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Unreached:  100 Largest What does unreached mean?

People Groups

100

% of World's
People Groups

0.6 %

Population

1,846,232,000

% 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 *
Koli of Gujarat India 9,821,000 Gujarati Hinduism ● 0.54 % 196
Korean Korea, North 25,492,000 Korean Non-Religious ● 1.60 % 1.56 % 510
Kumhar (Hindu traditions) India 18,593,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 372
Kunbi (Hindu traditions) India 15,599,000 Gujarati Hinduism ☀ 0.05 % 312
Kurd, Kurmanji Türkiye 9,200,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % 184
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) India 22,483,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 450
Lohar (Hindu traditions) India 11,260,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 225
Madiga (Hindu traditions) India 9,122,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.13 % 182
Madura Indonesia 7,625,000 Madura Islam ● 0.11 % 0.05 % 152
Mahar (Buddhist traditions) India 11,284,000 Marathi Buddhism ● 0.13 % 226
Mahishya India 11,773,000 Bengali Hinduism ● 0.36 % 235
Mahratta Kunbi India 9,014,000 Gujarati Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 180
Mahratta unspecified India 31,321,000 Marathi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 626
Mala (Hindu traditions) India 6,709,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.16 % 134
Malay Malaysia 13,800,000 Malay Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.08 % 276
Mali (Hindu traditions) India 12,452,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 249
Mappila India 10,352,000 Malayalam Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 207
Minangkabau Indonesia 6,864,000 Minangkabau Islam ● 0.26 % 0.02 % 137
Nai (Hindu traditions) India 14,026,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 281
Nair India 7,717,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 0.19 % 154
Oromo, Hararghe Ethiopia 7,551,000 Oromo, Eastern Islam ● 5.00 % 0.05 % 151
Pashtun Pakistan 31,637,000 Pashto, Central Islam ☀ 0.00 % 633
Pashtun, Northern Afghanistan 7,100,000 Pashto, Northern Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 142
Pashtun, Pathan India 9,141,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 183
Persian Iran 39,721,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 1.80 % 1.60 % 794
Rajput (Hindu traditions) India 27,490,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % 550
Sayyid India 9,222,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 184
Sayyid Pakistan 6,519,000 Sindhi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 130
Shaikh Pakistan 11,782,000 Sindhi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 236
Shaikh Qureshi India 9,649,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 193
Shaikh Siddiqi India 8,947,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 179
Shaikh unspecified India 71,641,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 1,433
Somali Somalia 13,371,000 Somali Islam ● 0.30 % 0.01 % 267
Somali Ethiopia 7,813,000 Somali Islam ● 0.14 % 0.03 % 156
Sonar (Hindu traditions) India 8,255,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 165
Sunda Indonesia 38,375,000 Sunda Islam ● 0.49 % 0.06 % 768
Sylhet (Muslim traditions) Bangladesh 12,224,000 Sylheti Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 244
Tajik Tajikistan 7,351,000 Tajik Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.05 % 147
Teli (Hindu traditions) India 22,267,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % 445
Thai Thailand 23,214,000 Thai Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.70 % 464
Thai, Isan Thailand 18,960,000 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ● 0.40 % 0.01 % 379
Thai, Northern Thailand 7,766,000 Thai, Northern Buddhism ● 0.20 % 0.03 % 155
Tujia China 9,699,000 Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions ● 1.10 % 1.00 % 194
Turk Türkiye 61,142,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % 1,223
Uyghur China 11,770,000 Uyghur Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 235
Uzbek, Northern Uzbekistan 28,082,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.01 % 562
Vakkaliga unspecified India 6,659,000 Kannada Hinduism ● 0.21 % 133
Vanniyan India 13,624,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 1.37 % 272
Viswakarma unspecified India 7,599,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.12 % 152
Yadav (Hindu traditions) India 40,856,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 817
Totals: 100 Peoples   1,846,232,000         36,921
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