Country: Iran

People Groups
Total

94

People Groups Unreached

84 (89.4%)

People Groups Unreached Frontier

69 (73.4%)

Population
Total

92,385,000

Population in Unreached

91,788,000 (99.4%)

Population in Unreached Frontier

15,991,000 (17.3%)

% Evangelical

1.20%

Progress Level

Progress Gauge
Map Notes

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Photo People Group Population
this Ctry
Population
Global
Count
Ctrys
Indigenous Primary Language Primary
Religion
Progress
Scale
% Christian
Adherent
% Evangelical Needed
Workers
 Afghan, Tajik 419,000 12,534,000 4 Dari Islam ☀︎ 0.01 % 0.01 % 8
 Afshari 416,000 433,000 2 Azerbaijani, South Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 8
 Aimaq 259,000 2,378,000 5 Aimaq Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 5
 Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken 305,000 7,813,000 12 Arabic, Gulf Islam 1.20 % 0.10 % 6
 Arab, Iranian 596,000 596,000 1 Arabic, Mesopotamian Islam 0.30 % 0.29 % 12
 Armenian 355,000 6,047,000 54 Armenian Christianity 94.00 % 8.00 % -
 Assyrian 120,000 851,000 22 Assyrian Neo-Aramaic Christianity 97.00 % 0.50 % -
 Astiani 28,000 28,000 1 Ashtiani Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Aynallu 7,200 7,200 1 Azerbaijani, South Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk 18,188,000 18,620,000 6 Azerbaijani, South Islam 1.80 % 1.60 % 364
 Baharlu 11,000 11,000 1 Azerbaijani, South Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Bakhtiari 1,325,000 1,325,000 1 Bakhtiari Islam 0.20 % 0.20 % 27
 Baloch, Southern 607,000 1,795,000 6 Balochi, Southern Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 12
 Baloch, Western 905,000 1,373,000 4 Balochi, Western Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 18
 Bashkardi 9,700 9,700 1 Bashkardi Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Brahui 25,000 726,000 4 Brahui Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 British 3,800 55,399,000 126 English Christianity 60.00 % 8.00 % -
 Chinese, general 3,700 16,066,000 64 Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions 15.00 % 8.00 % -
 Deaf 462,000 51,182,000 216 Iranian Sign Language Islam 0.51 % 9
Dezfuli Unknown Unknown 1 Dezfuli Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Fars, Northwestern 9,600 9,600 1 Fars, Northwestern Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Fars, Southwestern 118,000 118,000 1 Fars, Southwestern Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
 French 11,000 52,107,000 113 French Christianity 63.00 % 1.00 % -
 Galeshi 2,300 2,300 1 Gilaki Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Gazi 9,900 9,900 1 Gazi Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
  Totals:  94 92,385,000           69 ☀︎  84 1.89 % 1.20 % 1,866 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 33,000                  
  UN Country Population (2025) 92,418,000                  

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Province Estimated
Population
Alborz 3,106,000
Ardebil 1,455,000
Bushehr 1,332,000
Chahar Mahall and Bakhtiari 1,086,000
East Azarbaijan 4,478,000
Esfahan 5,865,000
Fars 5,556,000
Gilan 2,899,000
Golestan 2,141,000
Hamadan 1,991,000
Hormozgan 2,034,000
Ilam 664,000
Kerman 3,625,000
Kermanshah 2,236,000
Khuzestan 5,396,000
Kohgiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad 817,000
Kordestan 1,836,000
Lorestan 2,017,000
Markazi 1,637,000
Mazandaran 3,761,000
North Khorasan 988,000
Qazvin 1,459,000
Qom 1,480,000
Razavi Khorasan 7,370,000
Semnan 804,000
Sistan and Baluchestan 3,178,000
South Khorasan 881,000
Tehran 15,197,000
West Azarbaijan 3,740,000
Yazd 1,305,000
Zanjan 1,211,000
Provinces:  31 91,545,000
UN Country Population 92,418,000
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Language Code # Peoples
w/ this Primary
Language
# Unreached
w/ this Primary
Language
Scripture
Status
YouVersion
Bible
Resources
Faith Comes
By Hearing
Bible Resources
Jesus Film
Online
Global
Recordings
Resources
Gospel
Tract
Online
Aimaq aiq 1 1 Unspecified
Alviri-Vidari avd 1 1 Unspecified
Arabic, Gulf afb 1 1 Bible Portions
Arabic, Mesopotamian acm 1 1 New Testament
Armenian hye 1 0 Complete Bible
Ashtiani atn 1 1 Unspecified
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic aii 1 0 Complete Bible
Azerbaijani, South azb 10 10 Complete Bible
Bakhtiari bqi 1 1 Bible Portions
Balochi, Southern bcc 1 1 Unspecified
Balochi, Western bgn 1 1 Unspecified
Bashkardi bsg 1 1 Unspecified
Brahui brh 1 1 New Testament
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Dari prs 1 1 Complete Bible
Dari, Zoroastrian gbz 1 1 Unspecified
Dezfuli def 1 1 New Testament
English eng 1 0 Complete Bible
Fars, Northwestern faz 1 1 Unspecified
Fars, Southwestern fay 1 1 Unspecified
French fra 1 0 Complete Bible
Gazi gzi 1 1 Unspecified
Georgian kat 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Standard deu 1 0 Complete Bible
Gilaki glk 2 2 Unspecified
Gujarati guj 1 1 Complete Bible
Gurani hac 1 1 Bible Portions
Harzani hrz 1 1 Unspecified
Hazaragi haz 1 1 Bible Portions
Hulaula huy 1 1 Unspecified
Iranian Sign Language psc 1 1 Bible Portions
Italian ita 1 0 Complete Bible
Jadgali jdg 1 1 Bible Portions
Judeo-Persian jpr 1 1 Complete Bible
Karakalpak kaa 1 1 Complete Bible
Karingani kgn 1 1 Unspecified
Kashkay qxq 1 1 New Testament
Kazakh kaz 1 1 Complete Bible
Khalaj klj 1 1 Unspecified
Khorasani Turkish kmz 1 1 Unspecified
Khunsari kfm 1 1 Unspecified
Korean kor 1 0 Complete Bible
Koroshi ktl 1 1 Unspecified
Kumzari zum 1 1 Translation Needed
Kurdish, Central ckb 1 1 Complete Bible
Kurdish, Northern kmr 3 3 Complete Bible
Kurdish, Southern sdh 1 1 New Testament
Laki lki 1 1 New Testament
Lari lrl 1 1 New Testament
Lasgerdi lsa 1 1 Translation Needed
Luri, Northern lrc 1 1 New Testament
Luri, Southern luz 2 2 Bible Portions
Mazandarani mzn 1 1 New Testament
Natanzi ntz 1 1 Translation Needed
Nayini nyq 1 1 Translation Needed
Neo-Mandaic mid 1 1 Unspecified
Parsi-Dari prd 1 1 Unspecified
Pashto, Southern pbt 1 1 Bible Portions
Persian, Iranian pes 2 2 Complete Bible
Punjabi, Eastern pan 1 1 Complete Bible
Romani, Balkan rmn 1 1 Complete Bible
Rudbari rdb 1 1 Unspecified
Russian rus 1 0 Unspecified
Sangisari sgr 1 1 Unspecified
Semnani smy 1 1 Unspecified
Shahmirzadi srz 1 1 Unspecified
Shahrudi shm 1 1 Unspecified
Sivandi siy 1 1 Unspecified
Soi soj 1 1 Translation Needed
Sorkhei sqo 1 1 Translation Needed
Tajik tgk 1 1 Complete Bible
Takestani tks 1 1 Unspecified
Talysh tly 1 1 New Testament
Taromi, Upper tov 1 1 Unspecified
Tat, Muslim ttt 1 1 New Testament
Turkish tur 1 1 Complete Bible
Turkmen tuk 1 1 Complete Bible
Urdu urd 1 1 Complete Bible
Uyghur uig 1 1 Complete Bible
Vafsi vaf 1 1 Unspecified
Totals: 80 94 84   39 42 42 58 17
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Iran Statistics
People Groups 94
Unreached People Groups 84  (89.4%)
Population 92,385,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 1.1%
Population in Unreached 91,788,000  (99.4%)
Primary Religion Islam
Percent Christian Adherent 1.9%
Percent Evangelical 1.2%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 1,866
Country Progress Level 1
Continent Asia
Region Asia, Central
10/40 Window Yes
Country Code IR
Official Language(s) Persian, Iranian
Literacy Rate 86%
Estimated Illiterate Population 12,934,000
Persecution Ranking 9 (1=Highest) Open Doors