• Unreached:  

Unreached:  100 Largest What does unreached mean?

People Groups

100

% of World's
People Groups

0.6 %

Population

1,883,663,000

% 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 *
Sunda Indonesia 37,942,000 Sunda Islam ● 0.49 % 0.05 % 759
Persian Iran 37,677,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 2.00 % 1.90 % 754
Java Pesisir Lor Indonesia 37,087,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.80 % 0.01 % 742
Hausa Nigeria 34,783,000 Hausa Islam ● 0.15 % 0.10 % 696
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
Somali Ethiopia 7,280,000 Somali Islam ● 0.14 % 0.03 % 146
Pashtun Pakistan 30,315,000 Pashto, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 606
Algerian, Arabic-speaking Algeria 29,618,000 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 592
Uzbek, Northern Uzbekistan 27,199,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.01 % 544
Moroccan, Arabic-speaking Morocco 23,940,000 Arabic, Moroccan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.09 % 0.08 % 479
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
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk Iran 16,530,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ● 1.50 % 1.40 % 331
Fulani, Nigerian Nigeria 16,384,000 Fulfulde, Nigerian Islam ☀ 0.08 % 0.06 % 328
Arab, Iraqi Iraq 16,045,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 321
Hui China 13,870,000 Chinese, Mandarin Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 277
Arab, Saudi - Najdi Saudi Arabia 13,821,000 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ● 0.60 % 0.12 % 276
Shaikh Pakistan 13,327,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 267
Malay Malaysia 13,027,000 Malay Islam ● 0.60 % 0.52 % 261
Arab, Northern Yemeni Yemen 12,990,000 Arabic, Sanaani Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 260
Somali Somalia 12,075,000 Somali Islam ● 0.30 % 0.01 % 242
Kazakh Kazakhstan 12,059,000 Kazakh Islam ● 0.10 % 0.07 % 241
Uyghur China 11,881,000 Uyghur Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 238
Pashtun, Pathan India 11,419,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 228
Hausa Niger 11,377,000 Hausa Islam ● 2.00 % 1.60 % 228
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
Arab, Saudi - Hijazi Saudi Arabia 10,640,000 Arabic, Hijazi Spoken Islam ● 0.30 % 0.12 % 213
Afghan, Tajik Afghanistan 10,585,000 Dari Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 212
Ansari India 10,555,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 211
Pashtun, Southern Afghanistan 9,656,000 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % 193
Java Banyumasan Indonesia 9,140,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.50 % 0.20 % 183
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
Arab, North Iraqi Iraq 8,768,000 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.70 % 0.20 % 175
Azerbaijani Azerbaijan 8,738,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam ● 0.40 % 0.22 % 175
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
Sayyid Pakistan 8,015,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 160
Sayyid India 7,819,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 156
Madura Indonesia 7,570,000 Madura Islam ● 0.11 % 0.01 % 151
Kanuri, Yerwa Nigeria 7,186,000 Kanuri, Yerwa Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 144
Oromo, Hararghe Ethiopia 7,036,000 Oromo, Eastern Islam ● 5.00 % 0.05 % 141
Minangkabau Indonesia 6,815,000 Minangkabau Islam ● 0.26 % 0.01 % 136
Arab, Yemeni Yemen 6,722,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 134
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) India 6,681,000 Kashmiri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 134
Kurd, Turkish-speaking Turkey 6,301,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % 126
Korean Korea, North 25,208,000 Korean Non-Religious ● 1.60 % 1.56 % 504
Jat (Sikh traditions) India 9,052,000 Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small ☀ 0.02 % 181
Totals: 100 Peoples   1,883,663,000         37,672
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