Unreached peoples of Oceania

71 unreached peoples in Oceania: 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

71unreached

2.9Mpeople

6countries

23frontier peoples

66.2% Unreached (47)
33.8% Minimally reached (24)

Source: Joshua Project. Estimates, may vary.

The Bible in these peoples’ languages

39Complete Bible

17Only portions of the Bible

13No book translated

56.5% Complete Bible (39)
21.7% New Testament complete (15)
2.9% Portions translated (2)
18.8% No book translated (13)

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

Unreached people groups · 71

People	Country	Population	Language	Evang.	Chr.
Vietnamese	Australia	320K	Vietnamese	1.5%	9.9%
Malay Frontier	Australia	206K	Malay	0.1%	0.1%
South Asian	New Zealand	177K	Hindi	1.2%	4.3%
Punjabi	Australia	172K	Eastern Punjabi	0.3%	1%
Western Punjabi Frontier	Australia	138K	Western Punjabi	0%	< 0.1%
Generic Nepali	Australia	138K	Nepali	1.6%	2%
Gujarati Frontier	Australia	109K	Gujarati	0.3%	1.4%
Japanese	Australia	93K	Japanese	0.5%	1.6%
Hindu Tamil	Australia	89K	Tamil	3.4%	6.7%
Sinhalese	Australia	88K	Sinhala	1.3%	3.6%
Urdu Frontier	Australia	87K	Urdu	0%	< 0.1%
Syrian-Lebanese Arab	Australia	86K	Levantine Arabic	1.3%	36%
English-speaking Jews	Australia	83K	English	1.7%	2.5%
Bengali-speaking South Asian	Australia	81K	Bengali	0.2%	0.8%
Iraqi Arab	Australia	80K	Mesopotamian Arabic	0.2%	1.2%
Malayali	Australia	79K	Tamil	3.6%	10.9%
Hindi	New Zealand	73K	Hindi	0.7%	2%
Central Thai	Australia	70K	Thai	0.9%	1.6%
Persian	Australia	68K	Iranian Persian	1.5%	1.8%
Turk Frontier	Australia	65K	Turkish	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Arab	Australia	52K	Swahili	1.9%	14.4%
Central Khmer	Australia	47K	Khmer	1.3%	3.1%
Deaf Frontier	Papua New Guinea	45K	Pakistan Sign Language	1.8%	3.7%
Sudanese Arab Frontier	Australia	38K	Sudanese Arabic	0.1%	0.4%
Afghan	Australia	38K	Dari	0.1%	0.1%
Turkish Cypriot	Australia	31K	Turkish	0.2%	0.4%
Bhojpuri-speaking Biharis	Fiji	28K	Bhojpuri	0.7%	8.1%
Hazara Frontier	Australia	23K	Hazaragi	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Mahratta Frontier	Australia	22K	Marathi	0%	0%
Northern Iraqi Arab	Australia	20K	North Mesopotamian Arabic	0.2%	0.7%
Burmese	Australia	18K	Burmese	0.1%	0.4%
Bosniak Frontier	Australia	18K	Bosnian	< 0.1%	0.3%
Kannadiga	Australia	17K	Kannada	0.7%	2.6%
Somali Frontier	Australia	15K	Somali	0.1%	0.2%
Lao	Australia	12K	Lao	1.9%	3.5%
Swahili Frontier	Australia	12K	Swahili	0.9%	1.8%
Drukpa Frontier	Australia	12K	Dzongkha	0%	0%
Albanian	Australia	10K	Gheg Albanian	0.5%	24.3%
Pashtun Frontier	Australia	10K	Central Pashto	0%	0%
Mandaean Sabean Frontier	Australia	10K	Neo-Mandaic	< 0.1%	1%
Kurmanji Kurd Frontier	Australia	10K	Northern Kurdish	< 0.1%	0.1%
Northeastern Isan Thai	New Zealand	9K	Northeastern Thai	< 0.1%	0.4%
Czech	Australia	9K	Czech	0.7%	26%
Hasidic Jew Frontier	Australia	8K	Hebrew	0%	0%
Min Nan Han Chinese	New Zealand	7K	Min Nan Chinese	6.8%	10.8%
Telugu-Speaking South Asian	New Zealand	5K	Telugu	1.8%	5.4%
Uyghur Frontier	Australia	5K	Uyghur	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Tehrani Persian Jew Frontier	Australia	5K	Iranian Persian	0%	0%
New Caledonian Javanese	New Caledonia	4K	New Caledonian Javanese	1%	15%
Yazidi	Australia	4K	Northern Kurdish	0.1%	0.1%
Byari (Beary) Frontier	Australia	4K	Konkani	< 0.1%	< 0.1%
Eastern Arrernte	Australia	3K	Eastern Arrernte	2%	40%
Litvish Jew Frontier	Australia	3K	Hebrew	0%	0%
Hmong Njua	Australia	3K	Hmong Njua	5.5%	15.8%
Pay	Papua New Guinea	3K	Mala (Bogia District)	2%	20%
Sindhi Frontier	Australia	3K	Sindhi	< 0.1%	0.4%
Cocos Malay Frontier	Australia	2K	Malay	0%	0%
Mari Hop	Papua New Guinea	2K	Mari (Papua New Guinea, Madang Province)	2%	15%
Nanubae	Papua New Guinea	2K	Nanubae	1%	10%
Ambrak	Papua New Guinea	600	Ambrak	2%	30%
Chinese	Christmas Island	600	Mandarin Chinese	4.5%	8.5%
Andai	Papua New Guinea	500	Andai	2%	15%
Tapei	Papua New Guinea	300	Tapei	2%	20%
Piame	Papua New Guinea	300	Piame	2%	15%
Foia Foia	Papua New Guinea	300	Foia Foia	1%	20%
Pei	Papua New Guinea	300	Pefiyahe	0%	25%
Aimele	Papua New Guinea	300	Eibela	1.6%	10%
Chenapian	Papua New Guinea	300	Chenapian	2%	15%
Kukatja	Australia	100	Kukatja	2%	40%
Unserdeutsch	Australia	100	Unserdeutsch	-	40%
Nangikurrunggurr	Australia	30	Ngan'gityemerri	1%	40%

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