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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Southern Baloch of Pakistan

The Southern Baloch of Pakistan, numbering approximately 4,595,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic subgroup of Baloch, a nomadic, pastoral, Western Iranic ethnic group native to the Balochistan region of South and Western Asia. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Southern Balochi is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Persian-Median Peoples
Country: Pakistan
People Cluster: Baloch
Primary Language(s): Southern Balochi (bcc)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 4,595,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG006401

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Pray for the Southern Baloch of Pakistan

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

80%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Southern Balochi
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Balochi, Southern Speakers

Media Resources in Southern Balochi:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Southern Balochi:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Arabic Script - WBT Edition (Partial NT)✓✓✓
Arabic Script - WBT Edition (Partial NT)✓✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Southern Balochi bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Southern Baloch 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 Southern Baloch:
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 Southern Baloch of Pakistan

For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.
readIsaiah 48:11

Pray that those who have been living for their own glory will turn to the One who is worthy of all praise and find their true identity in Him.

You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
readPsalm 16:11

Pray that God will make a way for His path of life to be revealed to many so that they may come into His presence and experience abundant joy and eternal pleasures at His right hand.

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
readRomans 6:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will lead those who might hesitate in getting baptized to trust Him as they obey His command, even when obedience is hard.

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.

Baloch Southern Across Countries (ROP3 - 109469) reported in the following countries:

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7 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▲LanguageReligion
Southern BalochPG011899Southern BalochQatar56,500Unengaged and UnreachedSouthern BalochiSunni Islam
Southern BalochPG011913Southern BalochSaudi Arabia13,500Unengaged and UnreachedSouthern BalochiSunni Islam
Southern BalochPG047185Southern BalochUnited States325Unengaged and UnreachedSouthern BalochiSunni Islam
Southern BalochPG006401Southern BalochPakistan4,595,000Engaged yet UnreachedSouthern BalochiSunni Islam
Southern BalochPG011893Southern BalochOman675,000Engaged yet UnreachedSouthern BalochiSunni Islam
Southern BalochPG012255Southern BalochUnited Arab Emirates484,000Engaged yet UnreachedSouthern BalochiSunni Islam
Southern BalochPG050104Southern BalochBahrain51,500Engaged yet UnreachedSouthern BalochiSunni Islam

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

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