Mongolia people groups, languages and religions

Country: Mongolia

People Groups Unreached

17 (60.7%)

People Groups Unreached Frontier

4 (14.3%)

Population
Total

3,413,000

Population in Unreached

3,182,000 (93.2%)

Population in Unreached Frontier

32,000 (0.9%)

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
0.3	Unreached Frontier - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
0.7	Unreached not Frontier - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
People Group	Population this Ctry	Population Global	Count Ctrys	Indigenous	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Needed Workers
Americans, U.S.	800	201,096,000	104		English	Christianity	5 ●	80.00 %	30.00 %	-1 -
Bayad	68,000	68,000	1	●	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	1.20 %	1
Buriat, Mongolia	61,000	61,000	1	●	Buriat, Mongolia	Buddhism	4 ●	3.50 %	2.50 %	-1 -
Chinese, general	48,000	16,066,000	64		Chinese, Mandarin	Non-Religious	4 ●	6.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Dariganga	39,000	39,000	1	●	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	0.80 %	0.70 %	1
Darkhad	26,000	26,000	1	●	Mongolian, Halh	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.16 %	0.16 %	1
Daur	2,300	198,000	2		Daur	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	4.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Deaf	18,000	51,182,000	216	●	Mongolian Sign Language	Buddhism	1 ●	1.72 %	-1	1
Dungan	6,500	183,000	5		Dungan	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	1.50 %	1
Durbet, Dorwoten	90,000	90,000	1	●	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.50 %	2
Dzakhchin, Zahchin	40,000	40,000	1	●	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	4 ●	3.10 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Ewenki, Khamnigan	600	3,200	2		Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol	230,000	524,000	7	●	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.40 %	5
Kazakh, Qazaq	130,000	18,238,000	24		Kazakh	Islam	1 ●	0.30 %	0.30 %	3
Khotogoid	9,200	9,200	1	●	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	0.60 %	0.50 %	1
Khoton	13,000	13,000	1	●	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	1 ●	4.70 %	2.00 %	1
Korean	1,900	82,148,000	51		Korean	Christianity	5 ●	80.00 %	14.00 %	-1 -
Mongol, Khalka	2,465,000	2,600,000	12	●	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	2.30 %	1.40 %	49
Russian	3,000	136,004,000	70		Russian	Christianity	3 ●	78.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Torgut	17,000	17,000	1	●	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	4 ●	2.40 %	2.30 %	-1 -
Tsaatan	200	200	1	●	Tuvan	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tuvan	44,000	342,000	3	●	Tuvan	Buddhism	1 ●	1.20 %	1.10 %	1
Ukrainian	10,000	33,256,000	51		Ukrainian	Christianity	4 ●	80.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Uriankhai, Altai	31,000	31,000	1	●	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	4 ●	2.90 %	2.80 %	-1 -
Uuld	16,000	16,000	1	●	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	4 ●	2.60 %	2.50 %	-1 -
Totals: 28	3,413,000						4 ☀︎ 17 ●	2.46 %	1.35 %	72
Unclassified / Other Individuals	104,000
UN Country Population (2025)	3,517,000

Other minor groups: 2

Mongolia

Very small groups reported, but outside the Joshua Project Small Group Policy. Some may not be viable and/or have incorrect Progress Scale values, population, language and religion information. The groups listed below are not included in overall Joshua Project people group counts. If you have information about these groups, please contact us.

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People Group ▲	Progress Scale	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion
British	4 ●	400	English	Christianity
Turk	1 ●	200	Turkish	Islam
Totals: 2

For more information see the Joshua Project Small Group Policy

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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Province ▲	Estimated Population
Arhangay	101,000
Bayan-Olgiy	104,000
Bayanhongor	90,000
Bulgan	64,000
Chentij, Khentii	79,000
Darhan-Uul	113,000
Dornod	83,000
Dornogovi	70,000
Dundgovi	46,000
Dzavhan	78,000
Govi-Altay	64,000
Govisumber	15,000
Hentiy	78,000
Hovd	91,000
Hovsgol	136,000
Omnogovi	72,000
Orhon	108,000
Ovorhangay	120,000
Selenge	116,000
Suhbaatar	60,000
Tov	101,000
Ulaanbaatar	1,469,000
Uvs	86,000
Zavchan, Zavkhan	74,000
Provinces: 24	3,418,000
UN Country Population	3,517,000

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Language ▲	Code	# Peoples w/ this Primary Language	# Unreached w/ this Primary Language	Scripture Status	YouVersion Bible Resources	Faith Comes By Hearing Bible Resources	Jesus Film Online	Global Recordings Resources	Gospel Tract Online
Buriat, Mongolia	bxm	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Chinese, Mandarin	cmn	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Daur	dta	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Dungan	dng	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	1	1	1	-1
English	eng	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Kalmyk-Oirat	xal	3	2	4 New Testament	1	1	1	1	-1
Kazakh	kaz	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	-1	1	1	1
Korean	kor	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Mongolian Sign Language	msr	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Mongolian, Halh	khk	10	7	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Mongolian, Peripheral	mvf	1	1	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	1	1
Russian	rus	1	0	0 Unspecified	1	1	1	1	1
Tuvan	tyv	2	2	2 Translation Started	1	1	1	1	-1
Ukrainian	ukr	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Uyghur	uig	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Uzbek, Northern	uzn	1	1	0 Unspecified	1	1	1	1	1
Totals:	16	28	17		11	13	14	13	8

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Mongolia Statistics
People Groups	28
Unreached People Groups	17 (60.7%)
Population	3,413,000
Population Annual Growth Rate	1.5%
Population in Unreached	3,182,000 (93.2%)
Primary Religion	Buddhism
Percent Christian Adherent	2.5%
Percent Evangelical	1.3%
Pioneer Workers Needed *	72
Country Progress Level	1 ●
Continent	Asia
Region	Asia, Northeast
10/40 Window	Yes
Country Code	MG
Official Language(s)	Mongolian, Halh \| Russian
Literacy Rate	97%
Estimated Illiterate Population	102,000
Persecution Ranking	Not ranked

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