Unreached peoples of Uzbekistan
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.
Uzbekistan brings together 44 people groups, and the vast majority of the country's population, more than 96%, belongs to a people group still unreached by the gospel. The Uzbek people themselves, the majority group with tens of millions of people, remain among the unreached groups, alongside minorities such as Kazakhs, Kyrgyz and Karakalpaks. Only a small fraction of the population, linked mainly to communities of Korean and Russian origin, currently has a higher level of Christian presence.
- 96.4% Unreached (35.4M)
- 0.1% Minimally reached (27K)
- 2.5% Superficially reached (912K)
- 0.5% Partially reached (167K)
- 0.6% Significantly reached (202K)
- 59.1% Unreached (26)
- 11.4% Minimally reached (5)
- 20.5% Superficially reached (9)
- 6.8% Partially reached (3)
- 2.3% Significantly reached (1)
Source of people group data: Joshua Project (joshuaproject.net). Estimates, may vary.
Source: Joshua Project. Estimates, may vary.
| People | Population | Language | Evang. | Chr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parya | 7K | Parya | 0.4% | 0.4% |
| North Azeri | 10.4M | North Azerbaijani | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Shor Tatar | 11K | Shor | 0.5% | 30% |
| Dargin Frontier | 638K | Dargwa | 0% | 0% |
| Tajik Frontier | 12.3M | Tajik | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Uyghur Frontier | 12.3M | Uyghur | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Lak Frontier | 189K | Lak | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Turkmen Frontier | 8.7M | Turkmen | < 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Parsee Frontier | 163K | Gujarati | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Lezgin Frontier | 707K | Lezgi | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Turk Frontier | 66.8M | Turkish | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Ossetian Frontier | 649K | Ossetic | 0.1% | 7.7% |
| Crimean Tatars | 637K | Crimean Tatar | < 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Kyrgyz Frontier | 6.1M | Kyrgyz | 0.1% | 0.3% |
| Tabasaran Frontier | 153K | Tabasaran | 0% | 0% |
| Bukharan Jew Frontier | 164K | English | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Tatar | 5.7M | Tatar | 0.4% | 2.6% |
| Karakalpak | 994K | Karakalpak | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| Dungan Frontier | 183K | Dungan | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Uzbek Arab Frontier | 34K | Uzbeki Arabic | 0.2% | 2% |
| Northern Uzbek Frontier | 34.5M | Northern Uzbek | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Kazakh | 18M | Kazakh | 0.2% | 0.4% |
| Lyuli | 24K | Tajik | 0.4% | 0.4% |
| Russian Buryat | 460K | Russian Buryat | < 0.1% | 1% |
| Balkar Frontier | 131K | Karachay-Balkar | 0% | < 0.1% |
| Meskhetian Turk Frontier | 200K | Russian | 0% | 0% |
| Greek | 10M | Greek | 0.3% | 94.4% |
| Komi-Permyak | 58K | Komi-Permyak | 1.2% | 43% |
| Bashkir | 1.6M | Bashkort | 1.1% | 4% |
| Persian | 48.4M | Iranian Persian | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| Khakass Tatar | 63K | Khakas | 1.1% | 2.8% |
| Deaf Frontier | 27.5M | Pakistan Sign Language | 1.8% | 3.7% |
| Chuvash | 1.1M | Chuvash | 1.5% | 50% |
| Lowland Mari | 435K | Meadow Mari | 1.1% | 60% |
| Mordvinian | 109K | Erzya | 1.4% | 61.8% |
| Georgian | 3.2M | Georgian | 1.5% | 86.2% |
| Russian | 134.2M | Russian | 1.5% | 64.9% |
| Moldovan | 2.5M | Romanian | 1.6% | 73.7% |
| Belarusian | 8.6M | Belarusian | 1.8% | 69.6% |
| Udmurt | 401K | Udmurt | 2% | 58% |
| German | 66.7M | Standard German | 2.5% | 64.3% |
| Ukrainian | 33.8M | Ukrainian | 4% | 75.1% |
| Armenian | 6M | Armenian | 9.3% | 94.6% |
| Korean | 80.3M | Korean | 12.3% | 22.1% |
Intercede for Uzbekistan and its peoples
Every unreached people group is an entire culture still without full access to the gospel. Join in prayer with Christians around the world.
Open the Prayer Calendar