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Unreached:  100 Largest What does unreached mean?

People Groups

100

% of World's
People Groups

0.6 %

Population

1,849,287,000

% of World Population

23.3 %
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Photo People Group ▲ Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Adi Dravida India 8,683,000 Tamil Hinduism ☀ 0.10 % 174
Afghan, Tajik Afghanistan 11,493,000 Dari Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 230
Algerian, Arabic-speaking Algeria 32,608,000 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 652
Ansari India 12,611,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 252
Arab, Iraqi Iraq 17,750,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 355
Arab, Moroccan Morocco 24,264,000 Arabic, Moroccan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.09 % 0.08 % 485
Arab, North Iraqi Iraq 9,700,000 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.70 % 0.20 % 194
Arab, Northern Yemeni Yemen 14,676,000 Arabic, Sanaani Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 294
Arab, Saudi - Hijazi Saudi Arabia 11,127,000 Arabic, Hijazi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.09 % 0.08 % 223
Arab, Saudi - Najdi Saudi Arabia 14,454,000 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.09 % 0.08 % 289
Arab, Sudanese Sudan 14,912,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.10 % 298
Arab, Tunisian Tunisia 11,301,000 Arabic, Tunisian Spoken Islam ● 0.22 % 0.00 % 226
Arab, Yemeni Yemen 7,594,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 152
Arain (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 11,284,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 226
Azerbaijani Azerbaijan 8,527,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam ● 0.40 % 0.22 % 171
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk Iran 17,427,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ● 1.50 % 1.40 % 349
Badhai (Hindu traditions) India 7,753,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 155
Bambara Mali 6,723,000 Bamanankan Islam ● 4.00 % 1.10 % 134
Bania unspecified India 16,927,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 339
Banjara (Hindu traditions) India 7,176,000 Lambadi Hinduism ● 0.39 % 144
Bengali Muslim Shaikh Bangladesh 132,871,000 Bengali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2,657
Bhil unspecified India 14,544,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 0.77 % 291
Brahmin unspecified India 34,711,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 694
Burmese Myanmar (Burma) 31,024,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 0.35 % 0.08 % 620
Chamar (Hindu traditions) India 54,347,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 1.21 % 1,087
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) India 12,571,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % 251
Dusadh (Hindu traditions) India 6,647,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.03 % 133
Fulani, Nigerian Nigeria 17,810,000 Fulfulde, Nigerian Islam ☀ 0.08 % 0.06 % 356
Gond unspecified India 10,109,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 0.92 % 202
Gujar (Hindu traditions) India 8,481,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 170
Han Chinese, Xiang China 35,652,000 Chinese, Xiang Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 2.00 % 713
Hausa Nigeria 36,978,000 Hausa Islam ● 0.15 % 0.10 % 740
Hausa Niger 13,100,000 Hausa Islam ● 2.00 % 1.60 % 262
Hui China 13,740,000 Chinese, Mandarin Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 275
Ilavan India 6,700,000 Malayalam Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % 134
Japanese Japan 118,468,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.20 % 0.30 % 2,369
Jat (Hindu traditions) India 16,034,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.03 % 321
Jat (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 13,237,000 Saraiki Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 265
Jat (Sikh traditions) India 8,724,000 Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small ☀ 0.02 % 174
Java Banyumasan Indonesia 9,206,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.50 % 1.18 % 184
Java Mancanegari Indonesia 20,936,000 Javanese Islam ● 1.00 % 0.22 % 419
Java Pesisir Lor Indonesia 37,456,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.80 % 0.06 % 749
Kahar (Hindu traditions) India 9,680,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 194
Kanuri, Yerwa Nigeria 7,619,000 Kanuri, Yerwa Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 152
Kapu unspecified India 13,932,000 Telugu Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % 279
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) India 7,944,000 Kashmiri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 159
Kayastha (Hindu traditions) India 7,090,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.03 % 142
Kazakh Kazakhstan 12,914,000 Kazakh Islam ● 0.10 % 0.07 % 258
Khmer Cambodia 14,086,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.20 % 1.90 % 282
Koiri (Hindu traditions) India 9,654,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.04 % 0.04 % 193
Totals: 100 Peoples   1,849,287,000         36,982
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