• PEOPLE CLUSTER: TURKIC

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QUICK FACTS:

People groups: 43

Population: 70,543,400

Unreached people groups: 43

UPG population: 70,543,400

Unengaged UPGs: 20

UUPG population: 1,946,200

Number of countries: 36


Affinity Bloc: Turkic Peoples

Overview: Turkic peoples are a collection of diverse ethnic groups mainly inhabiting West, Central, East, and North Asia and speaking one or more of the Turkic languages, a family of more than 35 documented languages spoken in Europe and Asia. A majority of the Turkic peoples are Sunni Muslims.

Peoples within this cluster: Cypriot, Turkish; Gagauz; Khorasani Turk; Meskhetian Turk; Salar; Turk; Turk Zamat; Yoruk (Anatolian Gagauzi)

Countries where they are found: Australia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Canada; China; Cyprus; Denmark; Egypt; France; Germany; Greece; India; Iran; Iraq; Kazakhstan; Kosovo; Kyrgyzstan; Lebanon; Moldova; Netherlands; North Macedonia; Norway; Pakistan; Romania; Russia; Saudi Arabia; Sweden; Switzerland; Syria; Tajikistan; Türkiye; Ukraine; United Kingdom; United States; Uzbekistan


People groups: 43

Population: 70,543,400

Unreached people groups: 43

UPG population: 70,543,400

Unengaged UPGs: 20

UUPG population: 1,946,200

Number of countries: 36