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1,390 people groups in the 10/40 Window have neither Scripture portions or the Jesus film available in their primary language, comprising 260,000,000 individuals.
10,187 people groups have the New Testament available in their primary language, totaling 6,352,000,000 individuals.
11 of Sudan’s 165 people groups have Christianity as their primary religion, and 130 have Islam as their primary religion.
2,001,000,000 individuals live in people groups (5,235) with very few, if any, believers.
2,630 people groups totaling 195,000,000 individuals have neither Scripture, the Jesus film, or Christian recordings available in their primary language.
2,670 people groups in the world have neither Scripture portions or audio recordings available in their primary language, comprising 204,000,000 individuals.
2080 people groups reside in more than one country, summing to 6,042,000,000 individuals.
3,185 people groups in South Asia are least-reached, totaling 1,575,000,000 individuals.
3/4 of the 25,000,000 Sikhs in India live in the state of Punjab. Nearly 3/4 of the 9,300,000 Buddhists in India live in the state of Maharashtra.
339 of the 550 people groups in China do not have even Bible portions available in their primary language.
35 of the 78 people groups in Afghanistan do not have even Bible portions available in their primary language.
544 of Indonesia’s 780 people groups do not have even Bible portions available in their primary language. The largest of these is the Betawi, 5,347,000.
830 people groups in Central Asia are least-reached, totaling 437,000,000 individuals.
9,727 people groups have the Jesus Film in their primary language, totaling 6,552,000,000 individuals.
All but five small groups of Sri Lanka’s 50 people groups have at least Bible portions available in their primary language.
Census data indicates there are some 25,000,000 Sikhs in India, and 6,400,000 Jains.
Central Asia has only 1,231,000 evangelicals, followed by the Middle East and North Africa (4,478,000) and Eastern Europe and Eurasia (10,263,000).
China has the largest number of individuals whose primary language does not have Bible portions (204,000,000 individuals).
East and Southern Africa is the least urbanized (31%) region of the world. (World Factbook 2011)
English is spoken as the primary language by 492 people groups, with Hindi spoken by 552 and Bengali spoken by 378.
Evangelicals are growing at an annual rate of 2.6%, compared to Islam at 1.9% and Hinduism at 1.2% (Operation World 2010)
Five countries have more than 500 people groups, with India exceeding 2200.
France has 27 Muslim people groups, the largest of which is the Algerians, with 1,275,000 people.
If the India state of Uttar Pradesh were a country, it would be the 5th most populous in the world. (Operation World 2010).
In 2011, 52% of the world’s population was urban (World Factbook).
India has 2,027 least-reached groups, followed by China (456), and Pakistan (444).
India has the largest number of groups whose primary religion is Islam (370), followed by Pakistan with 331 and Indonesia with 243.
Indonesia has the greatest population of Muslim groups (221,000,000), followed by Pakistan (184,000,000) and India (159,000,000).
Indonesia has the most people groups (544) whose primary language does not have Bible portions, totaling nearly 40,000,000 individuals.
Iran is the country with the fastest growing Evangelical population at 19.6% annual growth. (Operation World 2010).
Nearly one third (2.2 billion individuals) of the earth’s population reside in only 250 Least-Reached people groups.
Nigeria has 346 people groups (19,220,000 individuals) whose primary language does not have Bible portions available.
North America and the Caribbean have the most Evangelicals (100,500,000), followed by East and Southern Africa (100,100,000). (Operation World 2010)
Northeast Asia has 157 languages (37,400,000 speakers) without scripture, Jesus film, Gospel recordings, or God’s Story video.
Northeast Asia has the highest number of individuals practicing Animism (68,500,000), followed by East and Southern Africa (47,000,000). (Operation World 2010)
Of India’s 2,250 people groups, 1,286 have populations over 10,000, the largest being a Muslim group, the Shaikh at 77,725,000.
Of Iran’s 93 people groups, all but eight are least-reached, and all of the eight are expatriate groups.
Of Nigeria’s 529 people groups, 118 do not have Bible portions, the Jesus film, or gospel recordings available in their primary language, or 1,700,000 individuals.
Of the 8,270 groups whose populations are under 10,000, the total number of individuals is less than 22,000,000.
Only 60 people groups comprise 50% of the world’s population.
Papua New Guinea has the largest number of groups whose primary religion is Christianity (802), followed by Indonesia with 374.
Russia has 68 Muslim people groups, the largest of which is the Tatars, with 5,250,000 people.
Some 65-70% of the world’s population live in religiously restrictive countries.
South Asia has the most least-reached people groups (2,776), followed by Central Asia (832). The South Pacific has the fewest at 45.
South Asia has the most people groups (3,060), followed by West and Central Africa (2,230), and the Middle East / North Africa has the least (590).
South Asia including Pakistan has nearly four times as many unreached people groups (3,185) as any other region of the world.
Southeast Asia has 624 languages (18,000,000 speakers) without scripture, Jesus film, Gospel recordings, or God’s Story video.
The 17th Edition of the Ethnologue indicates there are 7,105 languages in the world, including 906 which are dying.
The four largest Least-Reached people groups are the Shaikh of Bangladesh, Japanese of Japan, the Shaikh of India, and the Brahman of India.
The global annual growth rate of Christianity in general is 1.2%, but the growth rate of Evangelicals is 2.6% (Operation World 2010)
The Gond of India speak 106 languages, and the Rajput speak 100.
The Hindi people cluster has the greatest number of unreached groups (583, unreached population 494,000,000), then the Bengali (365, unreached population 344,000,000).
The largest group without even Scripture portions in their primary language is the Jin Chinese of China, population 62,000,000.
The largest Hindu group is the Brahman of India, population 57,346,000.
The largest Least-Reached group in Central Asia without Scripture, Jesus film, or audio recordings is the Zaza-Dimli of Turkey, with 1,155,000 people.
The largest Least-Reached group in Northeast Asia without Scripture, Jesus film, or audio recordings is the Guibian Zhuang of China, with 10,700,000 people.
The largest Least-Reached group in Southeast Asia without Scripture, Jesus film, or audio recordings is the Kedah Malay of Malaysia, with 3,100,000 people.
The largest Least-Reached group in the Middle East / North Africa without Scripture, Jesus film, or audio recordings are the Hijazi Arabs of Saudi Arabia, with 9,200,000 people.
The largest Muslim people group is the Shaikh of Bangladesh, population 135,000,000.
The largest people cluster is the Chinese (1,322,000,000), followed by the Hindi (496,000,000), and the Bengali (344,000,000).
The Mandarin Chinese have a combined population of over 834,000,000 (all countries of residence).
The median population of all people groups for which Joshua Project has population values is 10,564. The mean population is 438,218.
The Mumbai district of Maharashtra state in India has over 10,000,000 residents, more than many countries of the world.
The Muslim Shaikh have a combined population of over 218,000,000 (Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Nepal).
The Nai of India have 70 alternate names, and the Badhai also have 70 alternate names.
The top 10 countries with the largest Christian populations include all of the “BRIC” countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China). (Operation World 2010)
The United States has the largest population of groups whose primary religion is Christianity (297,000,000), followed by Brazil (201,000,000).
The United States, China, Brazil and Nigeria have the greatest number of evangelicals according to Operation World 2010. Kenya has the highest percent evangelicals at 48.9%.
The unreached Parsee, found in 12 countries with over 159,000 in total, practice Zoroastrianism.
There are 1,177 Christian majority people groups over 100,000 in size.
There are 1,310 primarily Christian groups in the 10/40 Window, the largest being the Yoruba of Nigeria (31,000,000).
There are 107 Buddhist majority people groups over 100,000 in size.
There are 644 Hindu majority people groups over 100,000 in size.
There are 877 Muslim majority people groups over 100,000 in size.
There are seven Least-Reached people groups each over 50,000,000 in population, the largest being the Shaikh of Bangladesh (135,000,000).
There are some 458,000 villages in India with no known Christian presence.

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