Unreached People Groups-Over 1,000,000 Population

Unreached: Over 1,000,000 Population What does unreached mean?

People Groups

486

% of World's
People Groups

2.8 %

Population

2,945,417,000

% of World Population

36.0 %

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	Acehnese	Indonesia	4,143,000	Aceh	Islam	1 ●	0.12 %	0.01 %	83
	Ad Dharmi	India	1,187,000	Punjabi, Eastern	Hinduism	1 ●	0.34 %	-1	24
	Adi Dravida	India	9,795,000	Tamil	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	-1	196
	Adi Karnataka	India	3,387,000	Kannada	Hinduism	1 ●	0.51 %	-1	68
	Afar	Ethiopia	2,307,000	Afar	Islam	1 ●	0.90 %	0.01 %	46
	Afghan, Tajik	Afghanistan	12,113,000	Dari	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	242
	Afro-Iraqi	Iraq	1,516,000	Arabic, Mesopotamian	Islam	1 ●	0.60 %	0.30 %	30
	Ahar	India	1,681,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	34
	Ahom	India	1,971,000	Assamese	Hinduism	1 ●	3.34 %	-1	39
	Aimaq	Afghanistan	1,796,000	Aimaq	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	36
	Alawite	Syria	1,846,000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.02 %	37
	Albanian	Kosovo	1,506,000	Albanian, Gheg	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.20 %	30
	Algerian, Arabic-speaking	Algeria	34,446,000	Arabic, Algerian	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	689
	Algerian, Arabic-speaking	Egypt	2,129,000	Arabic, Algerian	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.01 %	43
	Amhara, Wollo	Ethiopia	6,951,000	Amharic	Islam	1 ●	2.90 %	0.20 %	139
	Ansari	India	12,243,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	-1	245
	Ansari	Pakistan	5,224,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	104
	Arab	Italy	1,212,000	Arabic, Libyan	Islam	1 ●	0.30 %	0.06 %	24
	Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken	Egypt	1,960,000	Arabic, Gulf	Islam	1 ●	1.10 %	0.00 %	39
	Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken	Kuwait	1,583,000	Arabic, Gulf	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.53 %	32
	Arab, Bedouin	Jordan	1,560,000	Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	31
	Arab, Bedouin	Saudi Arabia	1,311,000	Arabic, Najdi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.08 %	26
	Arab, Cyrenaican	Libya	1,582,000	Arabic, Libyan	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.03 %	32
	Arab, Egyptian Muslim	Egypt	68,273,000	Arabic, Egyptian	Islam	1 ●	0.30 %	0.30 %	1,365
	Arab, Emirati	United Arab Emirates	1,310,000	Arabic, Gulf	Islam	1 ●	0.40 %	0.30 %	26
	Arab, Hadrami	Yemen	6,049,000	Arabic, Hadrami	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	121
	Arab, Iraqi	Iraq	21,070,000	Arabic, Mesopotamian	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	421
	Arab, Jordanian	Jordan	4,794,000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam	1 ●	2.50 %	0.30 %	96
	Arab, Lebanese Muslim	Lebanon	2,434,000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam	1 ●	0.15 %	0.10 %	49
	Arab, Libyan	Libya	1,726,000	Arabic, Libyan	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.04 %	35
	Arab, Moroccan	Egypt	2,081,000	Arabic, Moroccan	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.04 %	0.01 %	42
	Arab, Moroccan	Morocco	25,592,000	Arabic, Moroccan	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.08 %	512
	Arab, North Iraqi	Iraq	10,988,000	Arabic, North Mesopotamian	Islam	1 ●	0.70 %	0.20 %	220
	Arab, Northern Yemeni	Yemen	19,689,000	Arabic, Sanaani	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	394
	Arab, Omani	Oman	2,281,000	Arabic, Omani	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	46
	Arab, Palestinian	West Bank / Gaza	4,947,000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam	1 ●	2.60 %	1.20 %	99
	Arab, Palestinian	Jordan	3,202,000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam	1 ●	1.80 %	0.30 %	64
	Arab, Palestinian / Israeli	Israel	1,611,000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam	1 ●	2.60 %	1.85 %	32
	Arab, Saudi - Hijazi	Saudi Arabia	10,564,000	Arabic, Hijazi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.08 %	211
	Arab, Saudi - Najdi	Saudi Arabia	13,722,000	Arabic, Najdi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.08 %	274
	Arab, Saudi - Najdi	Syria	1,555,000	Arabic, Najdi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	31
	Arab, Sudanese	Egypt	2,032,000	Arabic, Sudanese	Islam	1 ●	1.40 %	0.26 %	41
	Arab, Sudanese	Sudan	15,948,000	Arabic, Sudanese	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.01 %	319
	Arab, Tihami	Yemen	3,118,000	Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	62
	Arab, Tunisian	Tunisia	11,295,000	Arabic, Tunisian	Islam	1 ●	0.22 %	0.00 %	226
	Arab, Yemeni	Yemen	8,598,000	Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	172
	Arain (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	12,144,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	243
	Aringa	Uganda	1,042,000	Aringa	Islam	1 ●	1.90 %	1.50 %	21
	Arora (Hindu traditions)	India	4,601,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	-1	92
	Arunthathiyar	India	1,168,000	Tamil	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	23
Totals:	486 Peoples		2,945,417,000						58,909

* 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-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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Level	Description	Criteria
0.3	Unreached Frontier - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
0.7	Unreached not Frontier - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - 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%

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