Unreached people groups

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.

Overview

Iran is home to 91 distinct people groups, of which 85 (93.4%) are classified as unreached by the gospel, representing 99.5% of the country's population. Besides the Persians, who make up the largest group, the country has Azerbaijani groups (about 18 million), Kurds (about 8 million), Arabs (about 3 million), Baloch (about 2 million), Turkmens and dozens of others. Iran has 55 languages without a translated Bible, making translation work an urgent need. Evangelical Christians make up only 1.2% of the population, concentrated mainly among converts from Islam.

In the country i

1.8%Christians

1.2%evangelicals

By population i

99.5%unreached

0%significantly reached

91.8M Unreached 99.5%
0 Minimally reached 0%
106K Superficially reached 0.1%
355K Partially reached 0.4%
20K Significantly reached 0%

By people groups i

91people groups

85unreached · 93.4%

85 Unreached 93.4%
0 Minimally reached 0%
4 Superficially reached 4.4%
1 Partially reached 1.1%
1 Significantly reached 1.1%

Source of people group data: Joshua Project (joshuaproject.net). Estimates, may vary.

Source: Joshua Project. Estimates, may vary.

Unreached people groups · 91

People	Population	Language	Evang.	Chr.
Khorasani Turk Frontier	1M	Khorasani Turkish	0%	0%
Southern Luri Frontier	1.1M	Southern Luri	0%	0%
Mamasani Frontier	139K	Southern Luri	0%	0%
Brahui Kur Galli Frontier	2.9M	Brahui	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Southwestern Fars Frontier	118K	Southwestern Fars	0%	0%
Talysh Frontier	261K	Talysh	0%	0%
Karakalpak	994K	Karakalpak	0.3%	0.3%
Sangisari Frontier	26K	Sangisari	0%	0%
Khunsari Frontier	28K	Khunsari	0%	0%
Laki Frontier	710K	Laki	0%	0%
Southern Tati Frontier	204K	Alviri-Vidari	0%	0%
Pishagchi Frontier	2K	South Azerbaijani	0%	0%
Domari Roma Frontier	1.9M	Iranian Persian	0.1%	0.1%
Western Baloch Frontier	1.4M	Western Balochi	0%	0%
Hazara Frontier	4.7M	Hazaragi	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Koroshi Frontier	11K	Koroshi	0%	0%
Afshari Frontier	433K	South Azerbaijani	0%	0%
Lasgerdi Frontier	1K	Lasgerdi	0%	0%
Qajar Frontier	4K	South Azerbaijani	0%	0%
Uzbek Arab Frontier	34K	Uzbeki Arabic	0.2%	2%
Galeshi Frontier	2K	Gilaki	0%	0%
Vafsi Frontier	24K	Vafsi	0%	0%
Southern Pashtun Frontier	9.6M	Southern Pashto	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Southern Kurd	6M	Southern Kurdish	0.1%	0.1%
Northwestern Fars Frontier	10K	Northwestern Fars	0%	0%
Central Kurd Frontier	3.8M	Central Kurdish	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Qaragozlu Frontier	3K	South Azerbaijani	0%	0%
Urdu Frontier	2.9M	Urdu	0%	< 0.1%
Gazi Frontier	10K	Gazi	0%	0%
Zartoshi Frontier	16K	Zoroastrian Dari	0%	0%
Afghan Tajik Frontier	12.8M	Dari	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Larestani Frontier	126K	Lari	0%	0%
Baharlu Frontier	11K	South Azerbaijani	0%	0%
Herki Frontier	118K	Northern Kurdish	0%	0.1%
Kashkai Frontier	2.1M	Kashkay	0%	0%
Tajik Frontier	12.3M	Tajik	0.1%	0.1%
Rudbari Frontier	300	Rudbari	0%	0%
Aimaq Frontier	2.4M	Aimaq	0%	0%
Northern Luri Frontier	3.1M	Northern Luri	0%	< 0.1%
Jadgali Frontier	12K	Jadgali	0%	0%
Mandaean Sabean Frontier	81K	Neo-Mandaic	< 0.1%	1%
Semnani Frontier	73K	Semnani	0%	0%
Turkmen Frontier	8.7M	Turkmen	< 0.1%	0.1%
Gurani Hawrami Frontier	334K	Gurani	0%	< 0.1%
Uyghur Frontier	12.3M	Uyghur	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Natanzi Frontier	10K	Natanzi	0%	0%
Dezfuli Frontier	10	Dezfuli	0%	0%
Moqaddam Frontier	1K	South Azerbaijani	0%	0%
Ilsavan	106K	South Azerbaijani	0.2%	0.5%
Kurmanji Kurd Frontier	16.5M	Northern Kurdish	< 0.1%	0.1%
Harzani Frontier	39K	Harzani	0%	0%
Shahmirzadi Frontier	1K	Shahmirzadi	0%	0%
Qatari Arab	7.6M	Gulf Arabic	0.2%	0.9%
Nayini Frontier	10K	Nayini	0%	0%
Astiani Frontier	28K	Ashtiani	0%	0%
Shikaki Frontier	59K	Northern Kurdish	0%	0%
Iranian Arab	596K	Mesopotamian Arabic	0.3%	0.3%
Central Tati Frontier	48K	Shahrudi	0%	0%
Gujarati Frontier	2.9M	Gujarati	0.3%	1.4%
Kazakh	18M	Kazakh	0.2%	0.4%
Aynallu Frontier	7K	South Azerbaijani	0%	0%
Sivandi Frontier	10K	Sivandi	0%	0%
Turk Frontier	66.8M	Turkish	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Karingani Frontier	24K	Karingani	0%	0%
Sorkhei Frontier	12K	Sorkhei	0%	0%
Kurdistani Jew Frontier	6K	Hulaula	0%	0%
Muslim Tat Frontier	135K	Muslim Tat	0.3%	0.3%
Kumzari Frontier	7K	Kumzari	0%	0%
Bakhtiari	1.3M	Bakhtiari	0.2%	0.2%
Soi Frontier	10K	Soi	0%	0%
Punjabi	2.1M	Eastern Punjabi	0.3%	1%
Turkic-speaking Khalaj Frontier	20K	Khalaj	0%	0%
Upper Taromi Frontier	300	Upper Taromi	0%	0%
Parsee Frontier	163K	Gujarati	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Turcos Nafar Frontier	5K	South Azerbaijani	0%	0%
Southern Baloch Frontier	1.8M	Southern Balochi	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Bashkardi Frontier	10K	Bashkardi	0%	0%
Takistani Frontier	423K	Takestani	0%	0%
Tehrani Persian Jew Frontier	189K	Iranian Persian	0%	0%
Persian	48.4M	Iranian Persian	1.5%	1.8%
Deaf Frontier	27.5M	Pakistan Sign Language	1.8%	3.7%
Gilaki Gilani	3.6M	Gilaki	1%	1%
Turkish Azeri	18.6M	South Azerbaijani	1.6%	1.8%
Balkan Roma	946K	Balkan Romani	1.9%	59.4%
Mazanderani Tabri	1.4M	Mazandarani	1.7%	1.7%
French	52M	French	1.1%	66.7%
Italian	37.4M	Italian	1.3%	86.2%
Assyrian	672K	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	1.4%	91.6%
Georgian	3.2M	Georgian	1.5%	86.2%
Armenian	6M	Armenian	9.3%	94.6%
Korean	80.3M	Korean	12.3%	22.1%

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