• Unreached:  

Unreached:  100 Largest What does unreached mean?

People Groups

100

% of World's
People Groups

0.6 %

Population

1,884,818,000

% 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 *
Arab, Iraqi Iraq 20,501,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 410
Arab, North Iraqi Iraq 10,142,000 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Islam ● 0.70 % 0.20 % 203
Arab, Tunisian Tunisia 11,493,000 Arabic, Tunisian Islam ● 0.22 % 0.00 % 230
Azerbaijani Azerbaijan 8,000,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam ● 0.40 % 0.22 % 160
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk Iran 17,674,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ● 1.80 % 1.60 % 353
Bambara Mali 7,043,000 Bamanankan Islam ● 4.00 % 1.10 % 141
Banjara (Hindu traditions) India 7,420,000 Lambadi Hinduism ● 0.39 % 148
Bhil unspecified India 14,689,000 Gujarati Hinduism ● 0.76 % 294
Burmese Myanmar (Burma) 31,494,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 0.35 % 0.08 % 630
Chamar (Hindu traditions) India 54,811,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 1.21 % 1,096
Fulani, Nigerian Nigeria 18,149,000 Fulfulde, Nigerian Islam ● 0.28 % 0.28 % 363
Gond unspecified India 10,221,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 0.90 % 204
Han Chinese, Xiang China 35,635,000 Chinese, Xiang Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 2.00 % 713
Hausa Nigeria 38,924,000 Hausa Islam ● 0.15 % 0.10 % 778
Hausa Niger 14,115,000 Hausa Islam ● 2.00 % 1.60 % 282
Japanese Japan 117,205,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.20 % 0.30 % 2,344
Java Banyumasan Indonesia 9,350,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.50 % 1.18 % 187
Java Mancanegari Indonesia 21,263,000 Javanese Islam ● 1.00 % 0.22 % 425
Java Pesisir Lor Indonesia 38,040,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.80 % 0.06 % 761
Kanuri, Yerwa Nigeria 7,989,000 Kanuri, Yerwa Islam ● 1.40 % 1.00 % 160
Kazakh Kazakhstan 13,200,000 Kazakh Islam ● 2.00 % 1.70 % 264
Khmer Cambodia 14,384,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.10 % 1.30 % 288
Koli of Gujarat India 9,852,000 Gujarati Hinduism ● 0.54 % 197
Korean Korea, North 25,664,000 Korean Non-Religious ● 1.60 % 1.56 % 513
Madiga (Hindu traditions) India 9,399,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.13 % 188
Madura Indonesia 7,744,000 Madura Islam ● 0.11 % 0.05 % 155
Mahar (Buddhist traditions) India 11,391,000 Marathi Buddhism ● 0.13 % 228
Mahishya India 12,396,000 Bengali Hinduism ● 0.35 % 248
Mala (Hindu traditions) India 6,806,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.16 % 136
Minangkabau Indonesia 6,971,000 Minangkabau Islam ● 0.26 % 0.02 % 139
Nair India 8,043,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 0.19 % 161
Oromo, Hararghe Ethiopia 7,939,000 Oromo, Eastern Islam ● 5.00 % 0.05 % 159
Persian Iran 42,823,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 1.80 % 1.60 % 856
Somali Somalia 14,213,000 Somali Islam ● 1.11 % 0.94 % 284
Somali Ethiopia 8,214,000 Somali Islam ● 0.35 % 0.22 % 164
Sunda Indonesia 38,974,000 Sunda Islam ● 0.49 % 0.06 % 779
Thai Thailand 23,275,000 Thai Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.70 % 466
Thai, Isan Thailand 19,010,000 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ● 0.40 % 0.01 % 380
Thai, Northern Thailand 7,787,000 Thai, Northern Buddhism ● 0.20 % 0.03 % 156
Tujia China 9,694,000 Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions ● 1.10 % 1.00 % 194
Vakkaliga unspecified India 6,722,000 Kannada Hinduism ● 0.21 % 134
Vanniyan India 15,288,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 1.37 % 306
Viswakarma unspecified India 7,671,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.12 % 153
Adi Dravida India 10,237,000 Tamil Hinduism ☀︎ 0.10 % 205
Afghan, Tajik Afghanistan 11,983,000 Dari Islam ☀︎ 0.01 % 0.01 % 240
Algerian, Arabic-speaking Algeria 33,607,000 Arabic, Algerian Islam ☀︎ 0.01 % 0.01 % 672
Ansari India 12,791,000 Urdu Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 256
Arab, Moroccan Morocco 25,245,000 Arabic, Moroccan Islam ☀︎ 0.09 % 0.08 % 505
Arab, Northern Yemeni Yemen 15,339,000 Arabic, Sanaani Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 307
Arab, Saudi - Hijazi Saudi Arabia 11,452,000 Arabic, Hijazi Islam ☀︎ 0.09 % 0.08 % 229
Totals: 100 Peoples   1,884,818,000         37,698
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