Total People Groups Across Countries - 17704

Unreached People Groups (less than 2% Christian) - 7626

Frontier People Groups (less than .1% Christian) - 5055

Unengaged Unreached People Groups (0% Christian and no one trying to reach them - 20

This is the breakdown of missionaries according to religion (THUMB people – Tribal, Hindu, Unreligious (Atheist), Muslim, Buddhist):

Tribals – 737,909,000 – (9.1% of world population) – 11,900 Missionaries (1 for every 60,009)
Hindus – 1,062,595,000 – (13.3% of world population) – 5,500 Missionaries (1 for every 179,006)
Unreligious – 1,757,433,000 – (21.9% of world population) – 11,700 Missionaries (1 for every 71,048)
Muslims – 1,893,345,000 - (23.7% of world population) – 4,200 Missionaries (1 for every 405,510)
Buddhists – 545,584,000 – (6.8% of world population) – 2,000 Missionaries (1 for every 260,001)

https://www.joshuaproject.net/global/religions

Top Ten Countries with the Most UPGs

https://www.joshuaproject.net/global/countries 

Currently, 7,500+ of the 17,000 people groups in the world are considered unreached with the gospel, with little to no access to the Good News. A huge task remains to be done! However, about 7 million churches exist in the world today, meaning that there are approximately 1,000 congregations for every unreached people group. Consider this: If the church worked in unity, along with praying, giving, going, and welcoming strategically, we could see all nations reached with the love of Christ in our lifetime!

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Does it motivate you? Does it overwhelm you?