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Igbo, Ibo of Nigeria

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Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
24,947,000	Igbo	Christianity	98.80 %	37.00 %			3.2

Igbo, Ibo of Nigeria

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Location in Country:

Abia state, Anambra state, Aguata, Anambra, Awka, Idemili, Ihiala, Njikoka, Nnewi, and Onitsha LGAs; Enugu state, Awgu, Enugu, Ezeagu, Igo-Etiti, Igbo-Eze, Isi-Uzo, Nkanu, Nsukka, Udi, and Uzo-Uwani LGAs; Imo state; Rivers state, Ikwerre, Bonny, and Ahoad
(Source: Ethnologue 2010)

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Peoples ^[3]

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People Name in Country:

Igbo, Ibo

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Alternate People Names:

Ibo	Igbo, Upper
Onitsha	Ungwana
Upper

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Population in Country:

24,947,000

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Language

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Primary Language:

(24,947,000 Speakers)

ibo

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Religion Sub-division:

Protestant

Buddhism	0.00 %
Christianity	98.80 %	(Evangelical: 37.00 %)
Ethnic Religions	0.20 %
Hinduism	0.00 %
Islam	0.00 %
Non-Religious	0.90 %
Other / Small	0.10 %
Unknown	0.00 %

Christianity Segments:

Anglican	30.00 %
Independent	30.00 %
Protestant	40.00 %
Orthodox	0.00 %
Other Christian	0.00 %
Roman Catholic	0.00 %

(Evangelicals distributed across Christianity segments)

Progress Indicators ^[5]

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3.2

Level 5 Greater than or equal to 5% Evangelical

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

1950

New Testament:

1981

Complete Bible:

2006

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Audio Recordings	MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories
Audio Recordings	Audio Scripture Ministries
Audio Recordings	Global Recordings
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (FCBH)
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Igbo
Film / Video	Story of Jesus for Children
Film / Video	World Christian Videos
General	Evangelism Toolbox
General	Four Spiritual Laws
Printed Matter	Literacy & Evangelism International
Printed Matter	Multi-Language Media
Printed Matter	No Frontiers Literature
Printed Matter	World Christian Tract Ministry
Scripture	Bible-in-Your-Language
Scripture	The Seed Company Translation Project
Scripture	World Missionary Press Booklets
Scripture	World Scriptures

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