Unreached peoples of United Arab Emirates
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.
The United Arab Emirates is one of the greatest crossroads of peoples in the world. Native Emiratis, Sunni Muslims, make up only about a tenth of the population and remain almost entirely without access to the gospel. Most are migrants from South Asia, the Arab world, the Philippines and many other nations, among them large Hindu, Muslim and Buddhist groups still unreached. This concentration of peoples makes the country a strategic place, where people from many lands can hear of Christ.
- 75.1% Unreached (8.4M)
- 3.3% Minimally reached (374K)
- 0.3% Superficially reached (30K)
- 18.2% Partially reached (2M)
- 3.2% Significantly reached (358K)
- 81.8% Unreached (36)
- 2.3% Minimally reached (1)
- 4.5% Superficially reached (2)
- 6.8% Partially reached (3)
- 4.5% Significantly reached (2)
Source of people group data: Joshua Project (joshuaproject.net). Estimates, may vary.
Source: Joshua Project. Estimates, may vary.
| People | Population | Language | Evang. | Chr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sudanese Arab Frontier | 21.8M | Sudanese Arabic | 0.1% | 0.4% |
| Omani Arab Frontier | 3.1M | Omani Arabic | < 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Gulf Bedouin Frontier | 221K | Gulf Arabic | 0% | 0% |
| Somali Frontier | 28.9M | Somali | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Southern Baloch Frontier | 1.8M | Southern Balochi | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Tunisian Arab | 11.9M | Tunisian Arabic | 0% | 0.2% |
| Iraqi Arab | 22.4M | Mesopotamian Arabic | 0.2% | 1.2% |
| Pashtun Frontier | 34.2M | Central Pashto | 0% | 0% |
| Shihuh Frontier | 43K | Shihhi Arabic | 0% | 0% |
| Syrian Arab | 23.5M | Levantine Arabic | 0.3% | 8.5% |
| Hazara Frontier | 4.7M | Hazaragi | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Turk Frontier | 66.8M | Turkish | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Jordanian Arab | 4.9M | Levantine Arabic | 0.3% | 3.6% |
| Palestinian Arab | 11.5M | Levantine Arabic | 1% | 3.6% |
| Southern Pashtun Frontier | 9.6M | Southern Pashto | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Afghan | 1.3M | Dari | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Bengali-speaking South Asian | 5.5M | Bengali | 0.2% | 0.8% |
| Punjabi | 2.1M | Eastern Punjabi | 0.3% | 1% |
| Muslim Lebanese Arab | 5.4M | Levantine Arabic | 0.7% | 17.3% |
| Sindhi Frontier | 529K | Sindhi | < 0.1% | 0.4% |
| Rohingya | 2.3M | Rohingya | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Libyan Arab Frontier | 2.8M | Libyan Arabic | 0.1% | 0.8% |
| Saudi Hijazi Arab Frontier | 10.6M | Hijazi Arabic | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Gulf Arab | 7.6M | Gulf Arabic | 0.2% | 0.9% |
| Socotri Frontier | 173K | Soqotri | 0% | 0% |
| Moroccan Arab Frontier | 31.5M | Moroccan Arabic | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Swahili Frontier | 1.2M | Swahili | 0.9% | 1.8% |
| Egyptian Arab | 73.6M | Egyptian Arabic | 0.5% | 1.4% |
| Yemeni Arab Frontier | 9.6M | Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic | 0% | < 0.1% |
| Urdu Frontier | 2.9M | Urdu | 0% | < 0.1% |
| Malay Frontier | 18.9M | Malay | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Tigrayans and Tigrinyas | 10.5M | Tigrinya | 0.9% | 95.8% |
| South Asian | 10.8M | Hindi | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Sinhalese | 715K | Sinhala | 1.3% | 3.6% |
| Persian | 48.4M | Iranian Persian | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| Deaf Frontier | 27.5M | Pakistan Sign Language | 1.8% | 3.7% |
| Telugu-Speaking South Asian | 1.7M | Telugu | 1.8% | 5.4% |
| Generic Nepali | 1.7M | Nepali | 1.6% | 2% |
| Ethiopian Amhara | 29.3M | Amharic | 1.2% | 96.6% |
| Malayali | 2.1M | Tamil | 3.6% | 10.9% |
| Hindu Tamil | 3.6M | Tamil | 3.4% | 6.7% |
| Chinese | 15.5M | Mandarin Chinese | 4.5% | 8.5% |
| Korean | 80.3M | Korean | 12.3% | 22.1% |
| Tagalog Filipino | 40.4M | Tagalog | 14.7% | 97.8% |
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