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Map of Unreached Peoples

Each bubble is a people in a country; the size is its population. Hover to learn more and click to pray.

The size of the task

3.7B

people live in 4.615 people groups that remain unreached where they are, across 206 countries. That is nearly half of humanity.

Frontier people groups

3.306 of the 4.615 unreached people groups are frontier peoples, with virtually no known believers and no gospel movement.

What they believe

Islã and Hinduísmo

are the main religion of 75,2% of the unreached peoples. The bar shows the share among the 4.615 groups:

  • 1.830 Islã 39,7%
  • 1.637 Hinduísmo 35,5%
  • 705 Religiões Étnicas 15,3%
  • 277 Budismo 6%
  • 166 Outras 3,6%

Where they live

India

is the country with the most unreached peoples in the world: 2.064 groups, totaling 1.4B people in unreached contexts.

India2.064peoples · 1.4B Pakistan765peoples · 251.2M China442peoples · 139.7M Bangladesh259peoples · 173.6M Indonesia234peoples · 195M
Frontier people Size = population

Coordinates and data: Joshua Project. Also explore the nations.

Start with one people

These are some of the largest unreached peoples in the world. Pick one, get to know their story, and pray.

Bengali Muçulmano Bangladesh · 133.3M · Islã Japonês Japan · 117.8M · Budismo Shaikh India · 90.4M · Islã · Frontier people Vietnamitas Vietnam · 84.6M · Budismo Árabe Egípcio Muçulmano Egypt · 67.3M · Islã Brâmane India · 61.6M · Hinduísmo · Frontier people
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Where the 3.7B figure comes from

The total adds up, country by country, the population of each people group in the places where it remains unreached or minimally reached, according to the Joshua Project scale. Peoples already reached worldwide also count, but only through their pockets: for Koreans, the 26 million in North Korea count, not the millions living in countries where the people has been reached.

The figure does not mean half the world has never heard of Jesus. It means these people belong to groups that, where they live, still lack a local Christian community able to reach them without outside help. The data are estimates and refresh with every site publication.

Data updated on 10/07/2026.

Coordinates and data: Joshua Project. Also explore the nations.

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How to cite this page

These figures are free to use in sermons, classes, articles and research. We only ask that you cite the source.

ROUTE OF NATIONS. Map of Unreached Peoples. 2026. Available at: https://routeofnations.com/unreached-peoples-map/. Accessed: 29/07/2026.

Content on this page is licensed under CC BY 4.0. People group data from Joshua Project.