• Unreached:  

Unreached:  100 Largest What does unreached mean?

People Groups

100

% of World's
People Groups

0.6 %

Population

1,864,918,000

% of World Population

23.3 %
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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language ▼ Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Uzbek, Northern Uzbekistan 28,516,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.01 % 570
Uyghur China 11,768,000 Uyghur Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 235
Shaikh unspecified India 72,220,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 1,444
Shaikh Qureshi India 9,727,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 195
Sayyid India 9,296,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 186
Ansari India 12,713,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 254
Pashtun, Pathan India 9,215,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 184
Shaikh Siddiqi India 9,019,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 180
Turk Türkiye (Turkey) 61,482,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % 1,230
Thai, Northern Thailand 7,777,000 Thai, Northern Buddhism ● 0.20 % 0.03 % 156
Thai, Isan Thailand 18,987,000 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ● 0.40 % 0.01 % 380
Thai Thailand 23,248,000 Thai Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.70 % 465
Viswakarma unspecified India 7,661,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.12 % 153
Mala (Hindu traditions) India 6,764,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.16 % 135
Kapu unspecified India 14,045,000 Telugu Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % 281
Madiga (Hindu traditions) India 9,196,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.13 % 184
Vanniyan India 13,734,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 1.37 % 275
Adi Dravida India 8,753,000 Tamil Hinduism ☀ 0.10 % 175
Tajik Tajikistan 7,492,000 Tajik Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.05 % 150
Sylhet (Muslim traditions) Bangladesh 12,350,000 Sylheti Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 247
Sunda Indonesia 38,659,000 Sunda Islam ● 0.49 % 0.06 % 773
Somali Somalia 13,785,000 Somali Islam ● 0.30 % 0.01 % 276
Somali Ethiopia 8,012,000 Somali Islam ● 0.14 % 0.03 % 160
Sayyid Pakistan 6,647,000 Sindhi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 133
Shaikh Pakistan 12,015,000 Sindhi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 240
Jat (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 13,498,000 Saraiki Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 270
Arain (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 11,507,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 230
Jat (Sikh traditions) India 8,794,000 Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small ☀ 0.02 % 176
Persian Iran 42,419,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 1.80 % 1.60 % 848
Pashtun, Northern Afghanistan 7,292,000 Pashto, Northern Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 146
Pashtun Pakistan 32,262,000 Pashto, Central Islam ☀ 0.00 % 645
Oromo, Hararghe Ethiopia 7,743,000 Oromo, Eastern Islam ● 5.00 % 0.05 % 155
Minangkabau Indonesia 6,915,000 Minangkabau Islam ● 0.26 % 0.02 % 138
Mahratta unspecified India 31,574,000 Marathi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 631
Mahar (Buddhist traditions) India 11,375,000 Marathi Buddhism ● 0.13 % 228
Mappila India 10,436,000 Malayalam Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 209
Nair India 7,779,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 0.19 % 156
Ilavan India 6,754,000 Malayalam Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % 135
Malay Malaysia 13,951,000 Malay Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.08 % 279
Madura Indonesia 7,681,000 Madura Islam ● 0.11 % 0.05 % 154
Banjara (Hindu traditions) India 7,234,000 Lambadi Hinduism ● 0.39 % 145
Kurd, Kurmanji Türkiye (Turkey) 9,252,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % 185
Korean Korea, North 25,582,000 Korean Non-Religious ● 1.60 % 1.56 % 512
Khmer Cambodia 14,235,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.20 % 1.90 % 285
Kazakh Kazakhstan 13,053,000 Kazakh Islam ● 2.00 % 1.70 % 261
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) India 8,008,000 Kashmiri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 160
Kanuri, Yerwa Nigeria 7,802,000 Kanuri, Yerwa Islam ● 1.40 % 1.00 % 156
Vakkaliga unspecified India 6,713,000 Kannada Hinduism ● 0.21 % 134
Java Pesisir Lor Indonesia 37,732,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.80 % 0.06 % 755
Java Mancanegari Indonesia 21,091,000 Javanese Islam ● 1.00 % 0.22 % 422
Totals: 100 Peoples   1,864,918,000         37,297
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