Unreached peoples of Horn of Africa

60 unreached peoples in Horn of Africa: peoples with little or no access to the gospel in at least one country of the region, from largest to smallest.

Overview

How reached these peoples are

60unreached

60.6Mpeople

4countries

24frontier peoples

90% Unreached (54)
10% Minimally reached (6)

Source: Joshua Project. Estimates, may vary.

The Bible in these peoples’ languages

19Complete Bible

27Only portions of the Bible

14No book translated

31.7% Complete Bible (19)
23.3% New Testament complete (14)
21.7% Portions translated (13)
23.3% No book translated (14)

Source: Joshua Project and Progress.Bible. Estimates, may vary.

Unreached people groups · 60

People	Country	Population	Language	Evang.	Chr.
Somali Frontier	Somalia	24.2M	Somali	0.1%	0.2%
Hararghe Oromo	Ethiopia	8.3M	Eastern Oromo	0.1%	5%
Wollo Amhara	Ethiopia	7M	Amharic	0.2%	50%
Oromo Jimma	Ethiopia	4.3M	West Central Oromo	1.3%	2%
Afar	Ethiopia	3M	Afar	< 0.1%	0.7%
Rahanweyn	Somalia	2.5M	Maay	0.9%	1.1%
Oromo Bale	Ethiopia	2.5M	Oromo Borana-Arsi-Guji	0.1%	1.5%
Silt’e	Ethiopia	1.8M	Silt'e	0.1%	2%
Oromo Borana	Ethiopia	1.6M	Borana-Arsi-Guji Oromo	1.4%	4.6%
Somali Bantu Frontier	Somalia	951K	Maay	0.1%	0.1%
Eritrean Tigre Frontier	Eritrea	738K	Tigre	0.1%	0.1%
Alaaba	Ethiopia	448K	Alaba-K'abeena	1.4%	2.6%
Benishangul Berta	Ethiopia	362K	Berta	1.4%	4.6%
Swahili Frontier	Somalia	326K	Swahili	0.9%	1.8%
Beja Beni Amer Frontier	Eritrea	283K	Tigre	0%	0%
Argobba	Ethiopia	242K	Argobba	1.4%	4.6%
Oromo Garre Frontier	Somalia	141K	Garre	0%	0.1%
Saho Irob	Eritrea	140K	Saho	0.3%	30%
Omani Arab Frontier	Somalia	138K	Omani Arabic	< 0.1%	0.1%
Wolane	Ethiopia	138K	Wolane	0.1%	3.4%
Yemeni Arab Frontier	Djibouti	111K	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	0%	< 0.1%
Southern Oromo	Somalia	109K	Borana-Arsi-Guji Oromo	0.3%	2%
Deaf Frontier	Somalia	102K	Pakistan Sign Language	1.8%	3.7%
K’abeena	Ethiopia	101K	Alaba-K'abeena	1.1%	3%
Daasanach	Ethiopia	92K	Daasanach	1.3%	2.3%
Hamar	Ethiopia	89K	Hamer-Banne	1.4%	1.6%
Beja Hadendoa Frontier	Eritrea	85K	Bedawiyet	0%	0%
Somali Garre	Ethiopia	67K	Somali	0.3%	0.3%
Turkana	Ethiopia	63K	Turkana	21.2%	46.1%
Oromo Gabra Frontier	Ethiopia	60K	Borana-Arsi-Guji Oromo	2.2%	6.5%
Harari	Ethiopia	60K	Harari	0.1%	0.3%
Girirra	Ethiopia	59K	Girirra	2%	5%
Sudanese Arab Frontier	Eritrea	56K	Sudanese Arabic	0.1%	0.4%
Nara Nialetic	Eritrea	56K	Nara	1.8%	4.5%
Rashaida Frontier	Eritrea	52K	Sudanese Arabic	0%	0%
Banna	Ethiopia	52K	Hamer-Banne	1.3%	3%
Dabarre Frontier	Somalia	41K	Dabarre	0%	0%
Zigula	Somalia	41K	Mushungulu	0.2%	1%
Tunni Frontier	Somalia	41K	Tunni	0%	0%
Jiiddo Frontier	Somalia	41K	Jiiddu	0%	0%
South Asian	Somalia	27K	Hindi	1.2%	4.3%
Birale	Ethiopia	22K	Tsamai	2%	3%
Toposa Frontier	Ethiopia	22K	Toposa	1.9%	84%
Nao	Ethiopia	19K	Nayi	0.4%	10%
Palestinian Arab	Eritrea	15K	Levantine Arabic	1%	3.6%
Swahili Bajuni	Somalia	13K	Swahili	0.1%	0.2%
Gwama Frontier	Ethiopia	13K	Gwama	0%	0%
Arbore	Ethiopia	13K	Arbore	1.6%	1.6%
Southern Baloch Frontier	Somalia	12K	Southern Balochi	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Madhiban Frontier	Somalia	9K	Somali	0%	0%
Arab	Somalia	8K	Swahili	1.9%	14.4%
Maaban	Ethiopia	5K	Mabaan	5%	15%
Mahra Frontier	Somalia	5K	Mehri	< 0.1%	0.1%
Northern Mao	Ethiopia	5K	Mawes Aasse	1.5%	4.8%
Dahalik Frontier	Eritrea	3K	Dahalik	0%	0%
Negedbeher Weyto	Ethiopia	2K	Amharic	0.7%	4.4%
Gobato Frontier	Ethiopia	2K	Berta	0%	0%
Shabo	Ethiopia	600	Majang	0%	2%
Aweer	Somalia	400	Aweer	0.1%	0.9%
Daats’in Frontier	Ethiopia	400	Daats'iin	0%	0%

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