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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Tatars of Uzbekistan

The Tatars of Uzbekistan, numbering approximately 867,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Turkic ethnic group indigenous to the Tatarstan region of Russia and Ukraine. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Tatar is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Tatar

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Turkic Peoples
Country: Uzbekistan
People Cluster: Ural-Siberian
Primary Language(s): Tatar (tat)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 867,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG024316
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

98%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tatar
Language Family: Turkic

100%
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Tatar Speakers

Media Resources in Tatar:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Tatar:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2001 Institute for Bible Translation, Moscow✓✓
2015 Institute for Bible Translation, Moscow✓✓✓

2 entries

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Tatars are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Tatars:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Tatars of Uzbekistan

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
readRomans 5:10

Pray that any who may be enemies of God will grasp the depth of God's love demonstrated through Christ's death for the ungodly, and be reconciled to Him.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
read1 John 1:5

As mobile phones, radio, and satellite television, and other technologies become more available worldwide, pray for people who are developing digital gospel resources so that others can easily access the gospel.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.
readJames 1:2-3

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will consider it pure joy when they face trials of many kinds, trusting in God's promise that the testing of their faith produces perseverance.

"Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."
readJohn 7:38

Ask God to raise up believers and sustain them as they cross cultures to share hope with those who need it. Pray that many might come to know Christ and that streams of living water will flow from their hearts so they will never thirst again.

Tatar Across Countries (ROP3 - 109874) reported in the following countries:

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11 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
TatarsPG024481TatarsRussian Federation7,085,000Engaged yet UnreachedTatarSunni Islam
TatarsPG024316TatarsUzbekistan867,000Engaged yet UnreachedTatarSunni Islam
TatarsPG024298TatarsKazakhstan259,000Engaged yet UnreachedRussianSunni Islam
TatarsPG024638TatarsTurkmenistan73,000Unengaged and UnreachedTatarSunni Islam
TatarsPG024590TatarsTurkiye31,500Engaged yet UnreachedTatarSunni Islam
TatarsPG024090TatarsAzerbaijan15,500Unengaged and UnreachedTatarSunni Islam
TatarsPG024370TatarsKyrgyzstan7,900Engaged yet UnreachedTatarSunni Islam
TatarsPG024531TatarsTajikistan7,200Engaged yet UnreachedTatarSunni Islam
TatarsPG046684TatarsUnited States7,000Unengaged and UnreachedTatarSunni Islam
TatarsPG000750TatarsBulgaria6,100Engaged yet UnreachedCrimean TatarEthnoreligion
TatarsPG050495TatarsCanada5,300Unengaged and UnreachedTatarSunni Islam

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