Country: Kazakhstan

People Groups
Total

72

People Groups Unreached

36 (50.0%)

People Groups Unreached Frontier

23 (31.9%)

Population
Total

19,743,000

Population in Unreached

14,896,000 (75.4%)

Population in Unreached Frontier

1,281,000 (6.5%)

% Evangelical

1.68%

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
 German 218,000 67,020,000 78 Russian Christianity 66.00 % 2.10 % -
 Greek 15,000 10,379,000 70 Russian Christianity 91.00 % 0.40 % -
 Ingush 18,000 534,000 3 Ingush Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Jewish, Eastern Yiddish-speaking 2,500 794,000 12 Russian Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Kalmyk-Oirat 500 523,000 7 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Karachay 1,200 250,000 4 Karachay-Balkar Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Karakalpak 3,700 935,000 8 Karakalpak Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Karelian 600 46,000 5 Russian Christianity 60.00 % 1.00 % -
 Kazakh 13,200,000 16,898,000 24 Kazakh Islam 2.00 % 1.70 % 264
 Komi-Permyat 700 59,000 4 Komi-Permyak Christianity 45.00 % 1.50 % -
 Korean 191,000 81,945,000 51 Russian Non-Religious 31.00 % 16.00 % -
 Kumyk 500 569,000 6 Kumyk Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Kurd, Kurmanji 56,000 14,881,000 33 Kurdish, Northern Islam 0.30 % 0.10 % 1
 Kyrgyz 34,000 5,982,000 14 Kyrgyz Islam 4.00 % 0.40 % 1
 Lak 800 188,000 7 Lak Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Latvian 1,300 1,425,000 22 Latvian, Standard Christianity 61.00 % 7.00 % -
 Lezgin 3,700 893,000 9 Lezgi Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Lithuanian 5,300 2,756,000 25 Lithuanian Christianity 86.00 % 1.10 % -
 Mari, Eastern 4,800 155,000 2 Mari, Hill Christianity 55.00 % 0.50 % -
 Mari, Low 8,200 431,000 3 Mari, Meadow Christianity 62.00 % 2.00 % -
 Mennonite 42,000 493,000 12 Plautdietsch Christianity 90.00 % 10.00 % -
 Moldovan 16,000 2,832,000 20 Romanian Christianity 82.00 % 1.00 % -
 Mongolian 800 5,586,000 3 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism 1.00 % 0.40 % 1
 Mordvinian 9,500 105,000 9 Erzya Christianity 65.00 % 1.00 % -
 Ossette 1,600 643,000 10 Ossetic Christianity 45.00 % 1.00 % -
  Totals:  72 19,743,000           23 ☀︎  36 14.99 % 1.68 % 320 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 85,000                  
  UN Country Population (2024) 19,828,000                  

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Province Estimated
Population
Almaty 1,962,000
Aqmola 1,059,000
Aqtöbe 1,089,000
Atyrau 733,000
East Kazakhstan 2,007,000
Mangghystau 697,000
North Kazakhstan 858,000
Pavlodar 1,066,000
Qaraghandy 1,928,000
Qostanay 1,273,000
Qyzylorda 975,000
South Kazakhstan 3,547,000
West Kazakhstan 861,000
Zhambyl 1,468,000
Provinces:  14 19,523,000
UN Country Population 19,828,000
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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
Altai, Southern alt 1 0 New Testament
Arabic, Uzbeki auz 1 1 Unspecified
Armenian, Western hyw 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
Bashkort bak 1 1 Complete Bible
Bulgarian bul 1 0 Complete Bible
Buriat, Russia bxr 1 0 Complete Bible
Chechen che 1 1 Complete Bible
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 1 1 Complete Bible
Chuvash chv 2 0 Complete Bible
Crimean Tatar crh 1 1 Complete Bible
Czech ces 1 0 Complete Bible
Dargwa dar 1 1 Bible Portions
Dari prs 1 1 Complete Bible
Dungan dng 1 1 Bible Portions
English eng 1 0 Complete Bible
Erzya myv 1 0 New Testament
Estonian, Standard ekk 1 0 Complete Bible
Gagauz gag 1 0 New Testament
Georgian kat 1 0 Complete Bible
Hindi hin 1 1 Complete Bible
Ingush inh 1 1 Bible Portions
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
Khakas kjh 1 0 Unspecified
Komi-Permyak koi 1 0 New Testament
Kumyk kum 1 1 New Testament
Kurdish, Northern kmr 1 1 Complete Bible
Kyrgyz kir 1 1 Complete Bible
Lak lbe 1 1 Bible Portions
Latvian, Standard lvs 1 0 Complete Bible
Lezgi lez 1 1 New Testament
Lithuanian lit 1 0 Complete Bible
Mari, Hill mrj 1 0 New Testament
Mari, Meadow mhr 1 0 New Testament
Mongolian, Halh khk 1 1 Complete Bible
Ossetic oss 1 0 Complete Bible
Pashto, Southern pbt 1 1 Bible Portions
Persian, Iranian pes 1 1 Complete Bible
Plautdietsch pdt 1 0 Complete Bible
Polish pol 1 0 Complete Bible
Romani, Sinte rmo 1 1 Complete Bible
Romanian ron 2 0 Complete Bible
Russian rus 10 3 Complete Bible
Shor cjs 1 0 Bible Portions
Tajik tgk 1 1 Complete Bible
Talysh tly 1 1 New Testament
Tatar tat 1 1 Complete Bible
Turkish tur 1 1 Complete Bible
Turkmen tuk 1 1 Complete Bible
Udi udi 1 0 Unspecified
Udmurt udm 1 0 Complete Bible
Ukrainian ukr 1 0 Complete Bible
Unknown xxx 1 0 Unspecified
Uyghur uig 1 1 Complete Bible
Uzbek, Northern uzn 1 1 Complete Bible
Totals: 60 72 36   52 56 55 42 19
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Kazakhstan Statistics
People Groups 72
Unreached People Groups 36  (50.0%)
Population 19,743,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 1.2%
Population in Unreached 14,896,000  (75.4%)
Primary Religion Islam
Percent Christian Adherent 15.0%
Percent Evangelical 1.7%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 320
Country Progress Level 2
Urbanization 57%
Continent Asia
Region Asia, Central
10/40 Window Yes
Country Code KZ
Official Language(s) KazakhRussian
Literacy Rate 99%
Estimated Illiterate Population 197,000
Persecution Ranking 38 (1=Highest) Open Doors
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