People group profile · PG024392
The Tajiks of Pakistan
The Tajiks of Pakistan, numbering about 1,885,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Dari-speaking Tajik diaspora from Afghanistan, shaped largely by successive waves of Afghan displacement into neighboring Pakistan since 1979.
They are a diaspora people in the Tajik people cluster of the Persian-Median Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Dari.
Fast facts
- Country
- Pakistan
- Population
- 1,885,000
- Affinity group
- Central Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Tajik
- Primary language
- Dari (prs)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- 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 Tajiks are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. 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 Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Tajiks
- 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
Primary religion
Sunni Islam · Islam
99% adherents
Primary language
Dari · Indo-European family
100% speak Dari
Gospel resources in Dari
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- Good News for a New Age · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Tajiks
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
Tajik in other countries
The same people (ROP3 109733) is reported in 10 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tajiks | Afghanistan | 11,460,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Tajiks | Tajikistan | 7,405,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Tajiks | Uzbekistan | 1,730,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Tajiks | Russian Federation | 1,240,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Tajiks | Kyrgyzstan | 65,500 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Tajiks | Kazakhstan | 34,500 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Tajiks | Germany | 25,000 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Tajiks | Turkmenistan | 5,900 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Tajiks | Canada | 3,100 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Tajiks | United States | 2,400 | Unengaged and Unreached |
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