• Unreached:  

Unreached:  100 Largest What does unreached mean?

People Groups

100

% of World's
People Groups

0.6 %

Population

1,882,817,000

% 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 *
Japanese Japan 120,934,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.20 % 0.30 % 2,419
Java Pesisir Lor Indonesia 37,087,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.80 % 0.01 % 742
Java Banyumasan Indonesia 9,140,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.50 % 0.20 % 183
Vakkaliga India 6,362,000 Kannada Hinduism ● 0.22 % 127
Kanuri, Yerwa Nigeria 7,186,000 Kanuri, Yerwa Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 144
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) India 6,681,000 Kashmiri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 134
Kazakh Kazakhstan 12,059,000 Kazakh Islam ● 0.10 % 0.07 % 241
Khmer Cambodia 14,045,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.20 % 1.90 % 281
Korean Korea, North 25,208,000 Korean Non-Religious ● 1.60 % 1.56 % 504
Kurd, Kurmanji Turkey 8,960,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % 179
Banjara (Hindu traditions) India 6,103,000 Lambadi Hinduism ● 0.39 % 122
Madura Indonesia 7,570,000 Madura Islam ● 0.11 % 0.01 % 151
Malay Malaysia 13,027,000 Malay Islam ● 0.60 % 0.52 % 261
Mappila India 8,709,000 Malayalam Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 174
Nair India 6,698,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 0.19 % 134
Mahar (Hindu traditions) India 9,491,000 Marathi Buddhism ● 0.13 % 190
Mahratta India 30,768,000 Marathi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 615
Minangkabau Indonesia 6,815,000 Minangkabau Islam ● 0.26 % 0.01 % 136
Oromo, Hararghe Ethiopia 7,036,000 Oromo, Eastern Islam ● 5.00 % 0.05 % 141
Pashtun Pakistan 30,315,000 Pashto, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 606
Pashtun, Southern Afghanistan 9,656,000 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % 193
Persian Iran 37,677,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 2.00 % 1.90 % 754
Jat (Sikh traditions) India 9,052,000 Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small ☀ 0.02 % 181
Jat (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 32,942,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 659
Rajput (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 16,680,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 334
Shaikh Pakistan 13,327,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 267
Arain (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 11,313,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 226
Sayyid Pakistan 8,015,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 160
Somali Ethiopia 7,280,000 Somali Islam ● 0.14 % 0.03 % 146
Somali Somalia 11,175,000 Somali Islam ● 0.30 % 0.01 % 224
Sunda Indonesia 37,942,000 Sunda Islam ● 0.49 % 0.05 % 759
Tajik Tajikistan 7,118,000 Tajik Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 142
Vanniyan India 12,735,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 1.37 % 255
Adi Dravida India 8,551,000 Tamil Hinduism ☀ 0.09 % 171
Kapu India 15,310,000 Telugu Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % 306
Madiga (Hindu traditions) India 7,740,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.12 % 155
Viswakarma India 7,647,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.12 % 153
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
Turk Turkey 59,258,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % 1,185
Kurd, Turkish-speaking Turkey 6,301,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % 126
Shaikh India 85,376,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 1,708
Shaikh Siddiqi India 7,500,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 150
Pashtun, Pathan India 11,419,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 228
Ansari India 10,555,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 211
Shaikh Qureshi India 8,060,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 161
Sayyid India 7,819,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 156
Uyghur China 11,881,000 Uyghur Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 238
Uzbek, Northern Uzbekistan 27,199,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.01 % 544
Totals: 100 Peoples   1,882,817,000         37,655
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