Unreached People Groups-100 Largest

Unreached: 100 Largest What does unreached mean?

People Groups

100

% of World's
People Groups

0.6 %

Population

2,012,302,000

% of World Population

24.6 %

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Evangelical Range	% Christian Adh Range	Est. Workers Needed *
	Koli of Gujarat	India	9,420,000	Gujarati	Hinduism	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	188
	Korean	Korea, North	26,172,000	Korean	Non-Religious	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	523
	Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	India	18,279,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	366
	Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	India	18,031,000	Gujarati	Hinduism	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	361
	Kurd, Kurmanji	Türkiye (Turkey)	14,000,000	Kurdish, Northern	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	280
	Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	India	21,933,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	439
	Lodha (Hindu traditions)	India	7,091,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	142
	Lohar (Hindu traditions)	India	11,024,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	220
	Madiga (Hindu traditions)	India	9,031,000	Telugu	Hinduism	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	181
	Madura	Indonesia	7,908,000	Madura	Islam	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	158
	Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	India	10,898,000	Marathi	Buddhism	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	218
	Mahishya	India	11,869,000	Bengali	Hinduism	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	237
	Mahratta Kunbi	India	8,707,000	Gujarati	Hinduism	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	174
	Mahratta unspecified	India	36,204,000	Marathi	Hinduism	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	724
	Malay	Malaysia	14,258,000	Malay	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	285
	Mali (Hindu traditions)	India	13,662,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	273
	Mappila	India	10,000,000	Malayalam	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	200
	Minangkabau	Indonesia	7,119,000	Minangkabau	Islam	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	142
	Nai (Hindu traditions)	India	13,835,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	277
	Nair	India	7,705,000	Malayalam	Hinduism	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	154
	Pashtun	Pakistan	34,039,000	Pashto, Central	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	681
	Pashtun, Pathan	India	10,558,000	Urdu	Islam	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	211
	Pashtun, Southern	Afghanistan	8,840,000	Pashto, Southern	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	177
	Persian	Iran	44,315,000	Persian, Iranian	Islam	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	886
	Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	India	13,981,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	280
	Rajput (Hindu traditions)	India	31,894,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	638
	Sayyid	India	9,135,000	Urdu	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	183
	Sayyid	Pakistan	7,017,000	Sindhi	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	140
	Shaikh	Pakistan	12,964,000	Sindhi	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	259
	Shaikh Qureshi	India	9,407,000	Urdu	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	188
	Shaikh Siddiqi	India	8,664,000	Bengali	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	173
	Shaikh unspecified	India	82,690,000	Urdu	Islam	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	1,654
	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	9,601,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	192
	Sunda	Indonesia	39,595,000	Sunda	Islam	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	792
	Sylhet (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	12,557,000	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	21,850,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	437
	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	7,697,000	Kannada	Hinduism	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	154
	Vanniyan	India	14,557,000	Tamil	Hinduism	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	291
	Viswakarma unspecified	India	8,785,000	Tamil	Hinduism	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	176
	Yadav (Hindu traditions)	India	47,216,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	944
Totals:	100 Peoples		2,012,302,000						40,243

* 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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