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 *
	Han Chinese, Xiang	China	35,408,000	Chinese, Xiang	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	2.00 %	708
	Persian	Iran	44,066,000	Persian, Iranian	Islam	1 ●	1.80 %	1.60 %	881
	Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk	Iran	18,188,000	Azerbaijani, South	Islam	1 ●	1.80 %	1.60 %	364
	Hausa	Niger	14,944,000	Hausa	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	1.60 %	299
	Korean	Korea, North	25,983,000	Korean	Non-Religious	1 ●	1.60 %	1.56 %	520
	Hausa	Nigeria	40,347,000	Hausa	Islam	1 ●	1.70 %	1.50 %	807
	Khmer	Cambodia	14,994,000	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	3.10 %	1.30 %	300
	Java Banyumasan	Indonesia	9,548,000	Javanese	Islam	1 ●	2.50 %	1.18 %	191
	Bambara	Mali	7,390,000	Bamanankan	Islam	1 ●	4.00 %	1.10 %	148
	Kanuri, Yerwa	Nigeria	8,281,000	Kanuri, Yerwa	Islam	1 ●	1.40 %	1.00 %	166
	Tujia	China	9,632,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.10 %	1.00 %	193
	Somali	Somalia	14,934,000	Somali	Islam	1 ●	1.11 %	0.94 %	299
	Thai	Thailand	23,189,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.60 %	0.90 %	464
	Banjara (Hindu traditions)	India	7,151,000	Lambadi	Hinduism	1 ●	1.62 %	0.81 %	143
	Chamar (Hindu traditions)	India	52,473,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	1.24 %	0.62 %	1,049
	Japanese	Japan	117,656,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.20 %	0.30 %	2,353
	Arab, Egyptian Muslim	Egypt	68,273,000	Arabic, Egyptian	Islam	1 ●	0.30 %	0.30 %	1,365
	Fulani, Nigerian	Nigeria	18,813,000	Fulfulde, Nigerian	Islam	1 ●	0.28 %	0.28 %	376
	Somali	Ethiopia	8,579,000	Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.35 %	0.22 %	172
	Java Mancanegari	Indonesia	21,713,000	Javanese	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.22 %	434
	Azerbaijani	Azerbaijan	8,050,000	Azerbaijani, North	Islam	1 ●	0.40 %	0.22 %	161
	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
	Amhara, Wollo	Ethiopia	6,951,000	Amharic	Islam	1 ●	2.90 %	0.20 %	139
	Kazakh	Kazakhstan	14,508,000	Kazakh	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.17 %	290
	Burmese	Myanmar (Burma)	31,429,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.35 %	0.08 %	629
	Arab, Moroccan	Morocco	25,592,000	Arabic, Moroccan	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.08 %	512
	Malay	Malaysia	14,258,000	Malay	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.08 %	285
	Arab, Saudi - Najdi	Saudi Arabia	13,722,000	Arabic, Najdi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.08 %	274
	Arab, Saudi - Hijazi	Saudi Arabia	10,564,000	Arabic, Hijazi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.08 %	211
	Madiga (Hindu traditions)	India	9,031,000	Telugu	Hinduism	1 ●	0.13 %	0.06 %	181
	Sunda	Indonesia	39,595,000	Sunda	Islam	1 ●	0.49 %	0.06 %	792
	Java Pesisir Lor	Indonesia	38,703,000	Javanese	Islam	1 ●	2.80 %	0.06 %	774
	Bengali Muslim	Bangladesh	135,750,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.06 %	0.06 %	2,715
	Madura	Indonesia	7,908,000	Madura	Islam	1 ●	0.11 %	0.05 %	158
	Tajik	Tajikistan	8,902,000	Tajik	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.05 %	178
	Koiri (Hindu traditions)	India	9,382,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.04 %	0.04 %	188
	Thai, Northern	Thailand	7,758,000	Thai, Northern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.20 %	0.03 %	155
	Pashtun, Southern	Afghanistan	8,840,000	Pashto, Southern	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.02 %	177
	Minangkabau	Indonesia	7,119,000	Minangkabau	Islam	1 ●	0.26 %	0.02 %	142
	Turk	Türkiye (Turkey)	62,771,000	Turkish	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.02 %	1,255
	Uzbek, Northern	Uzbekistan	30,048,000	Uzbek, Northern	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.01 %	601
	Thai, Isan	Thailand	18,939,000	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	0.01 %	379
	Kapu unspecified	India	16,085,000	Telugu	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.01 %	322
	Arab, Sudanese	Sudan	15,948,000	Arabic, Sudanese	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.01 %	319
	Afghan, Tajik	Afghanistan	12,113,000	Dari	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	242
	Hui	China	13,646,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	273
	Uyghur	China	11,689,000	Uyghur	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	234
	Algerian, Arabic-speaking	Algeria	34,446,000	Arabic, Algerian	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	689
	Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	India	21,933,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.00 %	439
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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