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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Uzbeks of Turkmenistan

The Uzbeks of Turkmenistan, numbering approximately 590,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a Turkic ethnolinguistic people of Central Asia whose identity emerged through a long process of interaction and integration among Turkic, Iranian, and Mongol populations in the region They are an Diaspora people, with Uzbek as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Uzbek people cluster of the Turkic Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam. They primarily speak Uzbek, Northern.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Turkic Peoples
Country: Turkmenistan
People Cluster: Uzbek
Primary Language(s): Uzbek, Northern (uzn)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 590,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG024649
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Uzbek, Northern
Language Family: Turkic

100%
%
Uzbek, Northern Speakers

Media Resources in Uzbek, Northern:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Uzbek, Northern:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Institute for Bible Translation, Sweden✓✓
Muqaddas Kitob, 2019✓✓✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Uzbek, Northern bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Uzbeks 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 Uzbeks:
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 Uzbeks of Turkmenistan

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
readRomans 10:14

Pray that those who haven't heard will hear the Word of Christ and believe in Him, calling upon the name of the Lord to be saved.

“I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’ to a nation that was not called by my name."
readIsaiah 65:1

Pray that the lost will be found by God, even when they are not seeking Him. Pray that He will reveal Himself to them in a way they cannot ignore and that they will respond in faith.

You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance.
readPsalm 32:7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember that God is their hiding place and that He will preserve them in the midst of trials.

And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
read2 Corinthians 12:28

Ask God to raise up believers who will faithfully proclaim the good news and equip others to do the same.

Uzbek, Northern Across Countries (ROP3 - 107469) reported in the following countries:

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7 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
UzbeksPG047420UzbeksCanada4,200Engaged yet UnreachedUzbek, NorthernSunni Islam
UzbeksPG007419UzbeksChina12,500Unengaged and UnreachedUzbek, NorthernSunni Islam
UzbeksPG024331UzbeksKazakhstan578,000Engaged yet UnreachedUzbek, NorthernSunni Islam
UzbeksPG024649UzbeksTurkmenistan590,000Engaged yet UnreachedUzbek, NorthernSunni Islam
UzbeksPG024376UzbeksKyrgyzstan1,075,000Engaged yet UnreachedUzbek, NorthernSunni Islam
UzbeksPG024537UzbeksTajikistan2,540,000Engaged yet UnreachedUzbek, NorthernSunni Islam
UzbeksPG024324UzbeksUzbekistan28,470,000Engaged yet UnreachedUzbek, NorthernSunni Islam

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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