Country: Province: District:

People Groups
Total

277

People Groups Unreached

255 (92.1%)

People Groups Unreached Frontier

215 (77.6%)

Population
Total

174,397,000

Population in Unreached

172,495,000 (98.9%)

Population in Unreached Frontier

29,958,000 (17.2%)
* Data can be from various sources including official census, agencies, and local research. Data from these sources can sometimes differ even by orders of magnitude. Joshua Project attempts to present a conservative, balanced estimate.
Map Notes

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Photo People Group Population
this Ctry
Population
Global
Count
Ctrys
Indigenous Primary Language Primary
Religion
Progress
Scale
% Evangelical
Range
% Christian
Adh Range
Workers
Needed *
 Bauri 15,000 2,094,000 2 Bengali Hinduism Progress Gauge 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 1
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) 7,100 621,000 3 Bengali Hinduism Progress Gauge 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 1
 Bedia (Muslim traditions) 52,000 54,000 2 Bengali Islam Progress Gauge 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 1
Beg 1,600 4,800 2 Bengali Islam Progress Gauge 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 1
 Behara 83,000 87,000 2 Bengali Islam Progress Gauge 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 2
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 13,000 2,024,000 2 Bengali Hinduism Progress Gauge 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 1
 Bengali Muslim 133,263,000 133,427,000 9 Bengali Islam Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 0.1-2% 2,665
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 46,000 3,102,000 3 Bengali Islam Progress Gauge 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 1
Bengali Muslim Pashtun Khan 25,000 137,000 2 Bengali Islam Progress Gauge 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 1
 Bengali Muslim Pashtun, Pathan 170,000 12,266,000 4 Bengali Islam Progress Gauge 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 3
 Bengali Muslim Sayyid 1,841,000 16,252,000 5 Bengali Islam Progress Gauge 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 37
 Bengali Muslim Shaikh Siddiqi 8,200 7,964,000 2 Bengali Islam Progress Gauge 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 1
Besya (Hindu traditions) 1,500 5,000 2 Bengali Hinduism Progress Gauge 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 1
Besya (Muslim traditions) 16,000 18,000 2 Bengali Islam Progress Gauge 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 1
 Bhar 6,200 2,156,000 2 Bengali Hinduism Progress Gauge 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 1
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 12,000 6,982,000 3 Bengali Hinduism Progress Gauge 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 1
 Bhuinmali 99,000 266,000 2 Bengali Hinduism Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% 2
 Bhuiya Ghatwar 2,500 332,000 2 Bengali Hinduism Progress Gauge 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 1
 Bhuiya unspecified 12,000 1,893,000 2 Bengali Hinduism Progress Gauge 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 1
 Bhumij 35,000 1,212,000 2 Sylheti Hinduism Progress Gauge 0.1-2% 0.1-2% 1
 Bihari (Muslim traditions) 953,000 953,000 1 Urdu Islam Progress Gauge 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 19
 Bind 9,300 1,140,000 3 Bengali Hinduism Progress Gauge 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 1
 Binjhia 6,800 196,000 2 Sylheti Hinduism Progress Gauge Unknown 2-5% 1
Birhor 1,300 23,000 2 Sylheti Hinduism Progress Gauge Unknown 2-5% 1
 Bishnupriya Manipuri 19,000 110,000 2 Bishnupuriya Hinduism Progress Gauge Unknown 0.1-2% 1
  Totals:  277 174,397,000           255 ◼︎ (215 ✸︎) 0.00 % 0.50 % 3,594 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 1,290,000                  
  UN Country Population (2025) 175,687,000                  
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Province Population People Groups Unreached
Groups
% Unreached
Peoples
Population
in Unreached
% Population
Unreached
Districts
Barisal 9,801,000 125 120 96.0 % 9,797,000 100.0 % 6
Chittagong 35,740,000 193 174 90.2 % 34,619,000 96.9 % 11
Dhaka 56,510,000 209 199 95.2 % 56,271,000 99.6 % 17
Khulna 18,685,000 200 190 95.0 % 18,628,000 99.7 % 10
Rajshahi 21,496,000 188 181 96.3 % 21,279,000 99.0 % 8
Rangpur 18,738,000 181 173 95.6 % 18,591,000 99.2 % 8
Sylhet 12,608,000 152 140 92.1 % 12,490,000 99.1 % 4
Country:   174,397,000 277 255 92.1 % 172,495,000 98.9 % 64
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Language Code # Peoples
w/ this Primary
Language
# Unreached
w/ this Primary
Language
Scripture
Status
YouVersion
Bible
Resources
Faith Comes
By Hearing
Bible Resources
Jesus Film
Online
Global
Recordings
Resources
God's
Story
Resources
Gospel
Tract
Online
Bengali ben 205 202 Complete Bible
Bishnupuriya bpy 1 1 Bible Portions
Burmese mya 1 1 Complete Bible
Chak ckh 1 1 Bible Portions
Chakma ccp 1 0 Complete Bible
Chin, Asho csh 2 1 Complete Bible
Chin, Bawm bgr 1 0 Complete Bible
Chin, Hakha cnh 1 0 Complete Bible
Chin, Khumi cnk 1 0 Complete Bible
Chin, Uppu cnb 1 0 Bible Portions
Chittagonian ctg 5 4 New Testament
Dimasa dis 1 1 New Testament
Garo grt 1 0 Complete Bible
Gondi, Northern gno 1 1 New Testament
Hajong haj 1 1 Bible Portions
Koch kdq 1 1 Bible Portions
Kok Borok trp 1 1 Complete Bible
Kurux kru 1 0 Complete Bible
Kuvi kxv 1 1 New Testament
Mahali mjx 1 1 New Testament
Marma rmz 1 0 New Testament
Meitei mni 1 1 Complete Bible
Mru mro 1 0 New Testament
Mundari unr 1 0 Complete Bible
Pangkhua pkh 1 1 Bible Portions
Pnar pbv 1 0 New Testament
Rakhine rki 1 1 New Testament
Riang ria 1 0 Complete Bible
Rohingya rhg 2 2 New Testament
Sadri, Oraon sdr 1 1 New Testament
Sindhi snd 1 1 Complete Bible
Sylheti syl 28 28 New Testament
Tangchangya tnv 1 0 Translation Started
Tiwa lax 1 0 New Testament
Urdu urd 1 1 Complete Bible
Usoi usi 1 0 New Testament
War-Jaintia aml 3 1 Translation Started
West Bengal Sign Language wbs 1 1 Bible Portions
Totals: 38 277 255   21 25 26 36 17 3
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Bangladesh Statistics
People Groups 277
Unreached People Groups 255  (92.1%)
Population 174,397,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 1.2%
Population in Unreached 172,495,000  (98.9%)
Primary Religion Islam
Percent Christian Adherent 0.5%
Percent Evangelical Unknown
Pioneer Workers Needed * 3,594
Country Progress Level Progress Gauge
Continent Asia
Region Asia, South
10/40 Window Yes
Country Code BG
Official Language(s) BengaliEnglish
Bible Restrictions Rank 47 (1=Highest) Bible Access
Bible Shortage Rank 34 (1=Highest) Bible Access
Literacy Rate 74%
Estimated Illiterate Population 45,343,000
Persecution Ranking 33 (1=Highest) Open Doors
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