Country: Tajikistan

People Groups
Total

39

People Groups Unreached

31 (79.5%)

People Groups Unreached Frontier

26 (66.7%)

Population
Total

10,733,000

Population in Unreached

10,676,000 (99.5%)

Population in Unreached Frontier

9,302,000 (86.7%)

% Evangelical

0.07%

Progress Level

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Map Notes

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Photo People Group Population
this Ctry
Population
Global
Count
Ctrys
Indigenous Primary Language Primary
Religion
Progress
Scale
% Christian
Adherent
% Evangelical Needed
Workers
 Aimaq 1,100 2,378,000 5 Aimaq Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Arab, Tajiki 1,600 6,700 2 Arabic, Tajiki Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Arab, Uzbeki 5,700 29,000 6 Arabic, Uzbeki Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Armenian 10,000 6,047,000 54 Armenian, Western Christianity 90.00 % 8.00 % -
 Baloch, Western 7,300 1,373,000 4 Balochi, Western Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Bashkir 9,500 1,665,000 8 Bashkort Islam 3.00 % 1.00 % 1
 Belarusian 7,400 8,633,000 30 Belarusian Christianity 65.00 % 2.00 % -
 Chinese, general 1,100 16,066,000 64 Chinese, Mandarin Non-Religious 10.00 % 0.00 % -
 Chuvash 4,500 1,110,000 9 Chuvash Christianity 55.00 % 1.80 % -
 Deaf 87,000 51,182,000 216 Language unknown Islam 1.04 % 2
 Georgian 1,600 3,298,000 25 Georgian Christianity 88.00 % 2.00 % -
Ghami 35,000 35,000 1 Tajik Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Hazara 1,900 4,627,000 9 Hazaragi Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Ishkashimi 1,900 5,400 2 Ishkashimi Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kataghan 10,000 10,000 1 Uzbek, Northern Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Kazakh 900 18,238,000 24 Kazakh Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Khik (Wakhi) 22,000 129,000 4 Wakhi Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Korean 900 82,148,000 51 Korean Non-Religious 23.00 % 12.00 % -
 Kulobi 938,000 938,000 1 Tajik Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 19
 Kyrgyz 79,000 6,339,000 14 Kyrgyz Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
 Lak 2,400 189,000 7 Lak Islam 1.00 % 0.80 % 1
 Lyuli 5,200 24,000 4 Tajik Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Parsee 3,000 170,000 9 Parsi-Dari Other / Small ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Parya 5,100 6,800 3 Parya Islam 0.59 % 0.59 % 1
 Pashtun 5,400 39,485,000 18 Pashto, Northern Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
  Totals:  39 10,733,000           26 ☀︎  31 0.42 % 0.07 % 234 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 54,000                  
  UN Country Population (2025) 10,787,000                  
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Province Estimated
Population
Chatlon, Khatlon 3,781,000
Dushanbe 977,000
Gorno-Badakhshan 263,000
Karotegan 2,448,000
Sugd 3,069,000
Tadzhikistan Territories 0
Provinces:  6 10,538,000
UN Country Population 10,787,000
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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
Aimaq aiq 1 1 Unspecified
Arabic, Tajiki abh 1 1 Translation Needed
Arabic, Uzbeki auz 1 1 Unspecified
Armenian, Western hyw 1 0 Complete Bible
Balochi, Western bgn 1 1 Unspecified
Bashkort bak 1 1 Complete Bible
Belarusian bel 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Chuvash chv 1 0 Translation Started
Georgian kat 1 0 Complete Bible
Hazaragi haz 1 1 Bible Portions
Ishkashimi isk 1 1 Unspecified
Kazakh kaz 1 1 Complete Bible
Korean kor 1 0 Complete Bible
Kurdish, Northern kmr 1 1 Complete Bible
Kyrgyz kir 1 1 Complete Bible
Lak lbe 1 1 Bible Portions
Parsi-Dari prd 1 1 Unspecified
Parya paq 1 1 Unspecified
Pashto, Northern pbu 1 1 Complete Bible
Pashto, Southern pbt 1 1 Bible Portions
Persian, Iranian pes 1 1 Complete Bible
Russian rus 3 1 Unspecified
Sanglechi sgy 1 1 Unspecified
Shughni sgh 1 1 Bible Portions
Tajik tgk 5 5 Complete Bible
Tatar tat 1 1 Complete Bible
Turkmen tuk 1 1 Unspecified
Unknown xxx 1 1 Unspecified
Uzbek, Northern uzn 2 2 Unspecified
Wakhi wbl 1 1 Bible Portions
Yazgulyam yah 1 1 Bible Portions
Totals: 32 39 31   18 20 22 24 10
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Tajikistan Statistics
People Groups 39
Unreached People Groups 31  (79.5%)
Population 10,733,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 2.2%
Population in Unreached 10,676,000  (99.5%)
Primary Religion Islam
Percent Christian Adherent 0.4%
Percent Evangelical 0.1%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 234
Country Progress Level 1
Continent Asia
Region Asia, Central
10/40 Window Yes
Country Code TI
Official Language(s) TajikRussian
Literacy Rate 99%
Estimated Illiterate Population 107,000
Persecution Ranking 39 (1=Highest) Open Doors
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