Unreached People Groups-Over 1,000,000 Population

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

People Groups

486

% of World's
People Groups

2.8 %

Population

2,945,417,000

% of World Population

36.0 %

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	Mandinka	Senegal	1,080,000	Mandinka	Islam	1 ●	0.70 %	0.05 %	22
	Mangala	India	2,229,000	Telugu	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.04 %	0.02 %	45
	Maninka, Eastern	Guinea	3,622,000	Maninkakan, Eastern	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.00 %	72
	Maninka, Western	Senegal	1,684,000	Maninkakan, Western	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.13 %	34
	Mappila	India	10,000,000	Malayalam	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	200
	Maranao, Lanao	Philippines	1,474,000	Maranao	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	29
	Maravan	India	3,677,000	Tamil	Hinduism	1 ●	2.45 %	-1	74
	Matang (Hindu traditions)	India	2,967,000	Marathi	Hinduism	1 ●	0.15 %	-1	59
	Mazanderani, Tabri	Iran	1,419,000	Mazandarani	Islam	1 ●	1.67 %	1.67 %	28
	Mazhabi (Sikh traditions)	India	3,286,000	Punjabi, Eastern	Other / Small	1 ●	1.01 %	-1	66
	Meena	India	5,290,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	0.14 %	-1	106
	Megh (Hindu traditions)	India	4,523,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	-1	90
	Meitei unspecified	India	1,633,000	Meitei	Hinduism	1 ●	1.07 %	-1	33
	Mewati (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	1,056,000	Sindhi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	21
	Minangkabau	Indonesia	7,119,000	Minangkabau	Islam	1 ●	0.26 %	0.02 %	142
	Mirasi (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,225,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	44
	Mochi (Hindu traditions)	India	2,229,000	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.21 %	-1	45
	Mochi (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	3,758,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	75
	Mon	Myanmar (Burma)	1,152,000	Mon	Buddhism	1 ●	0.90 %	0.82 %	23
	Mongol, Khalka	Mongolia	2,465,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	2.30 %	1.40 %	49
	Mongolian, Peripheral	China	5,545,000	Mongolian, Peripheral	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.04 %	0.02 %	111
	Moor, Beidane (White)	Mauritania	1,728,000	Hassaniyya	Islam	1 ●	0.10 %	0.10 %	35
	Moor, Haratine (Black)	Mauritania	2,571,000	Hassaniyya	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	51
	Muhamasheen, Akhdam	Yemen	1,344,000	Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	27
	Muong	Vietnam	1,516,000	Muong	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.02 %	30
	Murao (Hindu traditions)	India	2,779,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	56
	Musahar (Hindu traditions)	India	3,586,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	0.27 %	0.27 %	72
	Mussali	Pakistan	2,871,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	57
	Mutrasi	India	1,156,000	Telugu	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.04 %	-1	23
	Nadar (Hindu traditions)	India	3,457,000	Tamil	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	69
	Nai (Hindu traditions)	India	13,835,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	277
	Naikda	India	4,354,000	Kannada	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.08 %	-1	87
	Nair	India	7,705,000	Malayalam	Hinduism	1 ●	0.19 %	-1	154
	Namassej (Hindu traditions)	India	4,438,000	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.48 %	-1	89
	Namassej Chandel	Bangladesh	2,204,000	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.59 %	-1	44
	Namassej Chandel	India	1,651,000	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.49 %	-1	33
	Newah	Nepal	1,443,000	Newar	Hinduism	1 ●	0.91 %	-1	29
	Nosu, Shengzha	China	1,319,000	Nuosu	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	1.40 %	26
	Nung	Vietnam	1,131,000	Nung	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.03 %	23
	Okinawan, Ryukyuan	Japan	1,151,000	Okinawan, Central	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	0.15 %	23
	Oromo, Bale	Ethiopia	2,459,000	Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji	Islam	1 ●	1.50 %	0.07 %	49
	Oromo, Borana	Ethiopia	1,642,000	Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	4.00 %	1.30 %	33
	Oromo, Jima	Ethiopia	4,295,000	Oromo, West Central	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	1.30 %	86
	Palembang	Indonesia	3,580,000	Musi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.03 %	0.02 %	72
	Pallan (Hindu traditions)	India	2,799,000	Tamil	Hinduism	1 ●	0.19 %	-1	56
	Pan	India	1,555,000	Odia	Hinduism	1 ●	0.40 %	0.20 %	31
	Panika	India	1,213,000	Chhattisgarhi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.04 %	-1	24
	Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	India	2,511,000	Tamil	Hinduism	1 ●	0.18 %	-1	50
	Pashtun	Pakistan	34,039,000	Pashto, Central	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	681
	Pashtun Kakar	Pakistan	1,503,000	Pashto, Southern	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	30
Totals:	486 Peoples		2,945,417,000						58,909

* 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
0.3	Unreached Frontier - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
0.7	Unreached not Frontier - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >.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 presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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