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The Uyghurs of Kazakhstan

The Uyghurs of Kazakhstan, numbering approximately 295,000 people, are Engaged yet 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 3.1 Flash Lite: Uyghur

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Turkic Peoples
Country: Kazakhstan
People Cluster: Uyghur
Primary Language(s): Uighur (uig)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 295,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, Concentrated CP Activity
People Group ID: PG024329
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Pray for the Uyghurs of Kazakhstan

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Uighur
Language Family: Turkic

70%
%
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

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Or check out the Uighur bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Uyghurs 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 Uyghurs:
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 Uyghurs of Kazakhstan

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
readRomans 1:20

As God's creation declares His glory, pray that multitudes who don't know Him will see the works of His hands and desire to know more about the Creator.

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

Pray for the gospel to advance and for more people to be brought into God's family through the reconciliation Jesus offers them.

Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints.
readEphesians 6:18

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be alert and persistent in prayer for all believers, offering their requests with thanksgiving.

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.

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 PG024104 Uyghurs China 9,610,000 Engaged yet Unreached Uighur Sunni Islam
Uyghurs PG024329 Uyghurs Kazakhstan 295,000 Engaged yet Unreached Uighur Sunni Islam
Uyghurs PG024322 Uyghurs Uzbekistan 66,500 Engaged yet Unreached Uighur Sunni Islam
Uyghurs PG024600 Uyghurs Turkiye 47,500 Engaged yet Unreached Uighur Sunni Islam
Uyghurs PG024374 Uyghurs Kyrgyzstan 27,000 Engaged yet Unreached Uighur Sunni Islam
Uyghurs PG047221 Uyghurs United States 10,000 Engaged yet Unreached Uighur Sunni Islam
Uyghurs PG011939 Uyghurs Saudi Arabia 9,500 Unengaged and 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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