Asia, Central country and people group listings

Region: Asia, Central

Population

320,165,000

Countries

Number of People Groups

558

Unreached People Groups

397 (71%)

Population in Unreached

309,239,000

% Population in Unreached

96.6%

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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
Country ▲	Population	People Groups	Unreached Groups	% Unreached Groups	Popl in Unreached	% Popl in Unreached	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	% Christian Adherents	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Afghanistan	43,675,000	70	68	97.1 %	43,673,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	911
Armenia	2,910,000	16	3	18.8 %	52,000	1.8 %	4 ●	Christianity	92.5 %	9.3 %	3
Azerbaijan	10,336,000	40	26	65.0 %	10,002,000	96.8 %	1 ●	Islam	2.3 %	0.2 %	211
Iran	92,385,000	94	84	89.4 %	91,788,000	99.4 %	1 ●	Islam	1.9 %	1.2 %	1,866
Kazakhstan	20,731,000	68	36	52.9 %	16,484,000	79.5 %	2 ●	Islam	11.8 %	0.5 %	351
Kyrgyzstan	7,240,000	39	28	71.8 %	6,758,000	93.3 %	1 ●	Islam	3.7 %	0.3 %	152
Tajikistan	10,733,000	39	31	79.5 %	10,676,000	99.5 %	1 ●	Islam	0.4 %	0.1 %	234
Türkiye (Turkey)	87,594,000	85	57	67.1 %	86,944,000	99.3 %	1 ●	Islam	0.5 %	0.0 %	1,758
Turkmenistan	7,578,000	49	30	61.2 %	7,199,000	95.0 %	1 ●	Islam	3.9 %	0.1 %	161
Uzbekistan	36,989,000	58	34	58.6 %	35,670,000	96.4 %	1 ●	Islam	2.3 %	0.2 %	732
Totals: 10	320,165,000	558	397	71.1 %	309,239,000	96.6 %	8 ●		2.8 %	0.5 %	6,379

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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Prayer Cards

Level	Description	Criteria
0.3	Unreached Frontier - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
0.7	Unreached not Frontier - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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