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Population Indig % Evangel % Adherent Least Reached Progress Scale Primary Religion Primary Language Pho Map Txt
Afshari342,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamAzerbaijani, SouthP
Afshari
M
Afshari of Iran
T
Aimaq, Jamshidi28,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamAimaqP
Aimaq, Jamshidi
M
Aimaq, Jamshidi of Iran
T
Aimaq, Timuri185,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamAimaqP
Aimaq, Timuri
M
Aimaq, Timuri of Iran
T
Alviri-VidariY0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamAlviri-VidariP
Alviri-Vidari
M
Alviri-Vidari of Iran
T
Arab, Gulf251,000Y0.10 %1.20 %Y1.2 IslamArabic, Gulf SpokenP
Arab, Gulf
M
Arab, Gulf of Iran
T
Arab, Iranian1,398,000Y0.10 %0.30 %Y1.2 IslamArabic, Mesopotamian SP
Arab, Iranian
M
Arab, Iranian of Iran
T
Armenian, Ermini98,000Y8.00 %94.00 %3.2 ChristianityArmenianP
Armenian, Ermini
M
Armenian, Ermini of Iran
T
Assyrian99,000Y0.50 %97.00 %2.2 ChristianityAssyrian Neo-AramaicP
Assyrian
 T
Astiani24,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamAshtianiP
Astiani
M
Astiani of Iran
T
Aynallu, Inallu5,900Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamAzerbaijani, South   
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk14,816,000Y0.00 %0.02 %Y1.1 IslamAzerbaijani, SouthP
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk
M
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk of Iran
T
Baharlu8,900Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamAzerbaijani, South   
Bakhtiari1,129,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamBakhtiariP
Bakhtiari
M
Bakhtiari of Iran
T
Baloch, Southern457,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamBalochi, SouthernP
Baloch, Southern
M
Baloch, Southern of Iran
T
Baloch, Western679,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamBalochi, WesternP
Baloch, Western
M
Baloch, Western of Iran
T
Bashkardi8,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamBashkardi   
Brahui, Kur Galli21,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamBrahuiP
Brahui, Kur Galli
M
Brahui, Kur Galli of Iran
T
British3,1008.00 %60.00 %3.2 ChristianityEnglishP
British
  
DeafY0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamPersian Sign LanguageP
Deaf
  
DezfuliY0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamDezfuli   
EshtehardiY0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamEshtehardi M
Eshtehardi of Iran
T
Fars, Northwestern7,900Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamFars, Northwestern   
Fars, Southwestern8,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamFars, Southwestern   
French8,9001.00 %63.00 %2.2 ChristianityFrenchP
French
 T
Gabri, Dari13,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 Other / SmallDari, Zoroastrian M
Gabri, Dari of Iran
 
Galeshi2,500Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamGilakiP
Galeshi
  
Gazi8,100Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamGazi   
Georgian60,000Y1.50 %79.00 %2.2 ChristianityGeorgianP
Georgian
M
Georgian of Iran
T
Gilaki4,090,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamGilakiP
Gilaki
M
Gilaki of Iran
T
GozarkhaniY0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamGozarkhani   
Gujarati32,0000.10 %0.50 %Y1.2 IslamGujaratiP
Gujarati
M
Gujarati of Iran
T
Gurani, Hawrami26,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamGurani M
Gurani, Hawrami of Iran
T
Gypsy, Domari756,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamDomariP
Gypsy, Domari
M
Gypsy, Domari of Iran
T
Harzani32,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamHarzaniP
Harzani
M
Harzani of Iran
T
Hazara355,000Y0.01 %0.05 %Y1.1 IslamHazaragiP
Hazara
M
Hazara of Iran
T
Herki20,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamKurdish, NorthernP
Herki
M
Herki of Iran
T
Italian6,5001.10 %83.00 %2.2 ChristianityItalianP
Italian
  
Jew, Hulaula3000.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 Ethnic ReligionsHulaulaP
Jew, Hulaula
 T
Jew, Judeo-Persian10,0000.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 Ethnic ReligionsDzhidi  T
KajaliY0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamKajali M
Kajali of Iran
T
Karakalpak49,0000.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamKarakalpakP
Karakalpak
M
Karakalpak of Iran
T
Karingani20,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamKaringani M
Karingani of Iran
T
Kazakh5,700Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamKazakhP
Kazakh
 T
Khalaj48,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamKhalaj, Turkic   
KhoiniY0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamKhoini M
Khoini of Iran
T
Khorasani Turk854,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamKhorasani TurkishP
Khorasani Turk
M
Khorasani Turk of Iran
T
Khunsari24,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamKhunsari M
Khunsari of Iran
T
Korean16,00016.00 %31.00 %3.2 Non-ReligiousKoreanP
Korean
 T
Koresh-e RostamY0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamKoresh-e Rostam M
Koresh-e Rostam of Iran
T
Koroshi400Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamKoroshi   
Kurd, Kurmanji448,000Y0.10 %0.40 %Y1.2 IslamKurdish, NorthernP
Kurd, Kurmanji
 T
Kurd, Sorani508,000Y0.04 %0.20 %Y1.2 IslamKurdish, CentralP
Kurd, Sorani
M
Kurd, Sorani of Iran
T
Kurd, Southern3,418,000Y0.01 %0.05 %Y1.1 IslamKurdish, SouthernP
Kurd, Southern
M
Kurd, Southern of Iran
T
Lak1,119,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamLaki M
Lak of Iran
 
Larestani, Lari108,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamLari M
Larestani, Lari of Iran
T
Lasgerdi1,100Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamLasgerdi   
Luri, Northern1,693,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamLuri, NorthernP
Luri, Northern
M
Luri, Northern of Iran
T
Luri, Southern922,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamLuri, SouthernP
Luri, Southern
  
Mamasani114,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamLuri, SouthernP
Mamasani
  
Mandaean7,600Y0.00 %2.00 %Y1.1 Other / SmallFarsi, WesternP
Mandaean
 T
MaragheiY0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamMaraghei M
Maraghei of Iran
T
Mazanderani, Tabri4,092,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamMazanderaniP
Mazanderani, Tabri
M
Mazanderani, Tabri of Iran
T
Moqaddam1,200Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamAzerbaijani, South   
Mussulman Tat8,600Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamTat, MuslimP
Mussulman Tat
M
Mussulman Tat of Iran
T
Nafar, Nafar Turk4,100Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamAzerbaijani, South   
Natanzi8,100Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamNatanzi   
Nayini8,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamNayini   
Parsee19,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 Other / SmallFarsi, WesternP
Parsee
 T
Pashtun, Southern2,117,000Y0.00 %0.02 %Y1.1 IslamPashto, SouthernP
Pashtun, Southern
M
Pashtun, Southern of Iran
T
Persian29,036,000Y0.40 %0.60 %Y1.2 IslamFarsi, WesternP
Persian
M
Persian of Iran
T
Pishagchi1,200Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamAzerbaijani, South   
Punjabi33,0000.10 %1.00 %Y1.2 HinduismPanjabi, EasternP
Punjabi
 T
Qajar3,500Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamAzerbaijani, South   
Qaragozlu2,400Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamAzerbaijani, South   
Qashqai, Kashkai1,769,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamKashkayP
Qashqai, Kashkai
M
Qashqai, Kashkai of Iran
T
RazajerdiY0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamRazajerdi M
Razajerdi of Iran
T
Romani, Balkan32,0000.40 %5.00 %Y1.2 IslamRomani, BalkanP
Romani, Balkan
M
Romani, Balkan of Iran
T
RudbariY0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamRudbari M
Rudbari of Iran
T
Russian2,4001.20 %67.00 %2.2 ChristianityRussianP
Russian
  
Sangisari38,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamSangisari   
Semnani63,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamSemnani M
Semnani of Iran
T
ShahmirzadiY0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamShahmirzadi   
ShahrudiY0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamShahrudi M
Shahrudi of Iran
T
Shahsavani153,000Y0.20 %0.50 %Y1.2 IslamAzerbaijani, South   
Shikaki26,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamKurdish, NorthernP
Shikaki
M
Shikaki of Iran
T
Sivandi8,100Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamSivandi   
Soi8,100Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamSoi   
Sorkhei11,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamSorkhei   
Tajik, Afghan357,0000.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamFarsi, Eastern (Dari)P
Tajik, Afghan
  
Tajik, Tadzhik81,0000.00 %0.02 %Y1.1 IslamTajikiP
Tajik, Tadzhik
M
Tajik, Tadzhik of Iran
T
Takistani360,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamTakestaniP
Takistani
M
Takistani of Iran
T
Talysh, Talish140,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamTalyshP
Talysh, Talish
M
Talysh, Talish of Iran
T
Taromi, UpperY0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamTaromi, Upper M
Taromi, Upper of Iran
T
Turk10,0000.01 %0.04 %Y1.1 IslamTurkishP
Turk
 T
Turkmen, Turkomani2,359,000Y0.05 %0.30 %Y1.2 IslamTurkmenP
Turkmen, Turkomani
M
Turkmen, Turkomani of Iran
T
Urdu, Islami81,0000.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamUrduP
Urdu, Islami
M
Urdu, Islami of Iran
T
Uyghur5,7000.02 %0.05 %Y1.2 IslamUyghurP
Uyghur
 T
Vafsi20,000Y0.00 %0.00 %Y1.1 IslamVafsiP
Vafsi
M
Vafsi of Iran
T
Total People Groups:   98 75,202,000 82     90 1.2     57 54 64
Unclassified / Other Individuals 410,000  
UN Country Population (2012) 75,612,000  
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Iran – People Progress
% of People Groups % of Population in People Groups
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Progress Level Peoples % of Peoples Population % of Population
  Level 1 - Unreached / Least-Reached 90 91.8 % 74,909,000 99.6 %
  Level 2 - Nominal / Formative Church 5 5.1 % 176,000 0.2 %
  Level 3 - Established / Significant Church 3 3.1 % 118,000 0.2 %
Totals 98   75,202,000  

Iran – Languages
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Language
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Language
Code
# Peoples
Primary
Language
# Unreached
Primary
Language
Bible
Status
Bible
Locator
Audio NT
Online
Jesus
Film
Online
Audio
Recordings
Online
Gospel
Tract
Online
Aimaqaiq22None
Alviri-Vidariavd11None
Arabic, Gulf Spokenafb11None
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spokenacm11None
Armenianhye10Complete
Ashtianiatn11None
Assyrian Neo-Aramaicaii10Complete
Azerbaijani, Southazb1010None
Bakhtiaribqi11None
Balochi, Southernbcc11NT
Balochi, Westernbgn11Portions
Bashkardibsg11None
Brahuibrh11NT
Dari, Zoroastriangbz11None
Dezfulidef11None
Domarirmt11None
Dzhidijpr11None
Englisheng10Complete
Eshtehardiesh11None
Fars, Northwesternfaz11None
Fars, Southwesternfay11None
Farsi, Eastern (Dari)prs11Complete
Farsi, Westernpes33Complete
Frenchfra10Complete
Gazigzi11None
Georgiankat10Complete
Gilakiglk22Portions
Gozarkhanigoz11None
Gujaratiguj11Complete
Guranihac11None
Harzanihrz11None
Hazaragihaz11Portions
Hulaulahuy11None
Italianita10Complete
Kajalixkj11None
Karakalpakkaa11NT
Karinganikgn11None
Kashkayqxq11None
Kazakhkaz11Complete
Khalaj, Turkicklj11None
Khoinixkc11None
Khorasani Turkishkmz11None
Khunsarikfm11None
Koreankor10Complete
Koresh-e Rostamokh11None
Koroshiktl11None
Kurdish, Centralckb11NT
Kurdish, Northernkmr33Complete
Kurdish, Southernsdh11Portions
Lakilki11None
Larilrl11None
Lasgerdilsa11None
Luri, Northernlrc11None
Luri, Southernluz22None
Maragheivmh11None
Mazanderanimzn11None
Natanzintz11None
Nayininyq11None
Panjabi, Easternpan11Complete
Pashto, Southernpbt11Portions
Persian Sign Languagepsc11None
Razajerdirat11None
Romani, Balkanrmn11NT
Rudbarirdb11None
Russianrus10Complete
Sangisarisgr11None
Semnanismy11None
Shahmirzadisrz11None
Shahrudishm11None
Sivandisiy11None
Soisoj11None
Sorkheisqo11None
Tajikitgk11Complete
Takestanitks11None
Talyshtly11None
Taromi, Uppertov11None
Tat, Muslimttt11None
Turkishtur11Complete
Turkmentuk11NT
Urduurd11Complete
Uyghuruig11Complete
Vafsivaf11None
Totals: 82 98 90   29 13 32 62 17
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Iran – Religions
 
Major Religions  
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Iran – Possible Ministry Involvement
  • Below are lists of ministries that may work in Iran. Ministries in the Iran section probably minister in this country. Ministries in the Central Asia section only possibly minister in this country. The purpose of this information is to assist potential new missionaries connect with sending agencies and for general ministry networking. Click on the links below to visit ministry websites for further information. Visit the Power-Of-Connecting "Find a Network Tool" to find further networking information.
  • The lists below do not include all ministries at work in this country or region. There are likely many excellent ministries not listed here. Omissions are not intentional, but occur simply from lack of data. Please contact us to suggest other ministries to include here. Inclusion here is not an endorsement by Joshua Project.
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Iran – Statistics, Prayer Cards, Maps and Links
 
Statistics
Population 75,202,000
Percent Urbanization 71 %
Total People Groups 98
Unreached People Groups 90
Region Central Asia
10/40 Window Yes
Official National Language Farsi, Western
Primary Religion Islam
Percent Christian Adherent 0.6%  [1]
Percent Evangelical 0.2%  [2]
Country Progress Level 1.2
Persecution Ranking 8 (1=High to 50=Low OD)
Human Development Index 0.742 (0=Low to 1=High UN)

Links
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Window International Country Profile
Ethnologue Language Listing
State Department Religious Freedom Report
Library of Congress
World Factbook

Notes
[1]  Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Major Religion percentages for that people group. The results are summed for each Religion for all Peoples within the country.
[2]  Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Christianity Segments percentages for that people group. The results are summed for each Christianity Segment for all peoples within the country.
 
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