Uyghur

The Uyghur people group is reported in 17 countries

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Population All Countries

12,450,000

People Cluster

Uyghur

Number of Countries

Number Unreached

Largest Religion

Islam

Progress

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - 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 presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

Map Notes

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Country ▲	Population	Indigenous	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherents	% Evangelical	Bible Status	Online Bible	Jesus Film	Global Recordings	Est. Workers Needed *
Afghanistan	3,500		Uyghur	Islam	0 ☀	0.05 %	0.05 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Australia	5,100		Uyghur	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.40 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Canada	2,000		Uyghur	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
China	11,921,000	●	Uyghur	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	238
Germany	800		Uyghur	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Iran	6,300		Uyghur	Islam	0 ☀	0.05 %	0.02 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Japan	1,000		Uyghur	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Kazakhstan	341,000		Uyghur	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	7
Kyrgyzstan	56,000	●	Uyghur	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Mongolia	12,000	●	Uyghur	Islam	1 ●	0.40 %	0.20 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Russia	3,800		Uyghur	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Saudi Arabia	9,200		Uyghur	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Sweden	2,000		Uyghur	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Turkey	25,000		Uyghur	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Turkmenistan	2,300		Uyghur	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
United States	10,000		Uyghur	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Uzbekistan	49,000		Uyghur	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Totals: 17	12,450,000				17 ●	0.01 %	0.01 %					260

Other reported countries: 5

Uyghur

Groups reported, but outside the Small People Group Policy conditions. Some may not be viable and/or have incorrect Progress Scale values. The groups listed below are not included in overall Joshua Project people group counts. For possible further information about these groups, please contact us.

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Country ▲	Population	Progress Scale	Primary Language	Primary Religion
Australia	400	1 ●	Uyghur	Islam
India	200	1 ●		Islam
Taiwan	200	1 ●	Uyghur	Islam
Tajikistan	300	1 ●	Uyghur	Islam
Ukraine	200	1 ●	Uyghur	Islam
Totals: 5

For more information see the Joshua Project Small People Group Policy

* 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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