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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Pakistani of United Kingdom

The Pakistani of United Kingdom, numbering approximately 2,015,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are descendants of migrants from Pakistan whose communities in the United Kingdom grew through postwar migration and family reunification. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Urdu is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Pakistani

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: United Kingdom
People Cluster: Other South Asian
Primary Language(s): Urdu (urd)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 2,015,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG042323
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

95%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Urdu
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Urdu Speakers

Media Resources in Urdu:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film
The SaviorView Film

4 films

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Bible Resources in Urdu:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Easy-to-Read Version✓✓
Geo Version✓✓
Geo Version✓✓
Geo Version✓✓
Pakistan Bible Society✓
Revised✓

6 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Urdu bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Pakistani 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 Pakistani:
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 Pakistani of United Kingdom

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
readJohn 3:19

Pray that God will have mercy on those who love the darkness they are walking in and turn from their sin to faith in Christ.

And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.
readActs 6:7

Pray that the Word of God will be increasingly available to these people in ways they will resonate with so that all may have a chance to respond to the good news of Jesus Christ.

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.
readHebrews 10:36

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will patiently endure suffering and hardships and do God's will so that they may receive what He has promised.

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.

South Asian, general Across Countries (ROP3 - 115527) reported in the following countries:

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11 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
PakistaniPG042323PakistaniUnited Kingdom2,015,000Engaged yet UnreachedUrduSunni Islam
South AsiansPG042345South AsiansSpain37,000Engaged yet UnreachedHindiHinduism
Indo-PakistaniPG047502Indo-PakistaniSouth Korea7,100Unengaged and UnreachedHindiFolk Hinduism
IndiansPG000485IndiansPortugal80,000Engaged yet UnreachedPortugueseHinduism
Indo-PakistaniPG018497Indo-PakistaniNew Zealand23,000No Longer UnreachedHindiFolk Hinduism
Indo-PakistaniPG047501Indo-PakistaniJapan42,500Engaged yet UnreachedEnglishHinduism
South AsiansPG050608South AsiansHong Kong15,500Unengaged and UnreachedUrduSunni Islam
Indo-PakistaniPG047510Indo-PakistaniChristmas Island60Unengaged and UnreachedTamilSunni Islam
Indo-PakistaniPG018244Indo-PakistaniBrunei6,000Unengaged and UnreachedHindiHinduism
Indo-PakistaniPG020257Indo-PakistaniAustralia374,000Engaged yet UnreachedHindiHinduism
East IndiansPG016188East IndiansAntigua and Barbuda425Engaged yet UnreachedAntigua and Barbuda Creole EnglishHinduism

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

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