• Unreached:  

Unreached:  100 Largest What does unreached mean?

People Groups

100

% of World's
People Groups

0.6 %

Population

1,886,730,000

% 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 *
Java Pesisir Lor Indonesia 36,694,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.80 % 0.01 % 734
Java Banyumasan Indonesia 9,043,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.50 % 0.20 % 181
Vakkaliga India 6,418,000 Kannada Hinduism ● 0.22 % 128
Kanuri, Yerwa Nigeria 7,006,000 Kanuri, Yerwa Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 140
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) India 6,796,000 Kashmiri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 136
Kazakh Kazakhstan 11,914,000 Kazakh Islam ● 0.10 % 0.07 % 238
Khmer Cambodia 14,442,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.20 % 1.90 % 289
Korean Korea, North 25,098,000 Korean Non-Religious ● 1.60 % 1.56 % 502
Kurd, Kurmanji Turkey 8,814,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % 176
Banjara (Hindu traditions) India 6,169,000 Lambadi Hinduism ● 0.39 % 123
Madura Indonesia 7,490,000 Madura Islam ● 0.11 % 0.01 % 150
Malay Malaysia 12,860,000 Malay Islam ● 0.60 % 0.52 % 257
Mappila India 9,246,000 Malayalam Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 185
Nair India 6,766,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 0.25 % 135
Mahar (Hindu traditions) India 9,712,000 Marathi Hinduism ● 0.13 % 194
Mahratta India 30,706,000 Marathi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 614
Minangkabau Indonesia 6,743,000 Minangkabau Islam ● 0.26 % 0.01 % 135
Mongol China 7,628,000 Mongolian, Peripheral Buddhism ● 0.80 % 0.40 % 153
Oromo, Hararghe Ethiopia 6,859,000 Oromo, Eastern Islam ● 5.00 % 0.05 % 137
Pashtun Pakistan 31,028,000 Pashto, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 621
Pashtun, Southern Afghanistan 9,338,000 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % 187
Persian Iran 37,193,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 2.00 % 1.90 % 744
Jat (Sikh traditions) India 9,444,000 Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small ☀ 0.02 % 189
Jat (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 33,276,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 666
Rajput (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 17,956,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 359
Shaikh Pakistan 13,517,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 270
Arain (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 11,369,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 227
Sayyid Pakistan 8,149,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 163
Somali Ethiopia 7,097,000 Somali Islam ● 0.14 % 0.03 % 142
Somali Somalia 10,859,000 Somali Islam ● 0.30 % 0.01 % 217
Sunda Indonesia 37,540,000 Sunda Islam ● 0.49 % 0.05 % 751
Tajik Tajikistan 7,316,000 Tajik Islam ● 0.40 % 0.06 % 146
Vanniyan India 12,873,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 1.44 % 257
Adi Dravida India 8,696,000 Tamil Hinduism ☀ 0.08 % 174
Kapu India 15,176,000 Telugu Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % 304
Madiga (Hindu traditions) India 7,873,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.12 % 157
Viswakarma India 7,773,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.12 % 155
Thai Thailand 20,558,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.30 % 0.27 % 411
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
Turk Turkey 57,235,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % 1,145
Kurd, Turkish-Speaking Turkey 6,233,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % 125
Shaikh India 86,856,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 1,737
Pashtun, Pathan India 11,601,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 232
Ansari India 10,711,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 214
Shaikh Qureshi India 8,175,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 163
Sayyid India 7,935,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 159
Uyghur China 11,835,000 Uyghur Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 237
Uzbek, Northern Uzbekistan 27,365,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.01 % 547
Wolof Senegal 6,018,000 Wolof Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % 120
Totals: 100 Peoples   1,886,730,000         37,731
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