Frontier Peoples: 500,000 and above Overview
People Groups
398
Population
1,582,672,000
% of Unreached
People Groups
5.6 %
% of Unreached Population
50.4 %
% of World's
People Groups
2.3 %
% of World Population
20.8 %
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 | 740,000 | Punjabi, Eastern | Hinduism | 1 ● | 0.01 % | 15 |
|
Afghan, Tajik | Afghanistan | Listing | 9,801,000 | Dari | Islam | 1 ● | 0.01 % | 196 |
|
Ahar | India | Listing | 1,433,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 29 |
|
Aimaq | Afghanistan | Listing | 1,491,000 | Aimaq | Islam | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 30 |
|
Akhdam, Arabized Blacks | Yemen | Listing | 1,457,000 | Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken | Islam | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 29 |
|
Alawite | Syria | Listing | 1,327,000 | Arabic, North Levantine Spoken | Islam | 1 ● | 0.02 % | 27 |
|
|
Alawite | Turkey | Listing | 538,000 | Arabic, North Levantine Spoken | Islam | 1 ● | 0.03 % | 11 |
|
Albanian, Macedonian | Macedonia | Listing | 521,000 | Albanian, Gheg | Islam | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 10 |
|
Algerian, Arabic-speaking | Egypt | Listing | 1,651,000 | Arabic, Algerian Spoken | Islam | 1 ● | 0.02 % | 33 |
|
Amdo, Hbrogpa | China | Listing | 738,000 | Tibetan, Amdo | Buddhism | 1 ● | 0.05 % | 15 |
|
Ansari | Bangladesh | Listing | 1,256,000 | Bengali | Islam | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 25 |
|
|
Ansari | India | Listing | 10,533,000 | Urdu | Islam | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 211 |
|
|
Ansari | Pakistan | Listing | 4,580,000 | Punjabi, Western | Islam | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 92 |
|
Arab, Bedouin | Jordan | Listing | 1,341,000 | Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken | Islam | 1 ● | 0.01 % | 27 |
|
Arab, Cyrenaican | Libya | Listing | 1,619,000 | Arabic, Libyan Spoken | Islam | 1 ● | 0.10 % | 32 |
|
Arab, Hadrami | Yemen | Listing | 1,520,000 | Arabic, Hadrami Spoken | Islam | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 30 |
|
Arab, Libyan | Libya | Listing | 1,841,000 | Arabic, Libyan Spoken | Islam | 1 ● | 0.10 % | 37 |
|
Arab, Saudi - Najdi | Iraq | Listing | 1,673,000 | Arabic, Najdi Spoken | Islam | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 33 |
|
Arab, Saudi - Najdi | Syria | Listing | 1,321,000 | Arabic, Najdi Spoken | Islam | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 26 |
|
Arab, Tihami | Yemen | Listing | 4,215,000 | Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken | Islam | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 84 |
|
Arab, Yemeni | Yemen | Listing | 6,324,000 | Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken | Islam | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 126 |
|
Arain (Muslim traditions) | Pakistan | Listing | 10,889,000 | Punjabi, Western | Islam | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 218 |
|
Arakh | India | Listing | 590,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 12 |
|
Arora (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 4,052,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 81 |
|
Arunthathiyar | India | Listing | 961,000 | Tamil | Hinduism | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 19 |
|
Assamese (Muslim traditions) | India | Listing | 2,692,000 | Assamese | Islam | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 54 |
|
Avar, Dagestani | Russia | Listing | 769,000 | Avar | Islam | 1 ● | 0.01 % | 15 |
|
Awan | Pakistan | Listing | 5,385,000 | Punjabi, Western | Islam | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 108 |
|
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk | Turkey | Listing | 573,000 | Azerbaijani, South | Islam | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 11 |
|
Badhai (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 6,442,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ● | 0.01 % | 129 |
|
Badhai (Muslim traditions) | India | Listing | 585,000 | Urdu | Islam | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 12 |
|
Bagdi (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 3,265,000 | Bengali | Hinduism | 1 ● | 0.09 % | 65 |
|
Baggara, Messiria | Sudan | Listing | 594,000 | Arabic, Sudanese Spoken | Islam | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 12 |
|
Baghban (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 618,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 12 |
|
Bahna (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 821,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ● | 0.01 % | 16 |
|
Bairagi (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 3,406,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 68 |
|
Bairwa | India | Listing | 986,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ● | 0.03 % | 20 |
|
Bakhtiari | Iran | Listing | 1,218,000 | Bakhtiari | Islam | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 24 |
|
Balija (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 1,699,000 | Kannada | Hinduism | 1 ● | 0.01 % | 34 |
|
Baloch | Pakistan | Listing | 7,895,000 | Balochi, Southern | Islam | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 158 |
|
|
Baloch Rind | Pakistan | Listing | 848,000 | Balochi, Southern | Islam | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 17 |
|
Baloch, Southern | Oman | Listing | 650,000 | Balochi, Southern | Islam | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 13 |
|
Baloch, Western | Iran | Listing | 732,000 | Balochi, Western | Islam | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 15 |
|
Bania | India | Listing | 28,851,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 577 |
|
Bania Agarwal | India | Listing | 4,767,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 95 |
|
Bania Chetti | India | Listing | 741,000 | Tamil | Hinduism | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 15 |
|
Bania Komti | India | Listing | 1,792,000 | Telugu | Hinduism | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 36 |
|
Bania Mahur | India | Listing | 864,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ● | 0.00 % | 17 |
|
Banjar | Indonesia | Listing | 4,245,000 | Banjar | Islam | 1 ● | 0.01 % | 85 |
|
Banten | Indonesia | Listing | 3,115,000 | Sunda | Islam | 1 ● | 0.08 % | 62 |
| Totals: | 398 Peoples | 1,582,672,000 | 31,643 |