Frontier Peoples: 1 million and above Overview
People Groups
262
Population
1,598,708,000
% of Unreached
People Groups
3.5 %
% of Unreached Population
49.6 %
% of World's
People Groups
1.5 %
% of World Population
20.6 %
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 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 | 8,564,000 | Tamil | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.08 % | 171 |
|
Afghan, Tajik | Afghanistan | Listing | 10,485,000 | Dari | Islam | ☀ | 0.01 % | 210 |
|
Ahar | India | Listing | 1,438,000 | 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 |
|
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 |
|
Ansari | Bangladesh | Listing | 1,242,000 | Bengali | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 25 |
|
|
Ansari | India | Listing | 10,567,000 | Urdu | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 211 |
|
|
Ansari | Pakistan | Listing | 4,726,000 | Punjabi, Western | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 95 |
|
Arab, Bedouin | Jordan | Listing | 1,381,000 | Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.01 % | 28 |
|
Arab, Cyrenaican | Libya | Listing | 1,667,000 | Arabic, Libyan Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.10 % | 33 |
|
Arab, Hadrami | Yemen | Listing | 1,905,000 | Arabic, Hadrami Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 38 |
|
Arab, Libyan | Libya | Listing | 1,902,000 | Arabic, Libyan Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.10 % | 38 |
|
Arab, Northern Yemeni | Yemen | Listing | 12,990,000 | Arabic, Sanaani Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 260 |
|
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 | 11,495,000 | Punjabi, Western | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 230 |
|
Arora (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 4,068,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 81 |
|
Arunthathiyar | India | Listing | 1,021,000 | Tamil | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 20 |
|
Assamese (Muslim traditions) | India | Listing | 2,696,000 | Assamese | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 54 |
|
Awan | Pakistan | Listing | 5,422,000 | Punjabi, Western | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 108 |
|
Badhai (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 6,477,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.01 % | 130 |
|
Bagdi (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 2,883,000 | Bengali | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.09 % | 58 |
|
Bairagi (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 3,495,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 70 |
|
Bakhtiari | Iran | Listing | 1,247,000 | Bakhtiari | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 25 |
|
Balija (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 1,721,000 | Kannada | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.01 % | 34 |
|
Baloch | Pakistan | Listing | 8,736,000 | Balochi, Southern | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 175 |
|
Bania | India | Listing | 29,039,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 581 |
|
Bania Agarwal | India | Listing | 4,952,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 99 |
|
Bania Komti | India | Listing | 1,786,000 | Telugu | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 36 |
|
Banten | Indonesia | Listing | 3,194,000 | Sunda | Islam | ☀ | 0.08 % | 64 |
|
Bedar (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 2,499,000 | Kannada | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 50 |
|
Bedouin, Eastern Bedawi | Egypt | Listing | 1,074,000 | Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 21 |
|
Bedouin, Tajakant | Algeria | Listing | 1,770,000 | Arabic, Algerian Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 35 |
|
Beja, Bedawi | Egypt | Listing | 1,120,000 | Bedawiyet | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 22 |
|
|
Beja, Bedawi | Sudan | Listing | 2,428,000 | Bedawiyet | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 49 |
|
Beldar (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 1,887,000 | Kannada | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 38 |
|
Berber, Imazighen | Morocco | Listing | 2,797,000 | Tamazight, Central Atlas | Islam | ☀ | 0.07 % | 56 |
|
Berber, Rif | Morocco | Listing | 1,571,000 | Tarifit | Islam | ☀ | 0.03 % | 31 |
|
Berber, Shawiya | Algeria | Listing | 2,339,000 | Tachawit | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 47 |
|
Bhar | India | Listing | 1,974,000 | Bhojpuri | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 39 |
|
Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 1,198,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 24 |
|
Bhat (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 1,370,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 27 |
|
Bhoi (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 6,351,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 127 |
|
Bohra | India | Listing | 1,108,000 | Gujarati | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 22 |
|
Bosniak | Bosnia-Herzegovina | Listing | 1,650,000 | Bosnian | Islam | ☀ | 0.03 % | 33 |
|
Boya | India | Listing | 4,006,000 | Telugu | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 80 |
| Totals: | 262 Peoples | 1,598,708,000 | 31,979 |
