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Unreached:  100 Largest What does unreached mean?

People Groups

100

% of World's
People Groups

0.6 %

Population

1,882,817,000

% of World Population

24.3 %
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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical ▲		 Est. Workers
Needed *
Shaikh India 85,376,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 1,708
Brahmin India 58,787,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 1,176
Yadav (Hindu traditions) India 58,320,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 1,166
Kapu India 15,310,000 Telugu Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % 306
Vanniyan India 12,735,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 1.37 % 255
Mahishya India 9,865,000 Bengali Hinduism ● 0.36 % 197
Chamar (Hindu traditions) India 47,438,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 1.22 % 949
Rajput (Hindu traditions) India 45,306,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % 906
Mahar (Hindu traditions) India 9,491,000 Marathi Buddhism ● 0.13 % 190
Koli of Gujarat India 8,258,000 Gujarati Hinduism ● 0.54 % 165
Madiga (Hindu traditions) India 7,740,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.12 % 155
Mahratta India 30,768,000 Marathi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 615
Viswakarma India 7,647,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.12 % 153
Pashtun Pakistan 30,315,000 Pashto, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 606
Bania India 29,120,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 582
Vakkaliga India 6,362,000 Kannada Hinduism ● 0.22 % 127
Jat (Hindu traditions) India 19,103,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.03 % 382
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) India 18,883,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 378
Teli (Hindu traditions) India 18,686,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % 374
Kunbi (Hindu traditions) India 18,202,000 Gujarati Hinduism ☀ 0.05 % 364
Bhil India 16,806,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 0.76 % 336
Kumhar (Hindu traditions) India 15,602,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 312
Gond India 14,247,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 0.87 % 285
Shaikh Pakistan 13,327,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 267
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) India 11,904,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % 238
Pashtun, Pathan India 11,419,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 228
Ansari India 10,555,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 211
Mali (Hindu traditions) India 9,897,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 198
Lohar (Hindu traditions) India 9,443,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 189
Jat (Sikh traditions) India 9,052,000 Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small ☀ 0.02 % 181
Adi Dravida India 8,551,000 Tamil Hinduism ☀ 0.09 % 171
Koiri (Hindu traditions) India 8,118,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 162
Kahar (Hindu traditions) India 8,115,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 162
Pasi (Hindu traditions) India 7,772,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.08 % 155
Kayastha (Hindu traditions) India 7,761,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.03 % 155
Mahratta Kunbi India 7,628,000 Gujarati Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 153
Gujar (Hindu traditions) India 7,122,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 142
Nair India 6,698,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 0.19 % 134
Lodha (Hindu traditions) India 6,608,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.03 % 132
Badhai (Hindu traditions) India 6,497,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 130
Bhoi (Hindu traditions) India 6,367,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 127
Banjara (Hindu traditions) India 6,103,000 Lambadi Hinduism ● 0.39 % 122
Shaikh Bangladesh 135,226,000 Bengali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2,705
Jat (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 32,942,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 659
Shaikh Siddiqi India 7,500,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 150
Tajik Tajikistan 7,118,000 Tajik Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 142
Rajput (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 16,680,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 334
Arab, Northern Yemeni Yemen 12,990,000 Arabic, Sanaani Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 260
Nai (Hindu traditions) India 11,845,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 237
Arain (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 11,313,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 226
Arab, Tunisian Tunisia 10,810,000 Arabic, Tunisian Spoken Islam ● 0.22 % 0.00 % 216
Kurd, Kurmanji Turkey 8,960,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % 179
Baloch Pakistan 8,925,000 Balochi, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 178
Mappila India 8,709,000 Malayalam Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 174
Shaikh Qureshi India 8,060,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 161
Sayyid Pakistan 8,015,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 160
Sayyid India 7,819,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 156
Sonar (Hindu traditions) India 7,711,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 154
Arab, Yemeni Yemen 6,722,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 134
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) India 6,681,000 Kashmiri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 134
Gadaria (Hindu traditions) India 6,571,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 131
Kurd, Turkish-speaking Turkey 6,301,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % 126
Turk Turkey 59,258,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % 1,185
Uyghur China 11,881,000 Uyghur Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 238
Hui China 13,870,000 Chinese, Mandarin Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 277
Algerian, Arabic-speaking Algeria 29,618,000 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 592
Kanuri, Yerwa Nigeria 7,186,000 Kanuri, Yerwa Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 144
Java Pesisir Lor Indonesia 37,087,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.80 % 0.01 % 742
Somali Somalia 11,175,000 Somali Islam ● 0.30 % 0.01 % 224
Afghan, Tajik Afghanistan 10,585,000 Dari Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 212
Uzbek, Northern Uzbekistan 27,199,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.01 % 544
Madura Indonesia 7,570,000 Madura Islam ● 0.11 % 0.01 % 151
Minangkabau Indonesia 6,815,000 Minangkabau Islam ● 0.26 % 0.01 % 136
Pashtun, Southern Afghanistan 9,656,000 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % 193
Somali Ethiopia 7,280,000 Somali Islam ● 0.14 % 0.03 % 146
Oromo, Hararghe Ethiopia 7,036,000 Oromo, Eastern Islam ● 5.00 % 0.05 % 141
Sunda Indonesia 37,942,000 Sunda Islam ● 0.49 % 0.05 % 759
Fulani, Nigerian Nigeria 16,384,000 Fulfulde, Nigerian Islam ☀ 0.08 % 0.06 % 328
Kazakh Kazakhstan 12,059,000 Kazakh Islam ● 0.10 % 0.07 % 241
Burmese Myanmar (Burma) 31,156,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 0.35 % 0.08 % 623
Moroccan, Arabic-speaking Morocco 23,940,000 Arabic, Moroccan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.09 % 0.08 % 479
Hausa Nigeria 34,783,000 Hausa Islam ● 0.15 % 0.10 % 696
Arab, Saudi - Najdi Saudi Arabia 13,821,000 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ● 0.60 % 0.12 % 276
Arab, Saudi - Hijazi Saudi Arabia 10,640,000 Arabic, Hijazi Spoken Islam ● 0.30 % 0.12 % 213
Arab, Iraqi Iraq 16,045,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 321
Arab, North Iraqi Iraq 8,768,000 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.70 % 0.20 % 175
Java Banyumasan Indonesia 9,140,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.50 % 0.20 % 183
Azerbaijani Azerbaijan 8,738,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam ● 0.40 % 0.22 % 175
Thai Thailand 21,256,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.30 % 0.27 % 425
Thai, Isan Thailand 18,258,000 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ● 0.40 % 0.27 % 365
Thai, Northern Thailand 7,361,000 Thai, Northern Buddhism ● 0.40 % 0.27 % 147
Japanese Japan 120,934,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.20 % 0.30 % 2,419
Malay Malaysia 13,027,000 Malay Islam ● 0.60 % 0.52 % 261
Tujia China 9,790,000 Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions ● 1.10 % 1.00 % 196
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk Iran 16,530,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ● 1.50 % 1.40 % 331
Korean Korea, North 25,208,000 Korean Non-Religious ● 1.60 % 1.56 % 504
Hausa Niger 11,377,000 Hausa Islam ● 2.00 % 1.60 % 228
Persian Iran 37,677,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 2.00 % 1.90 % 754
Khmer Cambodia 14,045,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.20 % 1.90 % 281
Han Chinese, Xiang China 39,520,000 Chinese, Xiang Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 2.00 % 790
Totals: 100 Peoples   1,882,817,000         37,655
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