Unreached People Groups-100 Largest

Unreached: 100 Largest What does unreached mean?

People Groups

100

% of World's
People Groups

0.6 %

Population

2,011,339,000

% of World Population

24.6 %

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	Bengali Muslim	Bangladesh	135,750,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.06 %	0.06 %	2,715
	Japanese	Japan	117,656,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.20 %	0.30 %	2,353
	Shaikh unspecified	India	82,690,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	-1	1,654
	Arab, Egyptian Muslim	Egypt	68,273,000	Arabic, Egyptian	Islam	1 ●	0.30 %	0.30 %	1,365
	Turk	Türkiye (Turkey)	62,771,000	Turkish	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.02 %	1,255
	Chamar (Hindu traditions)	India	52,473,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	1.24 %	0.62 %	1,049
	Yadav (Hindu traditions)	India	47,216,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	-1	944
	Persian	Iran	44,066,000	Persian, Iranian	Islam	1 ●	1.80 %	1.60 %	881
	Hausa	Nigeria	40,347,000	Hausa	Islam	1 ●	1.70 %	1.50 %	807
	Brahmin unspecified	India	39,943,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	-1	799
	Sunda	Indonesia	39,595,000	Sunda	Islam	1 ●	0.49 %	0.06 %	792
	Java Pesisir Lor	Indonesia	38,703,000	Javanese	Islam	1 ●	2.80 %	0.06 %	774
	Mahratta unspecified	India	36,204,000	Marathi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	-1	724
	Han Chinese, Xiang	China	35,408,000	Chinese, Xiang	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	2.00 %	708
	Algerian, Arabic-speaking	Algeria	34,446,000	Arabic, Algerian	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	689
	Pashtun	Pakistan	34,039,000	Pashto, Central	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	681
	Rajput (Hindu traditions)	India	31,894,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	-1	638
	Burmese	Myanmar (Burma)	31,429,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.35 %	0.08 %	629
	Uzbek, Northern	Uzbekistan	30,048,000	Uzbek, Northern	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.01 %	601
	Korean	Korea, North	25,983,000	Korean	Non-Religious	1 ●	1.60 %	1.56 %	520
	Arab, Moroccan	Morocco	25,592,000	Arabic, Moroccan	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.08 %	512
	Thai	Thailand	23,189,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.60 %	0.90 %	464
	Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	India	21,933,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.00 %	439
	Teli (Hindu traditions)	India	21,850,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	-1	437
	Java Mancanegari	Indonesia	21,713,000	Javanese	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.22 %	434
	Arab, Iraqi	Iraq	21,070,000	Arabic, Mesopotamian	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	421
	Arab, Northern Yemeni	Yemen	19,689,000	Arabic, Sanaani	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	394
	Bania unspecified	India	19,625,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	-1	392
	Thai, Isan	Thailand	18,939,000	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	0.01 %	379
	Fulani, Nigerian	Nigeria	18,813,000	Fulfulde, Nigerian	Islam	1 ●	0.28 %	0.28 %	376
	Jat (Hindu traditions)	India	18,544,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.03 %	-1	371
	Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	India	18,279,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	-1	366
	Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk	Iran	18,188,000	Azerbaijani, South	Islam	1 ●	1.80 %	1.60 %	364
	Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	India	18,031,000	Gujarati	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	-1	361
	Bhil unspecified	India	16,822,000	Gujarati	Hinduism	1 ●	0.76 %	-1	336
	Kapu unspecified	India	16,085,000	Telugu	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.01 %	322
	Arab, Sudanese	Sudan	15,948,000	Arabic, Sudanese	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.01 %	319
	Khmer	Cambodia	14,994,000	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	3.10 %	1.30 %	300
	Hausa	Niger	14,944,000	Hausa	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	1.60 %	299
	Somali	Somalia	14,934,000	Somali	Islam	1 ●	1.11 %	0.94 %	299
	Jat (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	14,565,000	Saraiki	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	291
	Vanniyan	India	14,557,000	Tamil	Hinduism	1 ●	1.38 %	-1	291
	Kazakh	Kazakhstan	14,508,000	Kazakh	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.17 %	290
	Malay	Malaysia	14,258,000	Malay	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.08 %	285
	Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	India	13,981,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	-1	280
	Nai (Hindu traditions)	India	13,835,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	277
	Arab, Saudi - Najdi	Saudi Arabia	13,722,000	Arabic, Najdi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.08 %	274
	Mali (Hindu traditions)	India	13,662,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	-1	273
	Hui	China	13,646,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	273
	Shaikh	Pakistan	12,964,000	Sindhi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	259
Totals:	100 Peoples		2,011,339,000						40,225

* 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
0.3	Unreached Frontier - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
0.7	Unreached not Frontier - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - 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%

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