Unreached People Groups-Over 1,000,000 Population

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

People Groups

469

% of World's
People Groups

2.6 %

Population

2,957,697,000

% of World Population

36.2 %

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Evangelical Range	% Christian Adh Range	Est. Workers Needed *
	Pasi Rajpasi	India	1,362,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	27
	Persian	Iran	44,315,000	Persian, Iranian	Islam	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	886
	Pingdi	China	1,331,000	Chinese, Xiang	Ethnic Religions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	27
	Pinjara	India	3,367,000	Urdu	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	67
	Poundra	India	3,040,000	Bengali	Hinduism	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	61
	Pulayan unspecified	India	1,535,000	Malayalam	Hinduism	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	31
	Qashqai, Kashkai	Iran	2,087,000	Kashkay	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	42
	Qassab	India	1,097,000	Hindi	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	22
	Qassab	Pakistan	1,201,000	Saraiki	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	24
	Rabari (Hindu traditions)	India	1,079,000	Gujarati	Hinduism	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	22
	Rahanweyn	Somalia	2,493,000	Maay	Islam	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	50
	Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	India	16,876,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	338
	Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	Bangladesh	1,627,000	Bengali	Hinduism	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	33
	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
	Rajput (Muslim traditions)	India	2,725,000	Hindi	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	55
	Rajput (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	6,682,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	134
	Rajput (Sikh traditions)	India	1,074,000	Punjabi, Eastern	Other / Small	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	21
	Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions)	India	1,360,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	27
	Rajput Bhatti (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,099,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	42
	Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions)	India	3,089,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	62
	Rajput Chauhan (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	1,527,000	Sindhi	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	31
	Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions)	India	1,304,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	26
	Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions)	India	1,444,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	29
	Rakhine	Myanmar (Burma)	2,588,000	Rakhine	Buddhism	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	52
	Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions)	India	1,429,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	29
	Romani, Halebi	Egypt	1,050,000	Arabic, Egyptian	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	21
	Romani, Iranian	Iran	1,710,000	Persian, Iranian	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	34
	Sali	India	1,072,000	Kannada	Hinduism	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	21
	Sasak	Indonesia	3,497,000	Sasak	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	70
	Satnami	India	1,806,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	36
	Sayyid	India	8,122,000	Urdu	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	162
	Sayyid	Pakistan	6,801,000	Sindhi	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	136
	Senoufo, Mamara	Mali	1,735,000	Senoufo, Mamara	Islam	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	35
	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 Qureshi	Pakistan	1,103,000	Sindhi	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	22
	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
	Shaikia, Arabized	Sudan	1,211,000	Arabic, Sudanese	Islam	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	24
	Shan	Myanmar (Burma)	4,851,000	Shan	Buddhism	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	97
	Silt'e	Ethiopia	1,808,000	Silt'e	Islam	1	0-0.1% ●	2-5% ●	36
	Sindhi Sama	Pakistan	1,637,000	Sindhi	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	33
	Somali	Ethiopia	8,579,000	Somali	Islam	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	172
	Somali	Kenya	3,000,000	Somali	Islam	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	60
	Somali	Somalia	14,934,000	Somali	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	299
	Sonar (Hindu traditions)	India	11,589,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	232
	Songhai-Koyraboro	Mali	1,307,000	Songhay, Koyraboro Senni	Islam	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	26
	Soninke	Mali	2,159,000	Soninke	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	43
	South Asian, general	United Arab Emirates	2,910,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	58
Totals:	469 Peoples		2,957,697,000						59,163

* 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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