Unreached People Groups-Over 1,000,000 Population

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

People Groups

483

% of World's
People Groups

2.8 %

Population

2,938,631,000

% of World Population

36.0 %

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Evangelical Range	% Christian Adh Range	Est. Workers Needed *
	Silpkar (Hindu traditions)	India	1,059,000	Garhwali	Hinduism	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	21
	Silt'e	Ethiopia	1,808,000	Silt'e	Islam	1	0-0.1% ●	2-5% ●	36
	Sindhi Sama	Pakistan	1,689,000	Sindhi	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	34
	Somali	Ethiopia	8,579,000	Somali	Islam	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	172
	Somali	Kenya	2,658,000	Somali	Islam	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	53
	Somali	Somalia	14,934,000	Somali	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	299
	Sonar (Hindu traditions)	India	9,601,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	192
	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
	South Asian, general	United Kingdom	3,134,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	63
	Sunda	Indonesia	39,595,000	Sunda	Islam	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	792
	Susu	Guinea	2,585,000	Susu	Islam	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	52
	Sylhet (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	12,557,000	Sylheti	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	251
	Tajik	Pakistan	1,018,000	Dari	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	20
	Tajik	Tajikistan	8,902,000	Tajik	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	178
	Tajik	Uzbekistan	1,852,000	Tajik	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	37
	Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	India	2,172,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	43
	Tamil (Muslim traditions)	Sri Lanka	1,234,000	Tamil	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	25
	Tamil (Muslim traditions)	India	3,666,000	Tamil	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	73
	Tanti (Hindu traditions)	India	5,716,000	Bengali	Hinduism	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	114
	Tarkhan (Hindu traditions)	India	1,002,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	20
	Tarkhan (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	3,358,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	67
	Tarkhan (Sikh traditions)	India	1,199,000	Punjabi, Eastern	Other / Small	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	24
	Tatar	Russia	4,699,000	Tatar	Islam	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	94
	Tausug, Moro Joloano	Philippines	1,388,000	Tausug	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	28
	Tay	Vietnam	1,926,000	Tay	Ethnic Religions	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	39
	Teli (Hindu traditions)	India	21,850,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	437
	Teli (Muslim traditions)	India	1,948,000	Hindi	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	39
	Teli (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	3,207,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	64
	Thai	Thailand	23,189,000	Thai	Buddhism	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	464
	Thai Islam	Thailand	1,363,000	Thai	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	27
	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
	Thai, Southern	Thailand	5,335,000	Thai, Southern	Buddhism	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	107
	Tharu unspecified	Nepal	1,959,000	Tharu, Dangaura	Hinduism	1	-1 Unknown	2-5% ●	39
	Thori (Hindu traditions)	India	1,081,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	22
	Tili	India	1,299,000	Bengali	Hinduism	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	26
	Tuareg, Tamajaq	Niger	1,240,000	Tamajaq, Tawallammat	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	25
	Tujia	China	9,588,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	192
	Turk	Germany	2,830,000	Turkish	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	57
	Turk	Türkiye (Turkey)	62,011,000	Turkish	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1,240
	Turkmen	Afghanistan	1,194,000	Turkmen	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	24
	Turkmen	Iran	1,143,000	Turkmen	Islam	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	23
	Turkmen	Turkmenistan	5,782,000	Turkmen	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	116
	Turkmen, Middle-Eastern	Iraq	2,793,000	Azerbaijani, South	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	56
	Turkmen, Middle-Eastern	Syria	2,001,000	Turkish	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	40
	Urdu	Saudi Arabia	1,291,000	Urdu	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	26
	Uyghur	China	11,775,000	Uyghur	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	235
	Uzbek, Northern	Kyrgyzstan	1,061,000	Uzbek, Northern	Islam	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	21
Totals:	483 Peoples		2,938,631,000						58,773

* 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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