Frontier Peoples: 31 Largest Overview
Population
880,967,000
% of Unreached
People Groups
0.4 %
% of Unreached Population
27.6 %
% of World's
People Groups
0.2 %
% of World Population
11.5 %
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 * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Lohar (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 9,490,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.01 % | 190 |
|
Mali (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 9,962,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 199 |
|
Afghan, Tajik | Afghanistan | Listing | 10,246,000 | Dari | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.01 % | 205 |
|
Ansari | India | Listing | 10,711,000 | Urdu | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 214 |
|
Arain (Muslim traditions) | Pakistan | Listing | 11,369,000 | Punjabi, Western | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 227 |
|
Pashtun, Pathan | India | Listing | 11,601,000 | Urdu | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 232 |
|
Uyghur | China | Listing | 11,835,000 | Uyghur | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.01 % | 237 |
|
Nai (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 11,950,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 239 |
|
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 12,171,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.02 % | 243 |
|
Arab, Northern Yemeni | Yemen | Listing | 12,212,000 | Arabic, Sanaani Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 244 |
|
Shaikh | Pakistan | Listing | 13,517,000 | Punjabi, Western | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 270 |
|
Hui | China | Listing | 13,816,000 | Chinese, Mandarin | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.01 % | 276 |
|
Kapu | India | Listing | 15,176,000 | Telugu | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.02 % | 304 |
|
Kumhar (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 15,686,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.01 % | 314 |
|
Kunbi (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 17,857,000 | Gujarati | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.05 % | 357 |
|
Rajput (Muslim traditions) | Pakistan | Listing | 17,956,000 | Punjabi, Western | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 359 |
|
Teli (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 18,941,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.01 % | 379 |
|
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 19,162,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.01 % | 383 |
|
Jat (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 19,485,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.03 % | 390 |
|
Moroccan, Arabic-speaking | Morocco | Listing | 23,655,000 | Arabic, Moroccan Spoken | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.09 % | 473 |
|
Uzbek, Northern | Uzbekistan | Listing | 25,876,000 | Uzbek, Northern | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.02 % | 518 |
|
Bania | India | Listing | 29,416,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 588 |
|
Mahratta | India | Listing | 30,706,000 | Marathi | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 614 |
|
Pashtun | Pakistan | Listing | 31,028,000 | Pashto, Northern | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 621 |
|
Jat (Muslim traditions) | Pakistan | Listing | 33,276,000 | Punjabi, Western | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 666 |
|
Rajput (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 46,187,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.02 % | 924 |
|
Turk | Turkey | Listing | 57,235,000 | Turkish | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.01 % | 1145 |
|
Yadav (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 59,591,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.01 % | 1192 |
|
Brahmin | India | Listing | 59,861,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | 1 ☀ | 0.01 % | 1197 |
|
Shaikh | India | Listing | 86,856,000 | Urdu | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 1737 |
|
Shaikh | Bangladesh | Listing | 134,137,000 | Bengali | Islam | 1 ☀ | 0.00 % | 2683 |
| Totals: | 31 Peoples | 880,967,000 | 17,620 |
