Frontier Peoples: 31 Largest Overview
Population
876,363,000
% of Unreached
People Groups
0.4 %
% of Unreached Population
27.5 %
% of World's
People Groups
0.2 %
% of World Population
11.4 %
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 * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Mali (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 9,762,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.01 % | 195 |
|
Afghan, Tajik | Afghanistan | Listing | 10,246,000 | Dari | Islam | ☀ | 0.01 % | 205 |
|
Ansari | India | Listing | 10,463,000 | Urdu | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 209 |
|
Arain (Muslim traditions) | Pakistan | Listing | 11,269,000 | Punjabi, Western | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 225 |
|
Pashtun, Pathan | India | Listing | 11,317,000 | Urdu | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 226 |
|
Nai (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 11,681,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 234 |
|
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 11,775,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.02 % | 235 |
|
Uyghur | China | Listing | 11,835,000 | Uyghur | Islam | ☀ | 0.01 % | 237 |
|
Arab, Northern Yemeni | Yemen | Listing | 12,212,000 | Arabic, Sanaani Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 244 |
|
Shaikh | Pakistan | Listing | 13,409,000 | Punjabi, Western | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 268 |
|
Hui | China | Listing | 13,816,000 | Chinese, Mandarin | Islam | ☀ | 0.01 % | 276 |
|
Kapu | India | Listing | 15,033,000 | Telugu | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.02 % | 301 |
|
Kumhar (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 15,366,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.01 % | 307 |
|
Fulani, Nigerian | Nigeria | Listing | 15,972,000 | Fulfulde, Nigerian | Islam | ☀ | 0.08 % | 319 |
|
Rajput (Muslim traditions) | Pakistan | Listing | 17,109,000 | Punjabi, Western | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 342 |
|
Kunbi (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 17,950,000 | Gujarati | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.05 % | 359 |
|
Teli (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 18,532,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.01 % | 371 |
|
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 18,684,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.01 % | 374 |
|
Jat (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 18,939,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.03 % | 379 |
|
Moroccan, Arabic-speaking | Morocco | Listing | 23,655,000 | Arabic, Moroccan Spoken | Islam | ☀ | 0.09 % | 473 |
|
Uzbek, Northern | Uzbekistan | Listing | 27,365,000 | Uzbek, Northern | Islam | ☀ | 0.02 % | 547 |
|
Pashtun | Pakistan | Listing | 28,679,000 | Pashto, Northern | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 574 |
|
Bania | India | Listing | 28,753,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 575 |
|
Mahratta | India | Listing | 30,423,000 | Marathi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 608 |
|
Jat (Muslim traditions) | Pakistan | Listing | 35,033,000 | Punjabi, Western | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 701 |
|
Rajput (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 45,070,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.02 % | 901 |
|
Turk | Turkey | Listing | 57,235,000 | Turkish | Islam | ☀ | 0.01 % | 1145 |
|
Yadav (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 58,008,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.01 % | 1160 |
|
Brahmin | India | Listing | 58,307,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 1166 |
|
Shaikh | India | Listing | 84,587,000 | Urdu | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 1692 |
|
Shaikh | Bangladesh | Listing | 133,878,000 | Bengali | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 2678 |
| Totals: | 31 Peoples | 876,363,000 | 17,526 |
