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The Uzbeks of Kyrgyzstan

The Uzbeks of Kyrgyzstan, numbering approximately 1,080,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are 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 mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Northern Uzbek is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Turkic Peoples
Country: Kyrgyzstan
People Cluster: Uzbek
Primary Language(s): Northern Uzbek (uzn)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 1,080,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG024376
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Northern Uzbek
Language Family: Turkic

100%
%
Uzbek, Northern Speakers

Media Resources in Northern Uzbek:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Northern Uzbek:

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

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Northern Uzbek 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 Kyrgyzstan

For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
readRomans 5:7-8

Pray for the many who don't yet understand the hope of the gospel, and pray that God will reveal to them that while they were in darkness, Christ died for them.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
read2 Peter 3:9

Pray that the lost will not perish but come to repentance and that God's patience and long-suffering will lead them to salvation.

No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God.
readRomans 4:20

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will not waver but will grow strong in their belief, knowing that the Lord rewards those who seek Him.

And through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
readColossians 1:20

As believers cross cultures to tell others about Jesus, praise God for allowing them to be a part of His reconciling all things to Himself, asking Him to help them remember their role in His beautiful plan of salvation for others.

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

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7 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
UzbeksPG024324UzbeksUzbekistan28,570,000Engaged yet UnreachedNorthern UzbekSunni Islam
UzbeksPG024537UzbeksTajikistan2,550,000Engaged yet UnreachedNorthern UzbekSunni Islam
UzbeksPG024376UzbeksKyrgyzstan1,080,000Engaged yet UnreachedNorthern UzbekSunni Islam
UzbeksPG024649UzbeksTurkmenistan591,000Engaged yet UnreachedNorthern UzbekSunni Islam
UzbeksPG024331UzbeksKazakhstan578,000Engaged yet UnreachedNorthern UzbekSunni Islam
UzbeksPG007419UzbeksChina12,500Unengaged and UnreachedNorthern UzbekSunni Islam
UzbeksPG047420UzbeksCanada4,200Engaged yet UnreachedNorthern UzbekSunni Islam

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

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