People group profile · PG024025
The Urdu of Afghanistan
The Urdu of Afghanistan, numbering about 20,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a diaspora community of Urdu-speaking Indo-Iranians in Afghanistan.
They are a diaspora people in the Urdu people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Urdu.
Fast facts
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Population
- 20,500
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Urdu
- Primary language
- Urdu (urd)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- Strategic Progress Index
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Urdu are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. In GSEC terms, 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.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Urdu
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
Sunni Islam · Islam
95% adherents
Primary language
Urdu · Indo-European family
100% speak Urdu
Gospel resources in Urdu
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Urdu)
- Magdalena (Urdu)
- The Savior (Urdu (Indian))
- The Savior (Urdu)
Bibles
- Easy-to-Read Version · audio, text
- Geo Version · audio, text
- Geo Version · audio, text
- Geo Version · audio, text
- Pakistan Bible Society · audio
- Revised · video
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Urdu
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
Urdu in other countries
The same people (ROP3 110423) is reported in 21 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urdu | Pakistan | 17,560,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Urdu | Saudi Arabia | 2,145,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Urdu | United Kingdom | 1,220,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Pakistani | United States | 668,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Urdu | United Arab Emirates | 253,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Urdu | Canada | 221,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Urdu | Qatar | 180,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Urdu | Oman | 137,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Urdu | France | 110,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Urdu | Germany | 96,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Pakistani | Spain | 92,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Urdu | Bahrain | 78,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Urdu | Turkiye | 27,000 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Urdu | Denmark | 26,500 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Urdu | Malaysia | 17,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Urdu | Belgium | 9,900 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Urdu | Ireland | 9,400 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Pakistani | Thailand | 5,600 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Urdu | Iraq | 4,500 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Urdu | Kuwait | 4,200 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Urdu | Guyana | 4,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
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