Unreached - 100 Largest | Joshua Project

Unreached: 100 Largest What does unreached mean?

People Groups

100

% of World's
People Groups

0.6 %

Population

1,866,317,000

% 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 *
	Arab, Tunisian	Tunisia	10,697,000	Arabic, Tunisian Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.22 %	0.00 %	214
	Sunda	Indonesia	37,540,000	Sunda	Islam	1 ●	0.49 %	0.05 %	751
	Persian	Iran	37,193,000	Persian, Iranian	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	1.90 %	744
	Java Pesisir Lor	Indonesia	36,694,000	Javanese	Islam	1 ●	2.80 %	0.01 %	734
	Jat (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	35,033,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	701
	Hausa	Nigeria	33,909,000	Hausa	Islam	1 ●	3.00 %	1.90 %	678
	Shaikh Siddiqi	India	7,439,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	149
	Algerian, Arabic-speaking	Algeria	29,079,000	Arabic, Algerian Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.54 %	0.40 %	582
	Pashtun	Pakistan	28,679,000	Pashto, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	574
	Uzbek, Northern	Uzbekistan	27,365,000	Uzbek, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.02 %	0.01 %	547
	Moroccan, Arabic-speaking	Morocco	23,655,000	Arabic, Moroccan Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.09 %	0.08 %	473
	Somali	Ethiopia	7,097,000	Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.14 %	0.03 %	142
	Tajik	Tajikistan	6,956,000	Tajik	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	139
	Arab, Saudi - Hijazi	Saudi Arabia	20,811,000	Arabic, Hijazi Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.30 %	0.12 %	416
	Rajput (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	17,109,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	342
	Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk	Iran	16,317,000	Azerbaijani, South	Islam	1 ●	1.50 %	1.40 %	326
	Fulani, Nigerian	Nigeria	15,972,000	Fulfulde, Nigerian	Islam	1 ●	0.35 %	0.26 %	319
	Arab, Iraqi	Iraq	15,681,000	Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	314
	Hui	China	13,816,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	276
	Shaikh	Pakistan	13,409,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	268
	Malay	Malaysia	12,860,000	Malay	Islam	1 ●	0.60 %	0.52 %	257
	Arab, Northern Yemeni	Yemen	12,212,000	Arabic, Sanaani Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	244
	Kazakh	Kazakhstan	11,914,000	Kazakh	Islam	1 ●	0.10 %	0.07 %	238
	Uyghur	China	11,835,000	Uyghur	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	237
	Pashtun, Pathan	India	11,317,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	226
	Arain (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	11,269,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	225
	Hausa	Niger	10,956,000	Hausa	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	1.60 %	219
	Somali	Somalia	10,859,000	Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.30 %	0.01 %	217
	Ansari	India	10,463,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	209
	Afghan, Tajik	Afghanistan	10,246,000	Dari	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	205
	Pashtun, Southern	Afghanistan	9,338,000	Pashto, Southern	Islam	0 ☀	0.02 %	0.02 %	187
	Java Banyumasan	Indonesia	9,043,000	Javanese	Islam	1 ●	2.50 %	0.20 %	181
	Kurd, Kurmanji	Turkey	8,814,000	Kurdish, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.00 %	176
	Azerbaijani	Azerbaijan	8,739,000	Azerbaijani, North	Islam	1 ●	0.40 %	0.22 %	175
	Mappila	India	8,642,000	Malayalam	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	173
	Arab, North Iraqi	Iraq	8,570,000	Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.70 %	0.20 %	171
	Baloch	Pakistan	8,565,000	Balochi, Southern	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	171
	Shaikh Qureshi	India	7,979,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	160
	Sayyid	Pakistan	7,855,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	157
	Sayyid	India	7,745,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	155
	Madura	Indonesia	7,490,000	Madura	Islam	1 ●	0.11 %	0.01 %	150
	Kanuri, Yerwa	Nigeria	7,006,000	Kanuri, Yerwa	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	140
	Oromo, Hararghe	Ethiopia	6,859,000	Oromo, Eastern	Islam	1 ●	5.00 %	0.05 %	137
	Minangkabau	Indonesia	6,743,000	Minangkabau	Islam	1 ●	0.26 %	0.01 %	135
	Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	India	6,628,000	Kashmiri	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	133
	Arab, Yemeni	Yemen	6,376,000	Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	128
	Kurd, Turkish-Speaking	Turkey	6,233,000	Turkish	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.00 %	125
	Wolof	Senegal	6,018,000	Wolof	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.00 %	120
	Korean	Korea, North	25,098,000	Korean	Non-Religious	1 ●	1.60 %	1.56 %	502
	Jat (Sikh traditions)	India	8,992,000	Punjabi, Eastern	Other / Small	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	180
Totals:	100 Peoples		1,866,317,000						37,325

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker for every 50,000 individuals living in an unreached people group by country. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%