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 *
	Sylhet (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	12,557,000	Sylheti	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	251
	Tajik	Tajikistan	8,902,000	Tajik	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.05 %	178
	Teli (Hindu traditions)	India	21,850,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	-1	437
	Turk	Türkiye (Turkey)	62,771,000	Turkish	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.02 %	1,255
	Uyghur	China	11,689,000	Uyghur	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	234
	Uzbek, Northern	Uzbekistan	30,048,000	Uzbek, Northern	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.01 %	601
	Yadav (Hindu traditions)	India	47,216,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	-1	944
	Amhara, Wollo	Ethiopia	6,951,000	Amharic	Islam	1 ●	2.90 %	0.20 %	139
	Arab, Egyptian Muslim	Egypt	68,273,000	Arabic, Egyptian	Islam	1 ●	0.30 %	0.30 %	1,365
	Arab, Iraqi	Iraq	21,070,000	Arabic, Mesopotamian	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	421
	Arab, North Iraqi	Iraq	10,988,000	Arabic, North Mesopotamian	Islam	1 ●	0.70 %	0.20 %	220
	Arab, Tunisian	Tunisia	11,295,000	Arabic, Tunisian	Islam	1 ●	0.22 %	0.00 %	226
	Azerbaijani	Azerbaijan	8,050,000	Azerbaijani, North	Islam	1 ●	0.40 %	0.22 %	161
	Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk	Iran	18,188,000	Azerbaijani, South	Islam	1 ●	1.80 %	1.60 %	364
	Bambara	Mali	7,390,000	Bamanankan	Islam	1 ●	4.00 %	1.10 %	148
	Banjara (Hindu traditions)	India	7,151,000	Lambadi	Hinduism	1 ●	1.62 %	0.81 %	143
	Bhil unspecified	India	16,822,000	Gujarati	Hinduism	1 ●	0.76 %	-1	336
	Burmese	Myanmar (Burma)	31,429,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.35 %	0.08 %	629
	Chamar (Hindu traditions)	India	52,473,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	1.24 %	0.62 %	1,049
	Fulani, Nigerian	Nigeria	18,813,000	Fulfulde, Nigerian	Islam	1 ●	0.28 %	0.28 %	376
	Gond unspecified	India	11,705,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	0.91 %	-1	234
	Han Chinese, Xiang	China	35,408,000	Chinese, Xiang	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	2.00 %	708
	Hausa	Nigeria	40,347,000	Hausa	Islam	1 ●	1.70 %	1.50 %	807
	Hausa	Niger	14,944,000	Hausa	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	1.60 %	299
	Japanese	Japan	117,656,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.20 %	0.30 %	2,353
	Java Banyumasan	Indonesia	9,548,000	Javanese	Islam	1 ●	2.50 %	1.18 %	191
	Java Mancanegari	Indonesia	21,713,000	Javanese	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.22 %	434
	Java Pesisir Lor	Indonesia	38,703,000	Javanese	Islam	1 ●	2.80 %	0.06 %	774
	Kanuri, Yerwa	Nigeria	8,281,000	Kanuri, Yerwa	Islam	1 ●	1.40 %	1.00 %	166
	Kazakh	Kazakhstan	14,508,000	Kazakh	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.17 %	290
	Khmer	Cambodia	14,994,000	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	3.10 %	1.30 %	300
	Koli of Gujarat	India	9,420,000	Gujarati	Hinduism	1 ●	0.54 %	-1	188
	Korean	Korea, North	25,983,000	Korean	Non-Religious	1 ●	1.60 %	1.56 %	520
	Madiga (Hindu traditions)	India	9,031,000	Telugu	Hinduism	1 ●	0.13 %	0.06 %	181
	Madura	Indonesia	7,908,000	Madura	Islam	1 ●	0.11 %	0.05 %	158
	Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	India	10,898,000	Marathi	Buddhism	1 ●	0.13 %	-1	218
	Mahishya	India	11,869,000	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.35 %	-1	237
	Minangkabau	Indonesia	7,119,000	Minangkabau	Islam	1 ●	0.26 %	0.02 %	142
	Nair	India	7,705,000	Malayalam	Hinduism	1 ●	0.19 %	-1	154
	Persian	Iran	44,066,000	Persian, Iranian	Islam	1 ●	1.80 %	1.60 %	881
	Somali	Somalia	14,934,000	Somali	Islam	1 ●	1.11 %	0.94 %	299
	Somali	Ethiopia	8,579,000	Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.35 %	0.22 %	172
	Sunda	Indonesia	39,595,000	Sunda	Islam	1 ●	0.49 %	0.06 %	792
	Thai	Thailand	23,189,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.60 %	0.90 %	464
	Thai, Isan	Thailand	18,939,000	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	0.01 %	379
	Thai, Northern	Thailand	7,758,000	Thai, Northern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.20 %	0.03 %	155
	Tujia	China	9,632,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.10 %	1.00 %	193
	Vakkaliga unspecified	India	7,697,000	Kannada	Hinduism	1 ●	0.21 %	-1	154
	Vanniyan	India	14,557,000	Tamil	Hinduism	1 ●	1.38 %	-1	291
	Viswakarma unspecified	India	8,785,000	Tamil	Hinduism	1 ●	0.13 %	-1	176
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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