Country: Azerbaijan

People Groups
Total

41

People Groups Unreached

26 (63.4%)

People Groups Unreached Frontier

16 (39.0%)

Population
Total

10,374,000

Population in Unreached

10,015,000 (96.5%)

Population in Unreached Frontier

1,329,000 (12.8%)

% Evangelical

0.22%

Progress Level

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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
 Ossette 4,200 643,000 10 Ossetic Christianity 40.00 % 0.43 % -
 Persian 12,000 46,754,000 42 Persian, Iranian Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Polish 3,700 45,098,000 45 Polish Christianity 88.00 % 2.00 % -
 Romanian 1,600 21,564,000 40 Romanian Christianity 80.00 % 4.00 % -
 Russian 142,000 136,151,000 70 Russian Christianity 58.00 % 0.40 % -
 Rutul 21,000 55,000 2 Rutul Islam 0.24 % 0.24 % 1
 Talysh 594,000 758,000 4 Talysh Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 12
 Tat, Muslim 116,000 203,000 3 Tat, Muslim Islam 1.30 % 1.20 % 2
 Tatar 73,000 5,723,000 21 Tatar Islam 1.50 % 0.00 % 1
 Tsakhur 32,000 44,000 2 Tsakhur Islam 0.11 % 0.11 % 1
 Turk 60,000 67,389,000 68 Turkish Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Turk, Meskhetian 110,000 301,000 9 Turkish Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
 Turkmen 10,000 7,893,000 12 Turkmen Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Udin 8,800 13,000 6 Udi Christianity 100.00 % 0.10 % -
 Ukrainian 47,000 32,574,000 51 Ukrainian Christianity 70.00 % 2.00 % -
 Uzbek, Southern 8,600 3,810,000 5 Uzbek, Southern Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
  Totals:  41 10,374,000           16 ☀︎  26 2.53 % 0.22 % 211 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 89,000                  
  UN Country Population (2024) 10,463,000                  
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Province Estimated
Population
Absheron 610,000
Aran 2,140,000
Baku 2,436,000
Daglig-Shirvan 336,000
Ganja-Qazakh 1,371,000
Kalbajar-Lachin 256,000
Lankaran 987,000
Nakhchivan 486,000
Quba-Khachmaz 581,000
Shaki-Zaqatala 663,000
Yukhari-Karabakh 463,000
Provinces:  11 10,329,000
UN Country Population 10,463,000
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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
Armenian hye 1 0 Complete Bible
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic aii 1 0 Complete Bible
Avar ava 1 1 New Testament
Azerbaijani, North azj 1 1 Complete Bible
Azerbaijani, South azb 1 1 Complete Bible
Belarusian bel 1 0 Complete Bible
Budukh bdk 1 0 Unspecified
Chechen che 1 1 Complete Bible
Dargwa dar 1 1 Bible Portions
English eng 1 0 Complete Bible
Erzya myv 1 0 New Testament
Georgian kat 2 0 Complete Bible
German, Standard deu 1 0 Complete Bible
Gilaki glk 1 1 New Testament
Judeo-Tat jdt 1 1 Bible Portions
Kazakh kaz 1 1 Complete Bible
Khinalugh kjj 1 1 Unspecified
Kryts kry 1 1 Unspecified
Kurdish, Northern kmr 1 1 Complete Bible
Lak lbe 1 1 Bible Portions
Lezgi lez 1 1 New Testament
Ossetic oss 1 0 Complete Bible
Persian, Iranian pes 1 1 Complete Bible
Polish pol 1 0 Complete Bible
Romanian ron 1 0 Complete Bible
Russian rus 2 1 Complete Bible
Rutul rut 1 1 Unspecified
Talysh tly 1 1 New Testament
Tat, Muslim ttt 1 1 New Testament
Tatar tat 1 1 Complete Bible
Tsakhur tkr 1 1 Bible Portions
Turkish tur 3 3 Complete Bible
Turkmen tuk 1 1 Complete Bible
Udi udi 1 0 Unspecified
Ukrainian ukr 1 0 Complete Bible
Unknown xxx 1 1 Unspecified
Uzbek, Southern uzs 1 1 Bible Portions
Totals: 37 41 26   28 30 30 24 12
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Azerbaijan Statistics
People Groups 41
Unreached People Groups 26  (63.4%)
Population 10,374,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 1.1%
Population in Unreached 10,015,000  (96.5%)
Primary Religion Islam
Percent Christian Adherent 2.5%
Percent Evangelical 0.2%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 211
Country Progress Level 1
Urbanization 56%
Continent Asia
Region Asia, Central
10/40 Window Yes
Country Code AJ
Official Language(s) Azerbaijani, North
Literacy Rate 99%
Estimated Illiterate Population 104,000
Persecution Ranking Not ranked
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