The Tajiks of Kazakhstan

The Tajiks of Kazakhstan, numbering approximately 34,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a diaspora community of Tajiks in Kazakhstan. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Tajik is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Persian-Median Peoples
Country: Kazakhstan
People Cluster: Tajik
Primary Language(s): Tajik (tgk)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 34,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG024296
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

80%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tajik
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Tajik Speakers

Media Resources in Tajik:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
MagdalenaView Film

4 films

Bible Resources in Tajik:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1992, 1999 Institute for Bible Translation - Stockholm✓✓

1 entry

Or check out the Tajik bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

Explore Lostness and Next Steps

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 Tajiks:
Begin signifcant prayer and fasting for this group
Send cross-cultural teams to discover and research this people group
Begin gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group

Pray specifically for the Tajiks of Kazakhstan

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
readActs 4:12

Pray that those walking in darkness among them will come to know the name by which they must be saved, and call upon Him in faith.

“Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread."
readMatthew 6:10-11

As people go about their daily lives, pray they will have the opportunity to encounter Jesus-followers, receive the gospel, and respond with joy. Pray that, as God provides for their daily needs, He will also bring many into His beautiful kingdom.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
read2 Corinthians 9:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust God in all things, especially in times of persecution.

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
readHebrews 4:12

Pray that God will make His living and active Word available to everyone in this people group so that many will respond to the gospel. Ask Him to provide Jesus-followers to walk with new believers as they grow in Him.

Tajik Across Countries (ROP3 - 109733) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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11 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
TajiksTajiksAfghanistan11,480,000Engaged yet UnreachedDariSunni Islam
TajiksTajiksKazakhstan34,500Unengaged and UnreachedTajikSunni Islam
TajiksTajiksUzbekistan1,730,000Engaged yet UnreachedTajikSunni Islam
TajiksTajiksKyrgyzstan65,500Unengaged and UnreachedTajikSunni Islam
TajiksTajiksPakistan1,890,000Engaged yet UnreachedDariSunni Islam
TajiksTajiksTajikistan7,415,000Engaged yet UnreachedTajikSunni Islam
TajiksTajiksTurkmenistan5,900Unengaged and UnreachedTajikSunni Islam
TajiksTajiksUnited States2,400Unengaged and UnreachedTajikSunni Islam
TajiksTajiksCanada3,100Unengaged and UnreachedTajikSunni Islam
TajiksTajiksRussian Federation1,240,000Engaged yet UnreachedTajikSunni Islam
TajiksTajiksGermany25,000Unengaged and UnreachedTajikSunni Islam

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