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Unreached:  100 Largest What does unreached mean?

People Groups

100

% of World's
People Groups

0.6 %

Population

1,864,818,000

% 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, Northern Yemeni Yemen 15,004,000 Arabic, Sanaani Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 300
Arab, Yemeni Yemen 7,764,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 155
Uzbek, Northern Uzbekistan 28,516,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.01 % 570
Turk Türkiye (Turkey) 61,482,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % 1,230
Kurd, Kurmanji Türkiye (Turkey) 9,252,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % 185
Arab, Tunisian Tunisia 11,395,000 Arabic, Tunisian Spoken Islam ● 0.22 % 0.00 % 228
Thai Thailand 23,248,000 Thai Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.70 % 465
Thai, Isan Thailand 18,987,000 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ● 0.40 % 0.01 % 380
Thai, Northern Thailand 7,777,000 Thai, Northern Buddhism ● 0.20 % 0.03 % 156
Tajik Tajikistan 7,492,000 Tajik Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.05 % 150
Arab, Sudanese Sudan 15,305,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 4.50 % 0.80 % 306
Somali Somalia 13,785,000 Somali Islam ● 0.30 % 0.01 % 276
Arab, Saudi - Najdi Saudi Arabia 14,668,000 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.09 % 0.08 % 293
Arab, Saudi - Hijazi Saudi Arabia 11,291,000 Arabic, Hijazi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.09 % 0.08 % 226
Pashtun Pakistan 32,262,000 Pashto, Central Islam ☀ 0.00 % 645
Sayyid Pakistan 6,647,000 Sindhi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 133
Jat (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 13,498,000 Saraiki Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 270
Shaikh Pakistan 12,015,000 Sindhi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 240
Arain (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 11,507,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 230
Hausa Nigeria 38,016,000 Hausa Islam ● 0.15 % 0.10 % 760
Fulani, Nigerian Nigeria 17,726,000 Fulfulde, Nigerian Islam ● 0.28 % 0.28 % 355
Kanuri, Yerwa Nigeria 7,802,000 Kanuri, Yerwa Islam ● 1.40 % 1.00 % 156
Hausa Niger 13,598,000 Hausa Islam ● 2.00 % 1.60 % 272
Burmese Myanmar (Burma) 31,273,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 0.35 % 0.08 % 625
Arab, Moroccan Morocco 24,511,000 Arabic, Moroccan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.09 % 0.08 % 490
Bambara Mali 6,831,000 Bamanankan Islam ● 4.00 % 1.10 % 137
Malay Malaysia 13,951,000 Malay Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.08 % 279
Korean Korea, North 25,582,000 Korean Non-Religious ● 1.60 % 1.56 % 512
Kazakh Kazakhstan 13,053,000 Kazakh Islam ● 2.00 % 1.70 % 261
Japanese Japan 117,840,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.20 % 0.30 % 2,357
Arab, Iraqi Iraq 17,152,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 343
Arab, North Iraqi Iraq 9,920,000 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.70 % 0.20 % 198
Persian Iran 42,419,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 1.80 % 1.60 % 848
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk Iran 17,549,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ● 1.80 % 1.60 % 351
Sunda Indonesia 38,659,000 Sunda Islam ● 0.49 % 0.06 % 773
Java Pesisir Lor Indonesia 37,732,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.80 % 0.06 % 755
Java Mancanegari Indonesia 21,091,000 Javanese Islam ● 1.00 % 0.22 % 422
Java Banyumasan Indonesia 9,274,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.50 % 1.18 % 185
Madura Indonesia 7,681,000 Madura Islam ● 0.11 % 0.05 % 154
Minangkabau Indonesia 6,915,000 Minangkabau Islam ● 0.26 % 0.02 % 138
Shaikh unspecified India 72,220,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 1,444
Chamar (Hindu traditions) India 54,787,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 1.21 % 1,096
Jat (Hindu traditions) India 16,163,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.03 % 323
Vanniyan India 13,734,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 1.37 % 275
Mahishya India 11,869,000 Bengali Hinduism ● 0.36 % 237
Yadav (Hindu traditions) India 41,186,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 824
Koli of Gujarat India 9,900,000 Gujarati Hinduism ● 0.54 % 198
Shaikh Qureshi India 9,727,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 195
Sayyid India 9,296,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 186
Brahmin unspecified India 34,992,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 700
Totals: 100 Peoples   1,864,818,000         37,295
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