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The Uyghurs of Saudi Arabia

The Uyghurs of Saudi Arabia, numbering approximately 9,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Turkic people native to Central and East Asia, with their historic homeland centered in the region they call East Turkestan and that is today the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of northwestern China. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Uighur is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Uyghur

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Turkic Peoples
Country: Saudi Arabia
People Cluster: Uyghur
Primary Language(s): Uighur (uig)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 9,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011939
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Uighur
Language Family: Turkic

100%
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Uyghur Speakers

Media Resources in Uighur:

Films:
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1 film

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Bible Resources in Uighur:

Bible Name (Translation) Video Audio Text
Hazirqi Zaman Uyghurche Terjimisi/ Modern Uyghur ✓ ✓ ✓
Hazirqi Zaman Uyghurche Terjimisi/ Modern Uyghur ✓ ✓ ✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Uighur bible at Bible.com

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Uyghurs:
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Pray specifically for the Uyghurs of Saudi Arabia

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
readJohn 14:6

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will recognize Him as the only way to the Father and follow Him in faith.

Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
readMark 10:14b

Praise Jesus for the way He loves children, asking that many will learn the truth about Him and come to Him unhindered.

More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
readRomans 5:11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice in what God has done for them and will help others know how they can also be reconciled to God.

And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven."
readMatthew 16:17

Pray that God who is in heaven will place believers in the lives of people who need to encounter the gospel and that He will reveal to them the truth of what they hear.

Uyghur Across Countries (ROP3 - 110469) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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8 people groups

Photo People Group ID Name ▲ Country Population Strategic Progress Index Language Religion
Uyghurs PG011939 Uyghurs Saudi Arabia 9,500 Unengaged and Unreached Uighur Sunni Islam
Uyghurs PG024104 Uyghurs China 9,610,000 Engaged yet Unreached Uighur Sunni Islam
Uyghurs PG024322 Uyghurs Uzbekistan 66,500 Engaged yet Unreached Uighur Sunni Islam
Uyghurs PG024329 Uyghurs Kazakhstan 295,000 Engaged yet Unreached Uighur Sunni Islam
Uyghurs PG024374 Uyghurs Kyrgyzstan 27,000 Engaged yet Unreached Uighur Sunni Islam
Uyghurs PG024600 Uyghurs Turkiye 47,500 Engaged yet Unreached Uighur Sunni Islam
Uyghurs PG047221 Uyghurs United States 10,000 Engaged yet Unreached Uighur Sunni Islam
Uyghurs PG050491 Uyghurs Canada 1,700 Engaged yet Unreached Uighur Sunni Islam

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

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