Unreached peoples of Azerbaijan
An overview of the country's people groups, focusing on those who still have little or no access to the gospel in their own language and culture.
Azerbaijan is home to dozens of ethnic groups, the vast majority of them Muslim and still without meaningful access to the gospel. Besides the Azerbaijanis, who form the majority, there are peoples such as the Talysh in the south, the Lezgi and Avars in the north and other Caucasus groups. The Christian presence is minimal and concentrated in the Russian and Armenian minorities, leaving many peoples for whom the name of Christ remains virtually unknown.
- 98.2% Unreached (10.1M)
- 0.4% Minimally reached (37K)
- 1.4% Superficially reached (144K)
- 0% Partially reached (2K)
- 0% Significantly reached (0)
- 73.5% Unreached (25)
- 5.9% Minimally reached (2)
- 17.6% Superficially reached (6)
- 2.9% Partially reached (1)
- 0% Significantly reached (0)
Source of people group data: Joshua Project (joshuaproject.net). Estimates, may vary.
Source: Joshua Project. Estimates, may vary.
| People | Population | Language | Evang. | Chr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilsavan | 106K | South Azerbaijani | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Tatar | 5.7M | Tatar | 0.4% | 2.6% |
| Southern Uzbek Frontier | 3.8M | Southern Uzbek | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Talysh Frontier | 261K | Talysh | 0% | 0% |
| Meskhetian Turk Frontier | 200K | Russian | 0% | 0% |
| North Azeri | 10.4M | North Azerbaijani | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Turkmen Frontier | 8.7M | Turkmen | < 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Kryz Dzhek | 13K | Kryts | 0.7% | 0.7% |
| Kazakh | 18M | Kazakh | 0.2% | 0.4% |
| Kurmanji Kurd Frontier | 16.5M | Northern Kurdish | < 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Turk Frontier | 66.8M | Turkish | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Tsakhur | 60K | Tsakhur | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Chechen Frontier | 2M | Chechen | 0% | 0% |
| Inghiloi | 39K | Georgian | 0.3% | 10% |
| Avar Zaqatala Frontier | 51K | Avar | 0% | 0% |
| Dargin Frontier | 638K | Dargwa | 0% | 0% |
| Tat Jew Frontier | 111K | Judeo-Tat | 0% | 0% |
| Lak Frontier | 189K | Lak | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Lezgin Frontier | 707K | Lezgi | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Muslim Tat Frontier | 135K | Muslim Tat | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| Ossetian Frontier | 649K | Ossetic | 0.1% | 7.7% |
| Rutul Frontier | 55K | Rutul | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Udins | 13K | Udi | 0.4% | 96.6% |
| Turkish Azeri | 18.6M | South Azerbaijani | 1.6% | 1.8% |
| Khinalug Ketsh Khalkh | 4K | Khinalugh | 1.4% | 1.5% |
| Deaf Frontier | 27.5M | Pakistan Sign Language | 1.8% | 3.7% |
| Russian Jew | 1.6M | Russian | 1.8% | 2.1% |
| Persian | 48.4M | Iranian Persian | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| Mordvinian | 109K | Erzya | 1.4% | 61.8% |
| Georgian | 3.2M | Georgian | 1.5% | 86.2% |
| Russian | 134.2M | Russian | 1.5% | 64.9% |
| Belarusian | 8.6M | Belarusian | 1.8% | 69.6% |
| Budug | 2K | Budukh | 3.5% | 4% |
| Ukrainian | 33.8M | Ukrainian | 4% | 75.1% |
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