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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Javanese Transmigrants of Indonesia

The Javanese Transmigrants of Indonesia, numbering approximately 16,270,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Austronesian ethnic group indigenous to the central and eastern part of the Indonesian island of Java. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Javanese is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Indonesia
People Cluster: Jawa
Primary Language(s): Javanese (jav)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 16,270,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG046650
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Pray for the Javanese Transmigrants of Indonesia

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Javanese
Language Family: Austronesian

95%
%
Javanese Speakers

Media Resources in Javanese:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film
The SaviorView Film

3 films

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Bible Resources in Javanese:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
New Revised Javanese (formal) Version, 2006✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Javanese bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Javanese Transmigrants 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 Javanese Transmigrants:
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 Javanese Transmigrants of Indonesia

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRom 6:23

Pray that those who haven't heard yet will hear and believe that the wages of their sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
readRomans 2:4

Pray that, in God's kindness and according to His nature, He will lead many to repentance.

Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.
readExodus 4:12

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will equip them with the words and wisdom to proclaim His message effectively.

To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
read1 Corinthians 9:22

Ask God to raise up believers from around the world to go and share the hope of Jesus with the lost so that they might trust in Him and have the hope of eternal life.

Orang Java (Javanese) Across Countries (ROP3 - 112316) reported in the following countries:

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6 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Javanese TransmigrantsPG046650Javanese TransmigrantsIndonesia16,270,000Engaged yet UnreachedJavaneseSunni Islam
JavanesePG020242JavaneseMalaysia730,000Unengaged and UnreachedSabah MalayFolk Islam
JavanesePG010708JavaneseSingapore12,000No Longer UnreachedJavaneseSunni Islam
JavanesePG007940JavaneseAustralia7,900No Longer UnreachedJavaneseSunni Islam
JavanesePG047265JavaneseUnited States250Unengaged and UnreachedJavaneseSunni Islam
JavanesePG018329JavaneseChristmas Island50Unengaged and UnreachedJavaneseSunni Islam

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