Frontier Peoples: 500,000 and above Overview
People Groups
427
Population
1,714,400,000
% of Unreached
People Groups
5.7 %
% of Unreached Population
53.0 %
% of World's
People Groups
2.4 %
% of World Population
22.1 %
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.
| Photo | People Group ▲ | Country | All Countries |
Population | Primary Language | Primary Religion | Progress Scale |
% Christian Adherent |
Est. Workers Needed * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Adi Dravida | India | Listing | 8,551,000 | Tamil | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.09 % | 171 |
|
Afghan, Tajik | Afghanistan | Listing | 10,585,000 | Dari | Islam | ☀ | 0.01 % | 212 |
|
Ahar | India | Listing | 1,447,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 29 |
|
Aimaq | Afghanistan | Listing | 1,595,000 | Aimaq | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 32 |
|
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 |
|
Albanian, Macedonian | North Macedonia | Listing | 521,000 | Albanian, Gheg | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 10 |
|
Algerian, Arabic-speaking | Egypt | Listing | 1,840,000 | Arabic, Algerian Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.02 % | 37 |
|
|
Algerian, Arabic-speaking | Algeria | Listing | 29,618,000 | Arabic, Algerian Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.01 % | 592 |
|
Amdo, Hbrogpa | China | Listing | 750,000 | Tibetan, Amdo | Buddhism | ☀ | 0.05 % | 15 |
|
Ansari | Bangladesh | Listing | 1,241,000 | Bengali | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 25 |
|
|
Ansari | India | Listing | 10,555,000 | Urdu | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 211 |
|
|
Ansari | Pakistan | Listing | 4,664,000 | Punjabi, Western | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 93 |
|
Arab, Bedouin | Jordan | Listing | 1,381,000 | Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.01 % | 28 |
|
Arab, Cyrenaican | Libya | Listing | 1,457,000 | Arabic, Libyan Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.10 % | 29 |
|
Arab, Hadrami | Yemen | Listing | 1,905,000 | Arabic, Hadrami Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 38 |
|
Arab, Libyan | Libya | Listing | 1,590,000 | Arabic, Libyan Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.10 % | 32 |
|
Arab, Northern Yemeni | Yemen | Listing | 12,990,000 | Arabic, Sanaani Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 260 |
|
Arab, Omani | Oman | Listing | 2,164,000 | Arabic, Omani Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 43 |
|
Arab, Saudi - Najdi | Iraq | Listing | 1,710,000 | Arabic, Najdi Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 34 |
|
Arab, Saudi - Najdi | Syria | Listing | 1,320,000 | Arabic, Najdi Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 26 |
|
Arab, Tihami | Yemen | Listing | 4,447,000 | Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 89 |
|
Arab, Yemeni | Yemen | Listing | 6,722,000 | Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 134 |
|
Arain (Muslim traditions) | Pakistan | Listing | 11,313,000 | Punjabi, Western | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 226 |
|
Arakh | India | Listing | 594,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 12 |
|
Arora (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 4,060,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 81 |
|
Arunthathiyar | India | Listing | 1,020,000 | Tamil | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 20 |
|
Assamese (Muslim traditions) | India | Listing | 2,691,000 | Assamese | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 54 |
|
Avar, Dagestani | Russia | Listing | 779,000 | Avar | Islam | ☀ | 0.01 % | 16 |
|
Awan | Pakistan | Listing | 5,554,000 | Punjabi, Western | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 111 |
|
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk | Turkey | Listing | 590,000 | Azerbaijani, South | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 12 |
|
Badhai (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 6,497,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.01 % | 130 |
|
Badhai (Muslim traditions) | India | Listing | 586,000 | Urdu | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 12 |
|
Bagdi (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 2,879,000 | Bengali | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.09 % | 58 |
|
Baggara, Messiria | Sudan | Listing | 627,000 | Arabic, Sudanese Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 13 |
|
Baghban (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 628,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 13 |
|
Bahna (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 819,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.01 % | 16 |
|
Bairagi (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 3,504,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 70 |
|
Bairwa | India | Listing | 985,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.03 % | 20 |
|
Bakhtiari | Iran | Listing | 1,247,000 | Bakhtiari | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 25 |
|
Balija (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 1,759,000 | Kannada | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.01 % | 35 |
|
Baloch | Pakistan | Listing | 8,925,000 | Balochi, Southern | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 178 |
|
Baloch Jalbani | Pakistan | Listing | 3,204,000 | Balochi, Southern | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 64 |
|
Baloch Rakhshani | Pakistan | Listing | 501,000 | Balochi, Southern | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 10 |
|
Baloch Rind | Pakistan | Listing | 1,000,000 | Balochi, Southern | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 20 |
|
Baloch, Southern | Iran | Listing | 505,000 | Balochi, Southern | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 10 |
|
Baloch, Western | Iran | Listing | 750,000 | Balochi, Western | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 15 |
|
Bania | India | Listing | 29,120,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 582 |
|
Bania Agarwal | India | Listing | 4,836,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 97 |
|
Bania Chetti | India | Listing | 728,000 | Tamil | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 15 |
| Totals: | 427 Peoples | 1,714,400,000 | 34,285 |
