• Unreached:  

Unreached:  100 Largest What does unreached mean?

People Groups

100

% of World's
People Groups

0.6 %

Population

1,883,663,000

% of World Population

24.3 %
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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale ▲		 % Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Shaikh Qureshi India 8,060,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 161
Shaikh Siddiqi India 7,500,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 150
Sonar (Hindu traditions) India 7,711,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 154
Tajik Tajikistan 7,118,000 Tajik Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 142
Teli (Hindu traditions) India 18,686,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % 374
Turk Turkey 59,258,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % 1,185
Uyghur China 11,881,000 Uyghur Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 238
Uzbek, Northern Uzbekistan 27,199,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.01 % 544
Yadav (Hindu traditions) India 58,320,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 1,166
Arab, Iraqi Iraq 16,045,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 321
Arab, North Iraqi Iraq 8,768,000 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.70 % 0.20 % 175
Arab, Saudi - Hijazi Saudi Arabia 10,640,000 Arabic, Hijazi Spoken Islam ● 0.30 % 0.12 % 213
Arab, Saudi - Najdi Saudi Arabia 13,821,000 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ● 0.60 % 0.12 % 276
Arab, Tunisian Tunisia 10,810,000 Arabic, Tunisian Spoken Islam ● 0.22 % 0.00 % 216
Azerbaijani Azerbaijan 8,738,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam ● 0.40 % 0.22 % 175
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk Iran 16,530,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ● 1.50 % 1.40 % 331
Banjara (Hindu traditions) India 6,103,000 Lambadi Hinduism ● 0.39 % 122
Bhil India 16,806,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 0.76 % 336
Burmese Myanmar (Burma) 31,156,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 0.35 % 0.08 % 623
Chamar (Hindu traditions) India 47,438,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 1.22 % 949
Gond India 14,247,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 0.87 % 285
Han Chinese, Xiang China 39,520,000 Chinese, Xiang Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 2.00 % 790
Hausa Nigeria 34,783,000 Hausa Islam ● 0.15 % 0.10 % 696
Hausa Niger 11,377,000 Hausa Islam ● 2.00 % 1.60 % 228
Japanese Japan 120,880,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.20 % 0.30 % 2,418
Java Banyumasan Indonesia 9,140,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.50 % 0.20 % 183
Java Pesisir Lor Indonesia 37,087,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.80 % 0.01 % 742
Kazakh Kazakhstan 12,059,000 Kazakh Islam ● 0.10 % 0.07 % 241
Khmer Cambodia 14,045,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.20 % 1.90 % 281
Koli of Gujarat India 8,258,000 Gujarati Hinduism ● 0.54 % 165
Korean Korea, North 25,208,000 Korean Non-Religious ● 1.60 % 1.56 % 504
Madiga (Hindu traditions) India 7,740,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.12 % 155
Madura Indonesia 7,570,000 Madura Islam ● 0.11 % 0.01 % 151
Mahar (Hindu traditions) India 9,491,000 Marathi Buddhism ● 0.13 % 190
Mahishya India 9,865,000 Bengali Hinduism ● 0.36 % 197
Malay Malaysia 13,027,000 Malay Islam ● 0.60 % 0.52 % 261
Minangkabau Indonesia 6,815,000 Minangkabau Islam ● 0.26 % 0.01 % 136
Nair India 6,698,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 0.19 % 134
Oromo, Hararghe Ethiopia 7,036,000 Oromo, Eastern Islam ● 5.00 % 0.05 % 141
Persian Iran 37,677,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 2.00 % 1.90 % 754
Somali Ethiopia 7,280,000 Somali Islam ● 0.14 % 0.03 % 146
Somali Somalia 12,075,000 Somali Islam ● 0.30 % 0.01 % 242
Sunda Indonesia 37,942,000 Sunda Islam ● 0.49 % 0.05 % 759
Thai Thailand 21,256,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.30 % 0.27 % 425
Thai, Isan Thailand 18,258,000 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ● 0.40 % 0.27 % 365
Thai, Northern Thailand 7,361,000 Thai, Northern Buddhism ● 0.40 % 0.27 % 147
Tujia China 9,790,000 Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions ● 1.10 % 1.00 % 196
Vakkaliga India 6,362,000 Kannada Hinduism ● 0.22 % 127
Vanniyan India 12,735,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 1.37 % 255
Viswakarma India 7,647,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.12 % 153
Totals: 100 Peoples   1,883,663,000         37,672
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