Unreached peoples of Eastern Europe

145 unreached peoples in Eastern Europe: 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

145unreached

31.8Mpeople

9countries

81frontier peoples

90.3% Unreached (131)
9.7% Minimally reached (14)

Source: Joshua Project. Estimates, may vary.

The Bible in these peoples’ languages

64Complete Bible

59Only portions of the Bible

15No book translated

46.4% Complete Bible (64)
21.7% New Testament complete (30)
21% Portions translated (29)
10.9% No book translated (15)

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

Unreached people groups · 145

People	Country	Population	Language	Evang.	Chr.
Czech	Czechia	10M	Czech	0.7%	26%
Tatar	Russia	4.8M	Tatar	0.4%	2.6%
Chechen Frontier	Russia	1.7M	Chechen	0%	0%
Bashkir	Russia	1.6M	Bashkort	1.1%	4%
Chuvash	Russia	1.1M	Chuvash	1.5%	50%
Avar Frontier	Russia	897K	Avar	0%	0%
Turk Frontier	Bulgaria	646K	Turkish	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Dargin Frontier	Russia	625K	Dargwa	0%	0%
Kazakh	Russia	602K	Kazakh	0.2%	0.4%
Kumyk Frontier	Russia	564K	Kumyk	0%	0%
Kabardian Cherkess Frontier	Russia	523K	Kabardian	0%	0%
Eastern Circassian Kabardian Frontier	Russia	522K	Kabardian	< 0.1%	0.1%
Ingush Frontier	Russia	516K	Ingush	0%	0%
North Azeri	Russia	515K	North Azerbaijani	0.2%	0.5%
Lezgin Frontier	Russia	491K	Lezgi	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Ossetian Frontier	Russia	484K	Ossetic	0.1%	7.7%
Yakut	Russia	477K	Yakut	0.1%	3%
Karachay Frontier	Russia	463K	Karachay-Balkar	0%	0%
Russian Buryat	Russia	459K	Russian Buryat	< 0.1%	1%
Tajik Frontier	Russia	355K	Tajik	0.1%	0.1%
Northern Uzbek Frontier	Russia	332K	Northern Uzbek	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Tuvan	Russia	294K	Tuvan	0.3%	1.4%
Crimean Tatars	Ukraine	281K	Crimean Tatar	< 0.1%	0.1%
Deaf Frontier	Belarus	241K	Pakistan Sign Language	1.8%	3.7%
Kalmyk-Oirat	Russia	179K	Kalmyk-Oirat	0.2%	0.3%
Lak Frontier	Russia	174K	Lak	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Tabasaran Frontier	Russia	152K	Tabasaran	0%	0%
Eastern Mari	Russia	150K	Meadow Mari	0.5%	45%
Tobol-Irtysh Siberian Tatar Frontier	Russia	150K	Siberian Tatar	0%	0%
Komi-Zyrian	Russia	149K	Komi-Zyrian	1.1%	32%
Kyrgyz Frontier	Russia	137K	Kyrgyz	0.1%	0.3%
Balkar Frontier	Russia	125K	Karachay-Balkar	0%	< 0.1%
Adyghe Frontier	Russia	111K	Adyghe	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Nogai Tatar Frontier	Russia	111K	Nogai	0%	0%
Digor Frontier	Russia	100K	Ossetic	0%	0%
Akkin Frontier	Russia	100K	Chechen	0%	0%
Altai-Kizhi	Russia	83K	Southern Altai	0.3%	2%
Russian Jew	Russia	80K	Russian	1.8%	2.1%
Meskhetian Turk Frontier	Russia	73K	Russian	0%	0%
Avar Andalal and Qarakh Frontier	Russia	70K	Avar	0%	0%
Pomak	Bulgaria	63K	Bulgarian	0.4%	1.5%
Khakass Tatar	Russia	61K	Khakas	1.1%	2.8%
Astrakhan Tatar	Russia	60K	Tatar	0.5%	2%
Avar Antsukh Frontier	Russia	60K	Avar	0%	0%
Vietnamese	Czechia	59K	Vietnamese	1.5%	9.9%
Komi-Permyak	Russia	57K	Komi-Permyak	1.2%	43%
Batlukh / Gid Frontier	Russia	50K	Botlikh	0%	0%
Nenets	Russia	49K	Nenets	0.7%	4%
Hungarian-speaking Jew Frontier	Hungary	45K	Hungarian	0.1%	0.1%
Abaza Frontier	Russia	42K	Abaza	0%	0.1%
Turkmen Frontier	Russia	41K	Turkmen	< 0.1%	0.1%
Avar Batlukh-Gid Frontier	Russia	40K	Avar	0%	0%
Muirin / Gubden Frontier	Russia	39K	Dargwa	0%	0%
Evenki	Russia	39K	Evenki	0.2%	2.8%
South Asian	Russia	35K	Hindi	1.2%	4.3%
Rutul Frontier	Russia	34K	Rutul	0.1%	0.1%
Aghul Frontier	Russia	34K	Aghul	0%	0%
Khanty Ostyak	Russia	31K	Khanty	0.9%	4%
Andi Qwannab Frontier	Russia	30K	Andi	0%	0%
Tsakhur	Russia	29K	Tsakhur	0.1%	0.1%
Arab	Ukraine	28K	Swahili	1.9%	14.4%
Yazidi	Russia	26K	Northern Kurdish	0.1%	0.1%
Kurmanji Kurd Frontier	Russia	25K	Northern Kurdish	< 0.1%	0.1%
Slovak Romani	Czechia	22K	Slovak	1%	80%
Uzbek Arab Frontier	Russia	21K	Uzbeki Arabic	0.2%	2%
Kaitag Frontier	Russia	21K	Kaitag	0%	0%
Baraba Siberian Tatar Frontier	Russia	20K	Siberian Tatar	0%	0%
Tsudakar Frontier	Russia	20K	Dargwa	0%	0%
Even Lamut	Russia	20K	Even	0.3%	3%
Bosniak Frontier	Hungary	19K	Bosnian	< 0.1%	0.3%
Didoi Tsez Frontier	Russia	18K	Dido	0%	0%
Chukchi	Russia	16K	Chukchi	1.3%	4%
Japanese	Russia	16K	Japanese	0.5%	1.6%
Muslim Tat Frontier	Russia	15K	Muslim Tat	0.3%	0.3%
Eastern Yiddish-speaking Jew Frontier	Belarus	13K	Eastern Yiddish	3.5%	4.2%
Mansi Vogul	Russia	12K	Mansi (Russian Federation)	0.6%	4%
Nanai Gold	Russia	12K	Nanai	0.9%	4%
Shor Tatar	Russia	10K	Shor	0.5%	30%
Tindi Frontier	Russia	10K	Tindi	0%	0%
Chamal Frontier	Russia	10K	Chamalal	0%	0%
Abkhaz Frontier	Russia	10K	Abkhaz	0.1%	2.8%
Bezhta Frontier	Russia	9K	Bezhta	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Dolgan	Russia	8K	Dolgan	0.9%	5%
Tat Jew Frontier	Russia	8K	Judeo-Tat	0%	0%
Koryak Nymylan	Russia	8K	Koryak	0.9%	5%
Polish Jew	Poland	8K	Polish	0.4%	0.6%
Kubachi Frontier	Russia	7K	Kubachi	0%	0%
Akhvakh Frontier	Russia	7K	Akhvakh	0%	0%
Karata Frontier	Russia	7K	Karata	0%	0%
Tomsk Tatar Frontier	Russia	7K	Siberian Tatar	0%	0%
Bagulal Frontier	Russia	7K	Bagvalal	0%	0%
Pashtun Frontier	Russia	5K	Central Pashto	0%	0%
Afghan	Russia	5K	Dari	0.1%	0.1%
Sinte Roma	Czechia	5K	Sinte Romani	2.1%	67.9%
Khvarshin Frontier	Russia	5K	Khvarshi	0%	0%
Soyot Frontier	Russia	4K	Tuvan	0%	0%
Gilyak Nivkh	Russia	4K	Gilyak	0.4%	5.1%
Komi-Yazva	Russia	4K	Komi-Zyrian	1%	40%
Czech Jew Frontier	Czechia	4K	Czech	0%	0%
Talysh Frontier	Russia	4K	Talysh	0%	0%
Hasidic Jew Frontier	Russia	4K	Hebrew	0%	0%
Selkup Ostyak Samoyed	Russia	3K	Selkup	0.7%	5%
Bukharan Jew Frontier	Russia	3K	English	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Chirag / Amuq Frontier	Russia	3K	Dargwa	0%	0%
Godoberi Frontier	Russia	3K	Ghodoberi	0%	0%
Dungan Frontier	Russia	3K	Dungan	0.1%	0.1%
Romani Carpathian	Czechia	3K	Carpathian Romani	1%	85%
Itelmen	Russia	3K	Russian	0.9%	5%
Slovak-Speaking Jews Frontier	Slovakia	3K	Slovak	0%	0%
Ulchi	Russia	3K	Ulch	0.7%	4%
Kumandin Frontier	Russia	2K	Northern Altai	0%	0%
Ghunzib Frontier	Russia	2K	Hunzib	0%	0%
Romanian Jew Frontier	Romania	2K	Hebrew	0.1%	0.1%
Teleut Altai	Russia	2K	Southern Altai	1%	2.9%
Hemshin Frontier	Russia	2K	Turkish	< 0.1%	0.1%
Tubalar Frontier	Russia	2K	Northern Altai	0%	0%
Alutor Frontier	Russia	2K	Russian	0%	0%
Archi Frontier	Russia	2K	Archi	0%	0%
Shapsug Circassian Frontier	Russia	2K	Adyghe	0%	0%
Tuvans-todzhans Frontier	Russia	2K	Tuvan	0%	0%
Yukagir	Russia	2K	Russian	0.6%	3%
Siberian Eskimo	Russia	2K	St. Lawrence Island Yupik	1.6%	12.7%
Former Yugoslav (general)	Czechia	2K	Serbian	0.5%	60%
Krymchak Frontier	Ukraine	2K	Ukrainian	0%	0%
Karaite Jew Frontier	Ukraine	2K	Karaim	0%	0%
Kamchadal	Russia	2K	Russian	0.9%	4%
Udege	Russia	1K	Russian	1%	15%
Orochi Frontier	Ukraine	1K	Oroch	0.2%	1.6%
Chelkan Frontier	Russia	1K	Northern Altai	0%	0%
Bulgarian Jew	Bulgaria	1K	Bulgarian	0.1%	0.5%
Orok	Ukraine	1K	Orok	0.5%	3.8%
Chuvan	Russia	1K	Russian	0.8%	31.3%
Mishar Tatar	Russia	800	Tatar	0.2%	1%
Nganasan	Russia	700	Russian	0.3%	5%
Tofalar	Russia	700	Russian	0.5%	5%
Kist	Russia	700	Chechen	0.2%	0.2%
Ginukh Frontier	Russia	600	Hinukh	0%	0%
Yupik Naukan	Russia	500	Russian	0.8%	5%
Negidal Nizovsk	Russia	500	Russian	0.3%	5%
Eastern Aleut	Russia	400	Aleut	3.5%	56%
Chulym Tatar Frontier	Russia	400	Russian	0%	0%
Ainu (Japan)	Russia	300	Ainu (Japan)	0.5%	1%
Taz	Russia	200	Russian	0.7%	5%
Enets	Russia	200	Russian	0%	4%
Kerek Frontier	Russia	20	Russian	0%	0%

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