FRONTIER UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS

Top 31 Unreached people groups listed on the 2025 MPH.

A Frontier People Group (FPG) is an Unreached People Group with virtually no followers of Jesus an no known movements. The Joshua Project approximates FPGs as having 0.1% or fewer Christian Adherents and no confirmed, sustained movement.

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New Unreached People Group Prayer Group Focus

The 2025 Missionary Prayer Handbook features 36 new missionaries and one new country listing. The MPH lists more than 750 missionaries commended from local churches in the US and Canada and includes their contact information and a description of their ministries. 

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Reaching South Asia

Of the 17,260 people groups worldwide, 3,806 are located in South Asia. However, 91 percent of these remain unreached; the Gospel has not taken root and spread among them because they lack Indigenous communities of Christians equipped to evangelize without outside assistance. 

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 People GroupPopulationLanguageReligionWritten ScriptureChristiansContinentCountry 
Day 1Bengali Muslim125,781,000 BengaliIslamComplete BibleLess than 0.1%South AsiaBangladeshhttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/22492/BG
Day 2Shaikh87,933,000 UrduIslamComplete BibleLess than 0.1%South AsiaIndiahttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/18084/IN
Day 3Yadav (Hindu traditions)50,210,000 HindiHinduismComplete BibleLess than 0.1%South AsiaIndiahttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/16187/IN
Day 4Chamar (Hindu traditions)49,474,000 HindiHinduismComplete BibleLess than 0.1%South AsiaIndiahttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/16561/IN
Day 5Brahmin42,475,000 HindiHinduismComplete BibleLess than 0.1%South AsiaIndiahttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/16521/IN
Day 6Mahratta38,500,000 MarathiHinduismComplete BibleLess than 0.1%South AsiaIndiahttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/17554/IN
Day 7Rajput (Hindu traditions)33,917,000 HindiHinduismComplete BibleLess than 0.1%South AsiaIndiahttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/17928/INv
Day 8Pashtun, Northern32,597,000 Pashto, CentralIslamUnknownLess than 0.1%South AsiaPakistanhttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/14256/PK
Day 9Bania20,869,000 HindiHinduismComplete BibleLess than 0.1%South AsiaIndiahttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/16318/IN
Day 10Kurmi (Hindu traditions)20,682,000 HindiHinduismComplete BibleLess than 0.1%South AsiaIndiahttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/17334/IN
Day 11Teli (Hindu traditions)20,601,000 HindiHinduismComplete BibleLess than 0.1%South AsiaIndiahttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/14039/UZ
Day 12Jat (Hindu traditions)19,720,000 HindiHinduismComplete BibleLess than 0.1%South AsiaIndiahttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/12329/IN
Day 13Kunbi (Hindu traditions)19,174,000 GujaratiHinduismComplete BibleLess than 0.1%South AsiaIndiahttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/17325/IN
Day 14Bhil17,888,000 GujaratiHinduismComplete BibleLess than 0.1%South AsiaIndiahttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/16414/IN
Day 15Kumhar (Kusavar) (Hindu traditions)17,237,000 HindiHinduismComplete BibleLess than 0.1%South AsiaIndiahttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/17316/IN
Day 16Kapu17,105,000 TeluguHinduismComplete BibleLess than 0.1%South AsiaIndiahttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/19597/IN
Day 17Dhobi (Hindu traditions)14,867,000 HindiHinduismComplete BibleLess than 0.1%South AsiaIndiahttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/16709/IN
Day 18Mali (Hindu traditions)14,528,000 HindiHinduismComplete BibleLess than 0.1%South AsiaIndiahttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/18786/IN
Day 19Jat (Muslim traditions)14,255,000 SaraikiIslamNew TestamentLess than 0.1%South AsiaPakistanhttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/17571/PK
Day 20Vanniyan13,727,000 TamilHinduismComplete BibleLess than 0.1%South AsiaIndiahttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/18323/IN
Day 21Nai (Hindu traditions)13,045,000 HindiHinduismComplete BibleLess than 0.1%South AsiaIndiahttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/17745/IN
Day 22Shaikh12,689,000 SindhiIslamComplete BibleLess than 0.1%South AsiaPakistanhttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/18084/PK
Day 23Gond12,447,000 HindiHinduismComplete BibleLess than 0.1%South AsiaIndiahttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/16855/IN
Day 24Sylhet (Muslim traditions)11,634,000 SylhetiIslamNew TestamentLess than 0.1%South AsiaBangladeshhttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/22311/BG
Day 25Arain (Muslim traditions)11,631,000 Punjabi, WesternIslamNew TestamentLess than 0.1%South AsiaPakistanhttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/16228/PK
Day 26Ansari11,541,000 UrduIslamComplete BibleLess than 0.1%South AsiaIndiahttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/16221/IN
Day 27Pashtun, Pathan11,228,000 UrduIslamComplete BibleLess than 0.1%South AsiaIndiahttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/21537/IN
Day 28Mahishya11,192,000 BengaliHinduismComplete BibleLess than 0.1%South AsiaIndiahttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/17411/IN
Day 29Deaf in South Asia14,307,400 Sign LanguageHinduism/IslamportionsLess than 0.1%South AsiaSouth Asiahttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/19007
Day 30Jat (Sikh traditions)10,720,000 Punjabi, EasternOther / SmallComplete BibleLess than 0.1%South AsiaIndiahttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/18777/IN
Day 31Lohar (Hindu traditions)10,393,000 HindiHinduismComplete BibleLess than 0.1%South AsiaIndiahttps://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/17379/IN