Country: Kyrgyzstan

People Groups
Total

39

People Groups Unreached

28 (71.8%)

People Groups Unreached Frontier

22 (56.4%)

Population
Total

7,240,000

Population in Unreached

6,758,000 (93.3%)

Population in Unreached Frontier

5,601,000 (77.4%)

% Evangelical

0.30%

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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
 Arab, Uzbeki 500 29,000 6 Arabic, Uzbeki Islam 24.47 % -
 Armenian 900 6,055,000 54 Armenian, Western Christianity 93.03 % 9.00 % -
 Azerbaijani 23,000 9,239,000 20 Azerbaijani, North Islam 1.01 % 0.00 % 1
 Balkar 1,500 131,000 5 Karachay-Balkar Islam 2.03 % 0.00 % 1
 Bashkir 1,000 1,661,000 8 Bashkort Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Belarusian 800 8,632,000 30 Belarusian Christianity 69.98 % 1.30 % -
 Bulgarian 600 6,769,000 41 Bulgarian Christianity 77.84 % 1.90 % -
 Chechen 1,900 2,016,000 17 Chechen Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Chinese, general 1,100 16,066,000 64 Chinese, Mandarin Buddhism 4.43 % 2.00 % 1
 Dargin 2,600 640,000 7 Dargwa Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Deaf 55,000 51,168,000 216 Russian Sign Language Islam 5.27 % -
 Dungan 81,000 183,000 5 Dungan Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
 Georgian 700 3,298,000 25 Georgian Christianity 77.05 % 0.40 % -
 German 9,000 67,725,000 78 German, Standard Christianity 61.99 % 2.00 % -
 Hemshin 1,300 155,000 3 Armenian, Western Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Hui 2,200 13,904,000 10 Chinese, Mandarin Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Kalmyk-Oirat 5,600 524,000 7 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Karachay 1,900 252,000 4 Karachay-Balkar Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Karakalpak 1,400 996,000 8 Karakalpak Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Kazakh 40,000 17,951,000 24 Kazakh Islam 0.10 % 0.10 % 1
 Korean 19,000 80,354,000 51 Korean Buddhism 26.34 % 16.00 % -
 Kurd, Kurmanji 17,000 17,549,000 33 Kurdish, Northern Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Kyrgyz 5,223,000 6,057,000 14 Kyrgyz Islam ☀︎ 0.09 % 0.09 % 104
 Lezgin 3,000 897,000 9 Lezgi Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Lyuli 5,500 24,000 4 Tajik Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
  Totals:  39 7,240,000           22 ☀︎  28 3.74 % 0.30 % 152 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 55,000                  
  UN Country Population (2025) 7,295,000                  
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Province Estimated
Population
Batken 583,000
Biškek 1,135,000
Chüy 1,054,000
Jalal-Abad 1,359,000
Naryn 321,000
Osh 1,488,000
Osh (city) 327,000
Talas 299,000
Ysyk-Köl 562,000
Provinces:  9 7,128,000
UN Country Population 7,295,000
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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
God's
Story
Resources
Gospel
Tract
Online
Arabic, Uzbeki auz 1 0 Unspecified
Armenian, Western hyw 2 1 Complete Bible
Azerbaijani, North azj 1 1 Complete Bible
Bashkort bak 1 1 Complete Bible
Belarusian bel 1 0 Complete Bible
Bulgarian bul 1 0 Complete Bible
Chechen che 1 1 Complete Bible
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 2 2 Complete Bible
Crimean Tatar crh 1 1 Complete Bible
Dargwa dar 1 1 Bible Portions
Domari rmt 1 1 Bible Portions
Dungan dng 1 1 Bible Portions
Erzya myv 1 0 New Testament
Georgian kat 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Standard deu 1 0 Complete Bible
Ili Turki ili 1 1 Unspecified
Kalmyk-Oirat xal 1 1 New Testament
Karachay-Balkar krc 2 2 New Testament
Karakalpak kaa 1 1 Complete Bible
Kazakh kaz 1 1 Complete Bible
Korean kor 1 0 Complete Bible
Kurdish, Northern kmr 1 1 Complete Bible
Kyrgyz kir 2 2 Complete Bible
Lezgi lez 1 1 New Testament
Pashto, Northern pbu 1 1 Complete Bible
Russian rus 1 0 Complete Bible
Russian Sign Language rsl 1 0 Bible Portions
Tajik tgk 2 2 Complete Bible
Tatar tat 1 1 Complete Bible
Turkish tur 1 1 Complete Bible
Turkmen tuk 1 1 Complete Bible
Ukrainian ukr 1 0 Complete Bible
Uyghur uig 1 1 Complete Bible
Uzbek, Northern uzn 1 1 Complete Bible
Totals: 34 39 28   28 30 32 27 15 13
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Kyrgyzstan Statistics
People Groups 39
Unreached People Groups 28  (71.8%)
Population 7,240,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 1.5%
Population in Unreached 6,758,000  (93.3%)
Primary Religion Islam
Percent Christian Adherent 3.7%
Percent Evangelical 0.3%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 152
Country Progress Level 1
Continent Asia
Region Asia, Central
10/40 Window Yes
Country Code KG
Official Language(s) KyrgyzRussian
Literacy Rate 99%
Estimated Illiterate Population 72,000
Persecution Ranking 47 (1=Highest) Open Doors
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