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Unreached:  100 Largest What does unreached mean?

People Groups

100

% of World's
People Groups

0.6 %

Population

1,866,247,000

% 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
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Han Chinese, Xiang China 39,368,000 Chinese, Xiang Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 2.00 % 787
Persian Iran 37,193,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 2.00 % 1.90 % 744
Khmer Cambodia 14,442,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.20 % 1.90 % 289
Hausa Niger 10,956,000 Hausa Islam ● 2.00 % 1.60 % 219
Korean Korea, North 25,098,000 Korean Non-Religious ● 1.60 % 1.56 % 502
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk Iran 16,317,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ● 1.50 % 1.40 % 326
Tujia China 9,753,000 Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions ● 1.10 % 1.00 % 195
Malay Malaysia 12,860,000 Malay Islam ● 0.60 % 0.52 % 257
Japanese Japan 121,301,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.20 % 0.30 % 2,426
Thai Thailand 20,508,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.30 % 0.27 % 410
Thai, Isan Thailand 18,213,000 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ● 0.40 % 0.27 % 364
Thai, Northern Thailand 7,342,000 Thai, Northern Buddhism ● 0.40 % 0.27 % 147
Azerbaijani Azerbaijan 8,719,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam ● 0.40 % 0.22 % 174
Java Banyumasan Indonesia 9,043,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.50 % 0.20 % 181
Arab, Iraqi Iraq 15,681,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 314
Arab, North Iraqi Iraq 8,570,000 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.70 % 0.20 % 171
Arab, Saudi - Hijazi Saudi Arabia 20,811,000 Arabic, Hijazi Spoken Islam ● 0.30 % 0.12 % 416
Hausa Nigeria 33,909,000 Hausa Islam ● 0.15 % 0.10 % 678
Burmese Myanmar (Burma) 31,046,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 0.35 % 0.08 % 621
Moroccan, Arabic-speaking Morocco 23,655,000 Arabic, Moroccan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.09 % 0.08 % 473
Kazakh Kazakhstan 11,914,000 Kazakh Islam ● 0.10 % 0.07 % 238
Fulani, Nigerian Nigeria 15,972,000 Fulfulde, Nigerian Islam ☀ 0.08 % 0.06 % 319
Sunda Indonesia 37,540,000 Sunda Islam ● 0.49 % 0.05 % 751
Oromo, Hararghe Ethiopia 6,859,000 Oromo, Eastern Islam ● 5.00 % 0.05 % 137
Somali Ethiopia 7,097,000 Somali Islam ● 0.14 % 0.03 % 142
Pashtun, Southern Afghanistan 9,338,000 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % 187
Minangkabau Indonesia 6,743,000 Minangkabau Islam ● 0.26 % 0.01 % 135
Madura Indonesia 7,490,000 Madura Islam ● 0.11 % 0.01 % 150
Uzbek, Northern Uzbekistan 27,365,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.01 % 547
Java Pesisir Lor Indonesia 36,694,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.80 % 0.01 % 734
Somali Somalia 10,859,000 Somali Islam ● 0.30 % 0.01 % 217
Afghan, Tajik Afghanistan 10,246,000 Dari Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 205
Algerian, Arabic-speaking Algeria 29,079,000 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 582
Kanuri, Yerwa Nigeria 7,006,000 Kanuri, Yerwa Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 140
Hui China 13,816,000 Chinese, Mandarin Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 276
Uyghur China 11,835,000 Uyghur Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 237
Turk Turkey 57,235,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % 1,145
Shaikh Bangladesh 133,878,000 Bengali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2,678
Arab, Tunisian Tunisia 10,697,000 Arabic, Tunisian Spoken Islam ● 0.22 % 0.00 % 214
Jat (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 35,033,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 701
Shaikh Siddiqi India 7,439,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 149
Tajik Tajikistan 6,956,000 Tajik Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 139
Rajput (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 17,109,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 342
Arab, Northern Yemeni Yemen 12,212,000 Arabic, Sanaani Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 244
Nai (Hindu traditions) India 11,681,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 234
Arain (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 11,269,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 225
Kurd, Kurmanji Turkey 8,814,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % 176
Mappila India 8,642,000 Malayalam Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 173
Baloch Pakistan 8,565,000 Balochi, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 171
Shaikh Qureshi India 7,979,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 160
Totals: 100 Peoples   1,866,247,000         37,323
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