | Pakistan | 5,385,000 | Punjabi, Western | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 108 |
|
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk | Iran | 16,140,000 | Azerbaijani, South | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.10 % | 0.10 % | 323 |
|
|
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk | Turkey | 573,000 | Azerbaijani, South | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 11 |
|
Badhai (Hindu traditions) | India | 6,456,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | -1 | 129 |
|
Badhai (Muslim traditions) | India | 586,000 | Urdu | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 12 |
|
Bagdi (Hindu traditions) | India | 3,499,000 | Bengali | Hinduism | 1 ◉ | 0.05 % | -1 | 70 |
|
Baggara, Messiria | Sudan | 594,000 | Arabic, Sudanese Spoken | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 12 |
|
Baghban (Hindu traditions) | India | 621,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 12 |
|
Bahna (Hindu traditions) | India | 822,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ◉ | 0.01 % | -1 | 16 |
|
Bairagi (Hindu traditions) | India | 3,517,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | -1 | 70 |
|
Bairwa | India | 987,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ◉ | 0.03 % | -1 | 20 |
|
Bakhtiari | Iran | 1,218,000 | Bakhtiari | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 24 |
|
Balija (Hindu traditions) | India | 1,707,000 | Kannada | Hinduism | 1 ◉ | 0.01 % | -1 | 34 |
|
Baloch | Pakistan | 7,895,000 | Balochi, Southern | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 158 |
|
|
Baloch Rind | Pakistan | 848,000 | Balochi, Southern | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 17 |
|
Baloch, Southern | Oman | 650,000 | Balochi, Southern | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 13 |
|
Baloch, Western | Iran | 732,000 | Balochi, Western | Islam | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 15 |
|
Bania | India | 29,240,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | -1 | 585 |
|
Bania Agarwal | India | 4,792,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ◉ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 96 |
| Totals: | 402 Peoples | 1,638,350,000 | 32,760 |