• Unreached:  

Unreached:  100 Largest What does unreached mean?

People Groups

100

% of World's
People Groups

0.6 %

Population

1,886,341,000

% 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 *
Han Chinese, Xiang China 39,520,000 Chinese, Xiang Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 2.00 % 790
Persian Iran 37,677,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 2.00 % 1.90 % 754
Khmer Cambodia 14,645,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.20 % 1.90 % 293
Hausa Niger 11,377,000 Hausa Islam ● 2.00 % 1.60 % 228
Korean Korea, North 25,208,000 Korean Non-Religious ● 1.60 % 1.56 % 504
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk Iran 16,530,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ● 1.50 % 1.40 % 331
Tujia China 9,790,000 Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions ● 1.10 % 1.00 % 196
Malay Malaysia 13,027,000 Malay Islam ● 0.60 % 0.52 % 261
Japanese Japan 120,934,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.20 % 0.30 % 2,419
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
Azerbaijani Azerbaijan 8,798,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam ● 0.40 % 0.22 % 176
Java Banyumasan Indonesia 9,140,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.50 % 0.20 % 183
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 21,142,000 Arabic, Hijazi Spoken Islam ● 0.30 % 0.12 % 423
Hausa Nigeria 34,783,000 Hausa Islam ● 0.15 % 0.10 % 696
Burmese Myanmar (Burma) 31,156,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 0.35 % 0.08 % 623
Moroccan, Arabic-speaking Morocco 23,940,000 Arabic, Moroccan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.09 % 0.08 % 479
Kazakh Kazakhstan 12,059,000 Kazakh Islam ● 0.10 % 0.07 % 241
Fulani, Nigerian Nigeria 16,384,000 Fulfulde, Nigerian Islam ☀ 0.08 % 0.06 % 328
Sunda Indonesia 37,942,000 Sunda Islam ● 0.49 % 0.05 % 759
Oromo, Hararghe Ethiopia 7,036,000 Oromo, Eastern Islam ● 5.00 % 0.05 % 141
Somali Ethiopia 7,280,000 Somali Islam ● 0.14 % 0.03 % 146
Pashtun, Southern Afghanistan 9,656,000 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % 193
Minangkabau Indonesia 6,815,000 Minangkabau Islam ● 0.26 % 0.01 % 136
Madura Indonesia 7,570,000 Madura Islam ● 0.11 % 0.01 % 151
Uzbek, Northern Uzbekistan 27,199,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.01 % 544
Java Pesisir Lor Indonesia 37,087,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.80 % 0.01 % 742
Somali Somalia 11,175,000 Somali Islam ● 0.30 % 0.01 % 224
Afghan, Tajik Afghanistan 10,585,000 Dari Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 212
Algerian, Arabic-speaking Algeria 29,618,000 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 592
Kanuri, Yerwa Nigeria 7,186,000 Kanuri, Yerwa Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 144
Hui China 13,870,000 Chinese, Mandarin Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 277
Uyghur China 11,881,000 Uyghur Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 238
Turk Turkey 59,258,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % 1,185
Shaikh Bangladesh 135,226,000 Bengali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2,705
Jat (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 32,942,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 659
Shaikh Siddiqi India 7,500,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 150
Tajik Tajikistan 7,118,000 Tajik Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 142
Rajput (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 16,680,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 334
Arab, Northern Yemeni Yemen 12,990,000 Arabic, Sanaani Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 260
Nai (Hindu traditions) India 11,845,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 237
Arain (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 11,313,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 226
Arab, Tunisian Tunisia 10,810,000 Arabic, Tunisian Spoken Islam ● 0.22 % 0.00 % 216
Kurd, Kurmanji Turkey 8,960,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % 179
Baloch Pakistan 8,925,000 Balochi, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 178
Mappila India 8,709,000 Malayalam Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 174
Shaikh Qureshi India 8,060,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 161
Totals: 100 Peoples   1,886,341,000         37,726
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