Unreached People Groups-100 Largest

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 *
	Bengali Muslim Shaikh	Bangladesh	132,871,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2,657
	Shaikh unspecified	India	71,641,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	1,433
	Shaikh Qureshi	India	9,649,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	193
	Sayyid	India	9,222,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	184
	Pashtun	Pakistan	31,637,000	Pashto, Central	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	633
	Mahratta unspecified	India	31,321,000	Marathi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	626
	Sayyid	Pakistan	6,519,000	Sindhi	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	130
	Bania unspecified	India	16,927,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	339
	Arab, Northern Yemeni	Yemen	14,676,000	Arabic, Sanaani Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	294
	Nai (Hindu traditions)	India	14,026,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	281
	Jat (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	13,237,000	Saraiki	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	265
	Ansari	India	12,611,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	252
	Sylhet (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	12,224,000	Sylheti	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	244
	Shaikh	Pakistan	11,782,000	Sindhi	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	236
	Arain (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	11,284,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	226
	Mappila	India	10,352,000	Malayalam	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	207
	Kahar (Hindu traditions)	India	9,680,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	194
	Pashtun, Pathan	India	9,141,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	183
	Mahratta Kunbi	India	9,014,000	Gujarati	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	180
	Shaikh Siddiqi	India	8,947,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	179
	Gujar (Hindu traditions)	India	8,481,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	170
	Sonar (Hindu traditions)	India	8,255,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	165
	Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	India	7,944,000	Kashmiri	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	159
	Arab, Yemeni	Yemen	7,594,000	Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	152
	Brahmin unspecified	India	34,711,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	694
	Yadav (Hindu traditions)	India	40,856,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	817
	Badhai (Hindu traditions)	India	7,753,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	155
	Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	India	22,483,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	450
	Hui	China	13,740,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	275
	Lohar (Hindu traditions)	India	11,260,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	225
	Uyghur	China	11,770,000	Uyghur	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	235
	Algerian, Arabic-speaking	Algeria	32,608,000	Arabic, Algerian Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	652
	Kumhar (Hindu traditions)	India	18,593,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	372
	Turk	Türkiye	61,142,000	Turkish	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.00 %	1,223
	Kurd, Kurmanji	Türkiye	9,200,000	Kurdish, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.00 %	184
	Afghan, Tajik	Afghanistan	11,293,000	Dari	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	226
	Kanuri, Yerwa	Nigeria	7,619,000	Kanuri, Yerwa	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	152
	Pashtun, Northern	Afghanistan	7,100,000	Pashto, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	142
	Mali (Hindu traditions)	India	12,452,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	249
	Jat (Sikh traditions)	India	8,724,000	Punjabi, Eastern	Other / Small	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	174
	Ilavan	India	6,700,000	Malayalam	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	134
	Rajput (Hindu traditions)	India	27,490,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	550
	Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	India	12,571,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	251
	Uzbek, Northern	Uzbekistan	28,082,000	Uzbek, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.02 %	0.01 %	562
	Teli (Hindu traditions)	India	22,267,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	445
	Kapu unspecified	India	13,932,000	Telugu	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	279
	Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	India	6,647,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.03 %	-1	133
	Jat (Hindu traditions)	India	16,034,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.03 %	-1	321
	Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	India	7,090,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.03 %	-1	142
	Koiri (Hindu traditions)	India	9,654,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.04 %	0.04 %	193
Totals:	100 Peoples		1,846,232,000						36,921

* 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
1	Unreached - 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%