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Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians <= 5%
Progress Level
Progress Gauge

People Groups

7,282

% of World's
People Groups

42.1 %

Population

3,434,833,000

% of World Population

42.5 %

Map Notes
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Progress Scale: ☀︎●●●●●   (
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 = Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Luri, Northern Iraq 133,000 Luri, Northern Islam ☀︎ 0.10 % 0.00 % 3
Mandaean, Sabean Iraq 30,000 Neo-Mandaic Other / Small ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Arab, Palestinian Iraq 24,000 Arabic, Levantine Islam ● 1.50 % 0.10 % 1
Persian Iraq 549,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % ● 11
Arab, Syrian Iraq 24,000 Arabic, Levantine Islam ● 3.00 % 0.10 % 1
Urdu Iraq 4,900 Urdu Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Turk Iraq 3,600 Turkish Islam ● 0.20 % 0.00 % ● 1
Deaf Iraq 349,000 Language unknown Islam ● 1.59 % ● 7
Shabak Iraq 289,000 Shabak Islam ☀︎ 0.01 % 0.00 % ● 6
Gurani, Sarli Iraq 25,000 Sarli Islam ● 0.30 % 0.05 % ● 1
Arab, North Iraqi Iraq 10,142,000 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Islam ● 0.70 % 0.20 % ● 203
Yazidi Iraq 648,000 Kurdish, Northern Ethnic Religions ● 0.14 % 0.14 % ● 13
Arab, Marsh Iraq 52,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Islam ● 0.40 % 0.20 % ● 1
Turkmen, Middle-Eastern Iraq 2,744,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 55
Afro-Iraqi Iraq 1,022,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Islam ● 0.60 % 0.30 % 20
Kurd, Badini Iraq 767,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ● 1.00 % 0.90 % ● 15
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken Iran 296,000 Arabic, Gulf Islam ● 1.20 % 0.10 % 6
Astiani Iran 28,000 Ashtiani Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Aynallu Iran 7,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Bakhtiari Iran 1,334,000 Bakhtiari Islam ● 0.20 % 0.20 % ● 27
Bashkardi Iran 9,500 Bashkardi Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Brahui Iran 25,000 Brahui Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kurd, Sorani Iran 579,000 Kurdish, Central Islam ☀︎ 0.03 % 0.03 % ● 12
Fars, Southwestern Iran 119,000 Fars, Southwestern Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 2
Romani, Iranian Iran 1,662,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ☀︎ 0.06 % 0.05 % ● 33
Totals:  7,282 People Groups   3,434,833,000             71,911
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