Unreached People Groups-100 Largest

Unreached: 100 Largest What does unreached mean?

People Groups

100

% of World's
People Groups

0.6 %

Population

2,069,362,000

% of World Population

25.3 %

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Evangelical Range	% Christian Adh Range	Est. Workers Needed *
	Korean	Korea, North	26,172,000	Korean	Non-Religious	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	523
	Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	India	16,255,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	325
	Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	India	21,764,000	Gujarati	Hinduism	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	435
	Kurd, Kurmanji	Türkiye (Turkey)	14,000,000	Kurdish, Northern	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	280
	Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	India	19,508,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	390
	Lodha (Hindu traditions)	India	8,560,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	171
	Lohar (Hindu traditions)	India	9,804,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	196
	Madiga (Hindu traditions)	India	8,029,000	Telugu	Hinduism	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	161
	Madura	Indonesia	7,908,000	Madura	Islam	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	158
	Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	India	9,693,000	Marathi	Buddhism	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	194
	Mahishya	India	10,557,000	Bengali	Hinduism	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	211
	Mahratta Kunbi	India	7,742,000	Gujarati	Hinduism	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	155
	Mahratta unspecified	India	43,700,000	Marathi	Hinduism	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	874
	Malay	Malaysia	14,258,000	Malay	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	285
	Mali (Hindu traditions)	India	16,490,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	330
	Mappila	India	8,891,000	Malayalam	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	178
	Minangkabau	Indonesia	7,119,000	Minangkabau	Islam	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	142
	Nai (Hindu traditions)	India	12,304,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	246
	Nair	India	6,851,000	Malayalam	Hinduism	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	137
	Pashtun	Pakistan	32,999,000	Pashto, Central	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	660
	Pashtun, Pathan	India	12,745,000	Urdu	Islam	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	255
	Pashtun, Southern	Afghanistan	8,840,000	Pashto, Southern	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	177
	Pasi (Hindu traditions)	India	8,180,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	164
	Persian	Iran	44,315,000	Persian, Iranian	Islam	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	886
	Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	India	16,876,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	338
	Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	India	6,938,000	Bengali	Hinduism	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	139
	Rajput (Hindu traditions)	India	38,498,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	770
	Sayyid	India	8,122,000	Urdu	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	162
	Shaikh	Pakistan	15,280,000	Sindhi	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	306
	Shaikh Qureshi	India	8,364,000	Urdu	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	167
	Shaikh Siddiqi	India	7,702,000	Bengali	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	154
	Shaikh unspecified	India	99,810,000	Urdu	Islam	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	1,996
	Somali	Somalia	14,934,000	Somali	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	299
	Somali	Ethiopia	8,579,000	Somali	Islam	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	172
	Sonar (Hindu traditions)	India	11,589,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	232
	Sunda	Indonesia	39,595,000	Sunda	Islam	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	792
	Sylheti (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	12,540,000	Sylheti	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	251
	Tajik	Tajikistan	8,902,000	Tajik	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	178
	Teli (Hindu traditions)	India	19,431,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	389
	Thai	Thailand	23,189,000	Thai	Buddhism	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	464
	Thai, Isan	Thailand	18,939,000	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	379
	Thai, Northern	Thailand	7,758,000	Thai, Northern	Buddhism	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	155
	Tujia	China	9,588,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	192
	Turk	Türkiye (Turkey)	62,011,000	Turkish	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1,240
	Uyghur	China	11,775,000	Uyghur	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	235
	Uzbek, Northern	Uzbekistan	30,198,000	Uzbek, Northern	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	604
	Vakkaliga unspecified	India	9,291,000	Kannada	Hinduism	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	186
	Vanniyan	India	12,946,000	Tamil	Hinduism	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	259
	Viswakarma unspecified	India	10,604,000	Tamil	Hinduism	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	212
	Yadav (Hindu traditions)	India	56,992,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	1,140
Totals:	100 Peoples		2,069,362,000						41,387

* 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
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-Frontier) - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity. ◼︎	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% 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 to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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