Unreached peoples of Middle East

222 unreached peoples in Middle East: 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

222unreached

376.2Mpeople

15countries

156frontier peoples

95.9% Unreached (213)
4.1% Minimally reached (9)

Source: Joshua Project. Estimates, may vary.

The Bible in these peoples’ languages

80Complete Bible

87Only portions of the Bible

45No book translated

37.7% Complete Bible (80)
26.9% New Testament complete (57)
14.2% Portions translated (30)
21.2% No book translated (45)

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

Unreached people groups · 222

People	Country	Population	Language	Evang.	Chr.
Turk Frontier	Türkiye	61.3M	Turkish	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Persian	Iran	46.3M	Iranian Persian	1.5%	1.8%
Iraqi Arab	Iraq	21.5M	Mesopotamian Arabic	0.2%	1.2%
Syrian Arab	Syria	20M	Levantine Arabic	0.3%	8.5%
Northern Yemeni Arab Frontier	Yemen	20M	Sanaani Arabic	0%	0%
Turkish Azeri	Iran	18.3M	South Azerbaijani	1.6%	1.8%
Kurmanji Kurd Frontier	Türkiye	15.7M	Northern Kurdish	< 0.1%	0.1%
Najdi Arabs Frontier	Saudi Arabia	12.6M	Najdi Arabic	0.1%	0.1%
Northern Iraqi Arab	Iraq	12M	North Mesopotamian Arabic	0.2%	0.7%
Palestinian Arab	Palestine	11.1M	Levantine Arabic	1%	3.6%
Saudi Hijazi Arab Frontier	Saudi Arabia	10.3M	Hijazi Arabic	0.1%	0.1%
Yemeni Arab Frontier	Yemen	8.9M	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	0%	< 0.1%
Hadrami Arab Frontier	Yemen	6M	Hadrami Arabic	0%	0%
Southern Kurd	Iran	6M	Southern Kurdish	0.1%	0.1%
Gulf Arab	Kuwait	5.6M	Gulf Arabic	0.2%	0.9%
Middle Eastern Turkmen Frontier	Iraq	4.9M	South Azerbaijani	0%	0%
Jordanian Arab	Jordan	4.8M	Levantine Arabic	0.3%	3.6%
Israeli Jews	Israel	4.7M	Hebrew	0.2%	0.2%
South Asian	United Arab Emirates	4.1M	Hindi	1.2%	4.3%
Alevi Turk Frontier	Türkiye	4M	Turkish	0.1%	0.1%
Central Kurd Frontier	Iraq	3.7M	Central Kurdish	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Gilaki Gilani	Iran	3.6M	Gilaki	1%	1%
Tihami Arab Frontier	Yemen	3.3M	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	0%	0%
Muslim Lebanese Arab	Lebanon	3.2M	Levantine Arabic	0.7%	17.3%
Bengali-speaking South Asian	Saudi Arabia	3.2M	Bengali	0.2%	0.8%
Northern Luri Frontier	Iran	3.1M	Northern Luri	0%	< 0.1%
Omani Arab Frontier	Oman	2.9M	Omani Arabic	< 0.1%	0.1%
Bedouin Arab Frontier	Jordan	2.8M	Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic	< 0.1%	0.1%
Alawite Frontier	Syria	2.3M	Levantine Arabic	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Kashkai Frontier	Iran	2.1M	Kashkay	0%	0%
Badini Kurd	Iraq	2M	Northern Kurdish	0.1%	0.1%
Urdu Frontier	Saudi Arabia	2M	Urdu	0%	< 0.1%
Domari Roma Frontier	Iran	1.8M	Iranian Persian	0.1%	0.1%
Southern Baloch Frontier	Oman	1.8M	Southern Balochi	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Black Arabized Akhdam Frontier	Yemen	1.6M	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	< 0.1%	0.2%
Egyptian Arab	Saudi Arabia	1.5M	Egyptian Arabic	0.5%	1.4%
Afro-Iraqi	Iraq	1.5M	Mesopotamian Arabic	0.3%	0.6%
Mazanderani Tabri	Iran	1.4M	Mazandarani	1.7%	1.7%
Zaza Dimli Frontier	Türkiye	1.3M	Southern Zazaki	0%	0%
Bakhtiari	Iran	1.3M	Bakhtiari	0.2%	0.2%
Turkmen Frontier	Iran	1.3M	Turkmen	< 0.1%	0.1%
Druze	Syria	1.2M	Levantine Arabic	0.3%	0.3%
Southern Luri Frontier	Iran	1.1M	Southern Luri	0%	0%
Deaf Frontier	Iran	1M	Pakistan Sign Language	1.8%	3.7%
Khorasani Turk Frontier	Iran	1M	Khorasani Turkish	0%	0%
Western Baloch Frontier	Iran	905K	Western Balochi	0%	0%
Sudanese Arab Frontier	Yemen	883K	Sudanese Arabic	0.1%	0.4%
Malayali	United Arab Emirates	836K	Tamil	3.6%	10.9%
Russian Jew	Israel	741K	Russian	1.8%	2.1%
Laki Frontier	Iran	710K	Laki	0%	0%
Bahraini Arab	Bahrain	706K	Baharna Arabic	0.9%	3.4%
Somali Frontier	Yemen	702K	Somali	0.1%	0.2%
Generic Nepali	Saudi Arabia	681K	Nepali	1.6%	2%
Yazidi	Iraq	675K	Northern Kurdish	0.1%	0.1%
Pashtun Frontier	United Arab Emirates	662K	Central Pashto	0%	0%
Punjabi	Saudi Arabia	641K	Eastern Punjabi	0.3%	1%
Eastern Circassian Kabardian Frontier	Türkiye	638K	Kabardian	< 0.1%	0.1%
Anatolian Arab Frontier	Türkiye	620K	North Mesopotamian Arabic	< 0.1%	0.1%
Alevi Kurd Frontier	Türkiye	600K	Northern Kurdish	0.1%	0.1%
Iranian Arab	Iran	596K	Mesopotamian Arabic	0.3%	0.3%
Hazara Frontier	Iran	557K	Hazaragi	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Rohingya	Saudi Arabia	539K	Rohingya	0.1%	0.1%
Hasidic Jew Frontier	Israel	516K	Hebrew	0%	0%
Western Punjabi Frontier	Saudi Arabia	515K	Western Punjabi	0%	< 0.1%
Litvish Jew Frontier	Israel	500K	Hebrew	0%	0%
Takistani Frontier	Iran	423K	Takestani	0%	0%
Afghan Tajik Frontier	Iran	419K	Dari	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Afshari Frontier	Iran	416K	South Azerbaijani	0%	0%
Southern Pashtun Frontier	Iran	415K	Southern Pashto	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Alevi Zaza Frontier	Türkiye	400K	Northern Zazaki	0%	0%
Afghan	Türkiye	383K	Dari	0.1%	0.1%
Swahili Frontier	Saudi Arabia	379K	Swahili	0.9%	1.8%
Sindhi Frontier	Saudi Arabia	370K	Sindhi	< 0.1%	0.4%
Gurani Hawrami Frontier	Iran	334K	Gurani	0%	< 0.1%
Telugu-Speaking South Asian	Saudi Arabia	330K	Telugu	1.8%	5.4%
Sinhalese	United Arab Emirates	319K	Sinhala	1.3%	3.6%
Adyghe Frontier	Türkiye	317K	Adyghe	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Mahra Frontier	Yemen	277K	Mehri	< 0.1%	0.1%
Eastern Bedawi Bedouin Frontier	Israel	260K	Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic	0%	< 0.1%
Aimaq Frontier	Iran	259K	Aimaq	0%	0%
Shabak Frontier	Iraq	253K	Shabaki	0%	< 0.1%
Turkish Cypriot	Cyprus	246K	Turkish	0.2%	0.4%
Gulf Bedouin Frontier	United Arab Emirates	221K	Gulf Arabic	0%	0%
Southern Tati Frontier	Iran	204K	Alviri-Vidari	0%	0%
Muslim Jat Frontier	Saudi Arabia	193K	Saraiki	0%	0%
Romanian Jew Frontier	Israel	182K	Hebrew	0.1%	0.1%
Hindi	Saudi Arabia	174K	Hindi	0.7%	2%
Socotri Frontier	Yemen	173K	Soqotri	0%	0%
Talysh Frontier	Iran	165K	Talysh	0%	0%
Abkhaz Frontier	Türkiye	157K	Abkhaz	0.1%	2.8%
Hemshin Frontier	Türkiye	152K	Turkish	< 0.1%	0.1%
Burmese	Saudi Arabia	151K	Burmese	0.1%	0.4%
Karakalpak	Türkiye	144K	Karakalpak	0.3%	0.3%
Chechen Frontier	Türkiye	141K	Chechen	0%	0%
Dhofari Arab Frontier	Oman	140K	Dhofari Arabic	0%	0%
Mamasani Frontier	Iran	139K	Southern Luri	0%	0%
Polish Jew	Israel	139K	Polish	0.4%	0.6%
Gujarati Frontier	Oman	128K	Gujarati	0.3%	1.4%
Larestani Frontier	Iran	126K	Lari	0%	0%
Southwestern Fars Frontier	Iran	118K	Southwestern Fars	0%	0%
Herki Frontier	Iraq	118K	Northern Kurdish	0%	0.1%
Bosniak Frontier	Türkiye	118K	Bosnian	< 0.1%	0.3%
Crimean Tatars	Türkiye	115K	Crimean Tatar	< 0.1%	0.1%
Balkan Romani	Türkiye	115K	Balkan Romani	1.9%	59.4%
Malay Frontier	Yemen	110K	Malay	0.1%	0.1%
Laz Lazuri	Türkiye	108K	Laz	0.2%	2%
Ossetian Frontier	Syria	107K	Ossetic	0.1%	7.7%
Yahudic Jews Frontier	Israel	105K	Judeo-Iraqi Arabic	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Tajik Frontier	Iran	103K	Tajik	0.1%	0.1%
Libyan Arab Frontier	United Arab Emirates	102K	Libyan Arabic	0.1%	0.8%
Razihi Frontier	Yemen	99K	Razihi	0%	0%
Ilsavan	Iran	98K	South Azerbaijani	0.2%	0.5%
Muslim Tat Frontier	Iran	89K	Muslim Tat	0.3%	0.3%
Shahari Jibbali Frontier	Oman	88K	Shehri	0%	0%
Bajelani	Iraq	80K	Bajelani	< 0.1%	0.2%
Tat Jew Frontier	Israel	80K	Judeo-Tat	0%	0%
Hindu Tamil	Saudi Arabia	77K	Tamil	3.4%	6.7%
Albanian	Türkiye	73K	Gheg Albanian	0.5%	24.3%
Semnani Frontier	Iran	73K	Semnani	0%	0%
Southern Uzbek Frontier	Türkiye	73K	Southern Uzbek	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Tehrani Persian Jew Frontier	Israel	72K	Iranian Persian	0%	0%
Moroccan Arab Frontier	Saudi Arabia	71K	Moroccan Arabic	0.1%	0.1%
Bukharan Jew Frontier	Israel	70K	English	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Georgian Jew	Israel	65K	Judeo-Georgian	0.9%	1%
Arabic-Speaking Algerian Frontier	Israel	63K	Algerian Arabic	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Spanish Jew	Israel	61K	Hebrew	0.1%	0.2%
Moroccan Jew Frontier	Israel	60K	French	0%	0%
Shikaki Frontier	Iran	59K	Northern Kurdish	0%	0%
Zanzibari Swahili Frontier	Oman	58K	Swahili	0%	0%
Ladino Frontier	Israel	56K	Ladino	0%	0%
Mandaean Sabean Frontier	Iraq	54K	Neo-Mandaic	< 0.1%	1%
Marsh Arab	Iraq	53K	Mesopotamian Arabic	0.2%	0.4%
Turkish Jew Frontier	Israel	53K	Hebrew	0%	0%
Muslim Bengali	Lebanon	49K	Bengali	0.2%	0.2%
Kazakh	Türkiye	48K	Kazakh	0.2%	0.4%
Central Tati Frontier	Iran	48K	Shahrudi	0%	0%
Luwathiya Frontier	Oman	47K	Luwati	0%	0%
Faifi Frontier	Saudi Arabia	45K	Faifi	0%	0%
Tripolitanian Jew Frontier	Israel	43K	Judeo-Tripolitanian Arabic	0%	0%
Shihuh Frontier	United Arab Emirates	43K	Shihhi Arabic	0%	0%
French Jew Frontier	Israel	42K	French	< 0.1%	0.1%
Uyghur Frontier	Türkiye	41K	Uyghur	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Yemenite Jew Frontier	Israel	41K	Judeo-Yemeni Arabic	0%	0%
Harzani Frontier	Iran	39K	Harzani	0%	0%
Chinese	United Arab Emirates	37K	Mandarin Chinese	4.5%	8.5%
Tunisian Arab	Saudi Arabia	34K	Tunisian Arabic	0%	0.2%
Hui Frontier	Saudi Arabia	32K	Mandarin Chinese	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Parsee Frontier	Iran	31K	Gujarati	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Jew	Israel	30K	Levantine Arabic	0.3%	0.7%
Tatar	Türkiye	30K	Tatar	0.4%	2.6%
Javanese	Saudi Arabia	28K	Javanese	9.3%	18.9%
Khunsari Frontier	Iran	28K	Khunsari	0%	0%
Astiani Frontier	Iran	28K	Ashtiani	0%	0%
Kyrgyz Frontier	Türkiye	27K	Kyrgyz	0.1%	0.3%
Hungarian-speaking Jew Frontier	Israel	26K	Hungarian	0.1%	0.1%
Sangisari Frontier	Iran	26K	Sangisari	0%	0%
Brahui Kur Galli Frontier	Iran	25K	Brahui	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Gurani Sarli	Iraq	25K	Kakayi	0.1%	0.3%
Kerinci	Bahrain	25K	Kerinci	0.3%	1.5%
Vafsi Frontier	Iran	24K	Vafsi	0%	0%
Karingani Frontier	Iran	24K	Karingani	0%	0%
Meskhetian Turk Frontier	Türkiye	23K	Russian	0%	0%
Western Aramaic	Syria	22K	Western Neo-Aramaic	0.1%	40%
Karachay Frontier	Türkiye	22K	Karachay-Balkar	0%	0%
Turkic-speaking Khalaj Frontier	Iran	20K	Khalaj	0%	0%
Gajal Gadzhal Frontier	Türkiye	19K	Turkish	0%	0%
Moor Frontier	Saudi Arabia	17K	Hassaniyya	0.1%	0.2%
Zartoshi Frontier	Iran	16K	Zoroastrian Dari	0%	0%
German Jews	Israel	16K	Standard German	0.1%	0.4%
Abaza Frontier	Türkiye	14K	Abaza	0%	0.1%
Cochin Jews Frontier	Israel	13K	Malayalam	0.1%	0.1%
Jadgali Frontier	Iran	12K	Jadgali	0%	0%
Sorkhei Frontier	Iran	12K	Sorkhei	0%	0%
Marathi-speaking Jew Frontier	Israel	12K	Marathi	< 0.1%	0.1%
Tunisian Jews Frontier	Israel	12K	Hebrew	0%	0%
Baharlu Frontier	Iran	11K	South Azerbaijani	0%	0%
Koroshi Frontier	Iran	11K	Koroshi	0%	0%
Yoruk Frontier	Türkiye	10K	Balkan Gagauz Turkish	0%	0%
Mashhadi Persian Jew Frontier	Israel	10K	Hebrew	0%	0%
Pomak	Türkiye	10K	Bulgarian	0.4%	1.5%
Gazi Frontier	Iran	10K	Gazi	0%	0%
Kurdish Jew Frontier	Israel	10K	Lishana Deni	0%	0%
Sivandi Frontier	Iran	10K	Sivandi	0%	0%
Soi Frontier	Iran	10K	Soi	0%	0%
Natanzi Frontier	Iran	10K	Natanzi	0%	0%
Nayini Frontier	Iran	10K	Nayini	0%	0%
Bashkardi Frontier	Iran	10K	Bashkardi	0%	0%
Northwestern Fars Frontier	Iran	10K	Northwestern Fars	0%	0%
Vietnamese	Cyprus	8K	Vietnamese	1.5%	9.9%
Aynallu Frontier	Iran	7K	South Azerbaijani	0%	0%
Kumzari Frontier	Oman	7K	Kumzari	0%	0%
Kurdish Jew Frontier	Israel	6K	Hulaula	0%	0%
Central Thai	Saudi Arabia	6K	Thai	0.9%	1.6%
Pontic Greek	Türkiye	5K	Pontic	0.5%	86.9%
Masalit	Israel	5K	Masalit	0.1%	0.2%
Uzbek Arab Frontier	Iran	5K	Uzbeki Arabic	0.2%	2%
Nafar Turks Frontier	Iran	5K	South Azerbaijani	0%	0%
Lishanan Jew Frontier	Israel	5K	Lishan Noshan	0%	0%
Qajar Frontier	Iran	4K	South Azerbaijani	0%	0%
Arbil Lishanid Noshan Frontier	Israel	4K	Jewish Inter-Zab Neo-Aramaic	0%	0%
Lezgin Frontier	Türkiye	4K	Lezgi	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Berber Jew Frontier	Israel	3K	Judeo-Berber	0%	0%
Qaragozlu Frontier	Iran	3K	South Azerbaijani	0%	0%
Arabized Harasi Frontier	Oman	3K	Omani Arabic	0%	0%
Dutch Jew	Israel	3K	Dutch	0.1%	0.5%
Galeshi Frontier	Iran	2K	Gilaki	0%	0%
Portuguese-speaking Jews	Israel	2K	Portuguese	0.3%	0.9%
Kumyk Frontier	Türkiye	2K	Kumyk	0%	0%
Samaritan Frontier	Palestine	2K	Hebrew	0%	0%
Romani Carpathian	Cyprus	2K	Carpathian Romani	1%	85%
Pishagchi Frontier	Iran	2K	South Azerbaijani	0%	0%
Moqaddam Frontier	Iran	1K	South Azerbaijani	0%	0%
Lasgerdi Frontier	Iran	1K	Lasgerdi	0%	0%
Shahmirzadi Frontier	Iran	1K	Shahmirzadi	0%	0%
Hobyot	Yemen	700	Hobyot	0%	0.1%
Bathari Frontier	Oman	400	Omani Arabic	0%	0%
Rudbari Frontier	Iran	300	Rudbari	0%	0%
Upper Taromi Frontier	Iran	300	Upper Taromi	0%	0%
Greek Jew Frontier	Cyprus	300	Greek	0%	0%
Yevanic Jew Frontier	Israel	90	Hebrew	0%	0%
Arabic-speaking Jew Frontier	Bahrain	80	Gulf Arabic	0%	0%
Dezfuli Frontier	Iran	10	Dezfuli	0%	0%

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