Unreached People Groups-100 Largest

Unreached: 100 Largest What does unreached mean?

People Groups

100

% of World's
People Groups

0.6 %

Population

1,836,205,000

% of World Population

22.7 %

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	Sayyid	India	8,997,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	180
	Persian	Iran	42,823,000	Persian, Iranian	Islam	1 ●	1.80 %	1.60 %	856
	Sunda	Indonesia	38,974,000	Sunda	Islam	1 ●	0.49 %	0.06 %	779
	Hausa	Nigeria	38,924,000	Hausa	Islam	1 ●	0.15 %	0.10 %	778
	Java Pesisir Lor	Indonesia	38,040,000	Javanese	Islam	1 ●	2.80 %	0.06 %	761
	Oromo, Hararghe	Ethiopia	7,939,000	Oromo, Eastern	Islam	1 ●	5.00 %	0.05 %	159
	Algerian, Arabic-speaking	Algeria	33,607,000	Arabic, Algerian	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	672
	Pashtun	Pakistan	32,704,000	Pashto, Central	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	-1	654
	Uzbek, Northern	Uzbekistan	28,930,000	Uzbek, Northern	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.01 %	579
	Arab, Moroccan	Morocco	25,445,000	Arabic, Moroccan	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.08 %	509
	Java Mancanegari	Indonesia	21,263,000	Javanese	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.22 %	425
	Arab, Iraqi	Iraq	20,501,000	Arabic, Mesopotamian	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	410
	Fulani, Nigerian	Nigeria	18,149,000	Fulfulde, Nigerian	Islam	1 ●	0.28 %	0.28 %	363
	Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk	Iran	17,674,000	Azerbaijani, South	Islam	1 ●	1.80 %	1.60 %	353
	Arab, Northern Yemeni	Yemen	15,339,000	Arabic, Sanaani	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	307
	Arab, Sudanese	Sudan	15,087,000	Arabic, Sudanese	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.01 %	302
	Arab, Saudi - Najdi	Saudi Arabia	14,877,000	Arabic, Najdi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.08 %	298
	Somali	Somalia	14,213,000	Somali	Islam	1 ●	1.11 %	0.94 %	284
	Hausa	Niger	14,115,000	Hausa	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	1.60 %	282
	Malay	Malaysia	14,098,000	Malay	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.08 %	282
	Jat (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	13,993,000	Saraiki	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	280
	Hui	China	13,733,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	275
	Kazakh	Kazakhstan	13,200,000	Kazakh	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	1.70 %	264
	Shaikh	Pakistan	12,456,000	Sindhi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	-1	249
	Ansari	India	12,058,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	-1	241
	Afghan, Tajik	Afghanistan	11,983,000	Dari	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	240
	Uyghur	China	11,764,000	Uyghur	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	235
	Arain (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	11,668,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	233
	Arab, Tunisian	Tunisia	11,493,000	Arabic, Tunisian	Islam	1 ●	0.22 %	0.00 %	230
	Arab, Saudi - Hijazi	Saudi Arabia	11,452,000	Arabic, Hijazi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.08 %	229
	Pashtun, Pathan	India	10,399,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	-1	208
	Arab, North Iraqi	Iraq	10,142,000	Arabic, North Mesopotamian	Islam	1 ●	0.70 %	0.20 %	203
	Mappila	India	9,848,000	Malayalam	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	197
	Java Banyumasan	Indonesia	9,350,000	Javanese	Islam	1 ●	2.50 %	1.18 %	187
	Kurd, Kurmanji	Türkiye (Turkey)	9,299,000	Kurdish, Northern	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.00 %	186
	Shaikh Qureshi	India	9,265,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	185
	Bengali Muslim Sayyid	Bangladesh	8,556,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	171
	Shaikh Siddiqi	India	8,533,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	171
	Somali	Ethiopia	8,214,000	Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.35 %	0.22 %	164
	Azerbaijani	Azerbaijan	8,000,000	Azerbaijani, North	Islam	1 ●	0.40 %	0.22 %	160
	Kanuri, Yerwa	Nigeria	7,989,000	Kanuri, Yerwa	Islam	1 ●	1.40 %	1.00 %	160
	Arab, Yemeni	Yemen	7,937,000	Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	159
	Madura	Indonesia	7,744,000	Madura	Islam	1 ●	0.11 %	0.05 %	155
	Tajik	Tajikistan	7,631,000	Tajik	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.05 %	153
	Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	India	7,556,000	Kashmiri	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	151
	Pashtun, Northern	Afghanistan	7,487,000	Pashto, Northern	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	150
	Bambara	Mali	7,043,000	Bamanankan	Islam	1 ●	4.00 %	1.10 %	141
	Minangkabau	Indonesia	6,971,000	Minangkabau	Islam	1 ●	0.26 %	0.02 %	139
	Korean	Korea, North	25,664,000	Korean	Non-Religious	1 ●	1.60 %	1.56 %	513
	Jat (Sikh traditions)	India	9,928,000	Punjabi, Eastern	Other / Small	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	-1	199
Totals:	100 Peoples		1,836,205,000						36,729

* 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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Level	Description	Criteria
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%