Russia

Country: Russia

Number of People Groups

180

People Groups Unreached

117 (65.0%)

Progress Level

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

Total
Population

142,645,000

Population in Unreached

15,461,000 (10.8%)

Largest Religion

Christianity (57.7%)

% Professing Christian

57.7%

% Evangelical

1.46%

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

2.3%

(Global Rate = 2.6%)

Map Notes

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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
People Group ▲	Population this Country	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	% Professing Christian	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Abaza	45,000	72,000	●	Abaza	1 ●	Islam	0.10 %	0.02 %	1
Abkhaz	12,000	304,000		Abkhaz	3 ●	Christianity	70.00 %	0.09 %	-1 -
Adyghe, West Circassian	140,000	664,000	●	Adyghe	1 ●	Islam	0.08 %	0.07 %	3
Aghul	35,000	35,000	●	Aghul	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Akhvakh	6,700	6,700	●	Akhvakh	1 ●	Islam	0.03 %	0.03 %	1
Akkin	103,000	103,000	●	Chechen	1 ●	Islam	0.01 %	0.01 %	2
Aleut, Eastern	500	14,000	●	Aleut	1 ●	Non-Religious	1.00 %	0.60 %	1
Altai-Kizhi	75,000	76,000	●	Altai, Southern	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	2.00 %	0.33 %	1
Alutor	2,000	2,000	●	Russian	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Americans, U.S.	1,600	190,343,000		English	5 ●	Christianity	75.00 %	22.00 %	-1 -
Andalal	62,000	62,000	●	Avar	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Andi, Qwannab	31,000	31,000	●	Andi	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Antsukh	51,000	51,000	●	Avar	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Arab, Uzbeki	9,600	17,000		Arabic, Uzbeki Spoken	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Archi, Archintsy	2,100	2,100	●	Archi	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Armenian	1,190,000	6,194,000		Armenian	5 ●	Christianity	94.00 %	10.65 %	-1 -
Assyrian	11,000	674,000		Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	3 ●	Christianity	90.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Avar, Dagestani	769,000	830,000	●	Avar	1 ●	Islam	0.01 %	0.01 %	15
Azerbaijani	607,000	9,869,000	●	Azerbaijani, North	1 ●	Islam	3.00 %	0.20 %	12
Bagulal	6,700	6,700	●	Bagvalal	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Balkar	111,000	117,000	●	Karachay-Balkar	1 ●	Islam	0.05 %	0.04 %	2
Baraba Tatar, Siberian	20,000	20,000	●	Tatar, Siberian	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bashkir	1,594,000	1,696,000	●	Bashkort	2 ●	Islam	6.00 %	1.10 %	-1 -
Batlukh-Gid	31,000	31,000	●	Avar	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Belarusian	525,000	10,015,000		Belarusian	3 ●	Christianity	71.00 %	1.30 %	-1 -
Beserman	2,300	2,300	●	Udmurt	3 ●	Christianity	55.00 %	0.00 %	-1 -
Bezhta	9,200	10,000	●	Bezhta	1 ●	Islam	0.02 %	0.02 %	1
Botlukh	7,200	7,200	●	Botlikh	1 ●	Islam	0.03 %	0.02 %	1
British	1,000	52,310,000		English	4 ●	Christianity	60.00 %	8.00 %	-1 -
Bulgarian	24,000	7,062,000		Bulgarian	3 ●	Christianity	80.00 %	1.90 %	-1 -
Buriat, Russian	464,000	466,000	●	Buriat, Russia	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	1.00 %	0.04 %	9
Chamalal	9,700	9,700	●	Chamalal	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Chechen, Nohchi	1,435,000	1,704,000	●	Chechen	1 ●	Islam	0.01 %	0.01 %	29
Chelkans	1,200	1,200	●	Altai, Northern	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Chirag / Amuq	3,000	3,000	●	Dargwa	1 ●	Islam	0.07 %	0.07 %	1
Chukchi	16,000	16,000	●	Chukchi	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	4.00 %	1.25 %	1
Chuvan	1,600	1,800	●	Russian	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.00 %	0.30 %	1
Chuvash, Bolgar	1,445,000	1,497,000	●	Chuvash	2 ●	Christianity	50.00 %	1.47 %	-1 -
Cuban	700	9,235,000		Spanish	4 ●	Christianity	52.00 %	4.00 %	-1 -
Czech	1,900	10,585,000		Czech	2 ●	Non-Religious	26.00 %	0.70 %	-1 -
Dargin	441,000	454,000	●	Dargwa	1 ●	Islam	0.01 %	0.01 %	9
Deaf	288,000	46,464,000	●	Russian Sign Language	3 ●	Christianity	66.90 %	-1	-1 -
Didoi, Tsez	18,000	19,000	●	Dido	1 ●	Islam	0.01 %	0.01 %	1
Digor	103,000	103,000	●	Ossetic	1 ●	Islam	0.03 %	0.02 %	2
Dolgan	7,900	7,900	●	Dolgan	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.00 %	0.90 %	1
Dungan	1,700	119,000		Dungan	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Enets, Yenisei Samoyed	200	200	●	Russian	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	4.00 %	0.00 %	1
Eskimo, Siberian	1,700	4,900	●	Yupik, Saint Lawrence Island	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	2.00 %	0.80 %	1
Estonian	18,000	1,044,000		Estonian, Standard	4 ●	Non-Religious	45.00 %	4.90 %	-1 -
Even, Lamut	22,000	22,000	●	Even	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	3.00 %	0.32 %	1
Evenki	39,000	39,000	●	Evenki	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.00 %	0.18 %	1
Finnish	20,000	5,167,000		Finnish	5 ●	Christianity	84.00 %	12.10 %	-1 -
French	1,500	50,092,000		French	3 ●	Christianity	61.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Gagauzi Turk	14,000	175,000		Gagauz	4 ●	Christianity	80.00 %	4.00 %	-1 -
Georgian, Ajari	159,000	3,390,000		Georgian	3 ●	Christianity	79.00 %	1.50 %	-1 -
German	397,000	65,388,000		German, Standard	4 ●	Christianity	64.00 %	2.10 %	-1 -
Ghunzib, Hunzib	2,500	2,800	●	Hunzib	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gilyak, Nivkh	4,700	5,200	●	Gilyak	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.00 %	0.40 %	1
Ginukh, Hinux	600	600	●	Hinukh	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Godoberi	3,100	3,100	●	Ghodoberi	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Greek	86,000	10,824,000		Greek	3 ●	Christianity	91.00 %	0.40 %	-1 -
Han Chinese, general	29,000	12,933,000		Russian	4 ●	Non-Religious	6.00 %	5.70 %	-1 -
Hemshin	2,100	24,000		Turkish	2 ●	Islam	10.00 %	2.00 %	-1 -
Hungarian	2,800	11,473,000		Hungarian	4 ●	Christianity	88.00 %	2.80 %	-1 -
Ingush, Galgai	423,000	445,000	●	Ingush	1 ●	Islam	0.01 %	0.00 %	8
Italian	1,400	37,599,000		Italian	3 ●	Christianity	83.00 %	1.10 %	-1 -
Itelmen	3,200	3,200	●	Russian	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.00 %	0.94 %	1
Izhor, Ingrian	300	1,100	●	Russian	3 ●	Christianity	70.00 %	0.80 %	-1 -
Japanese	900	124,687,000		Japanese	1 ●	Buddhism	1.50 %	0.50 %	1
Jew, Eastern Yiddish-Speaking	1,700	528,000		Yiddish, Eastern	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Jew, Karaite	200	1,800		Russian	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Jew, Russian	158,000	728,000	●	Russian	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	4.70 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Jewish Tat, Mountain Jews	500	87,000	●	Judeo-Tat	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kabardian, East Circassian	579,000	1,948,000	●	Kabardian	1 ●	Islam	2.00 %	0.02 %	12
Kaitag	21,000	21,000	●	Dargwa	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongul	185,000	641,000	●	Kalmyk-Oirat	1 ●	Buddhism	0.16 %	0.16 %	4
Kamchadal	1,900	1,900	●	Russian	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	4.00 %	0.90 %	1
Karachai	226,000	250,000	●	Karachay-Balkar	1 ●	Islam	0.02 %	0.02 %	5
Karakalpak	1,500	833,000		Karakalpak	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Karata	6,600	6,600	●	Karata	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Karelian, Norgorod	61,000	75,000	●	Karelian	4 ●	Christianity	60.00 %	5.00 %	-1 -
Kazakh	652,000	15,487,000	●	Kazakh	1 ●	Islam	0.10 %	0.01 %	13
Kereks	400	400	●	Russian	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	3.00 %	0.90 %	1
Kets, Yenisei Ostyak	1,200	1,200	●	Ket	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	4.00 %	2.40 %	-1 -
Khanty, Ostyak	31,000	31,000	●	Khanty	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	4.00 %	0.90 %	1
Khvarshin	4,100	4,100	●	Khvarshi	1 ●	Islam	0.02 %	0.02 %	1
Kist	700	6,000	●	Chechen	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Komi-Permyat	95,000	98,000	●	Komi-Permyak	2 ●	Christianity	43.00 %	1.20 %	-1 -
Komi-Yazva	4,200	4,300	●	Komi-Zyrian	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	40.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Komi-Zyrian	230,000	232,000	●	Komi-Zyrian	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	37.00 %	1.10 %	-1 -
Korean	154,000	80,531,000		Korean	5 ●	Christianity	31.00 %	17.00 %	-1 -
Koryak, Nymylan	8,000	8,000	●	Koryak	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.00 %	0.88 %	1
Kubachi	7,200	7,200	●	Dargwa	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kumandins	2,900	2,900	●	Altai, Northern	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kumyk	434,000	438,000	●	Kumyk	1 ●	Islam	0.01 %	0.01 %	9
Kurd, Kurmanji	23,000	15,332,000		Kurdish, Northern	1 ●	Islam	3.00 %	1.00 %	1
Kyrgyz	104,000	4,855,000	●	Kyrgyz	1 ●	Islam	5.00 %	0.70 %	2
Lak	161,000	175,000	●	Lak	1 ●	Islam	0.03 %	0.03 %	3
Latvian, Lett	19,000	1,490,000		Latvian, Standard	4 ●	Christianity	60.00 %	7.00 %	-1 -
Lezgin	425,000	657,000	●	Lezgi	1 ●	Islam	0.02 %	0.02 %	9
Lithuanian	32,000	2,932,000		Lithuanian	3 ●	Christianity	85.00 %	1.10 %	-1 -
Ludian, Lyudikovian	13,000	13,000	●	Ludian	3 ●	Christianity	65.00 %	1.10 %	-1 -
Lyuli	500	14,000		Domari	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mansi, Vogul	12,000	12,000	●	Mansi	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	4.00 %	0.60 %	1
Mari, Eastern	150,000	158,000	●	Mari, Meadow	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	45.00 %	0.50 %	-1 -
Mari, High	24,000	25,000	●	Mari, Hill	3 ●	Christianity	90.00 %	0.00 %	-1 -
Mari, Low	401,000	411,000	●	Mari, Meadow	3 ●	Christianity	60.00 %	1.10 %	-1 -
Mingrelian	600	304,000		Russian	3 ●	Christianity	85.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Moldavian	157,000	3,885,000		Romanian	4 ●	Christianity	73.00 %	3.70 %	-1 -
Mongol, Khalka	3,000	2,205,000	●	Mongolian, Halh	1 ●	Buddhism	2.00 %	1.20 %	1
Mordvin-Erzya	57,000	111,000	●	Erzya	3 ●	Christianity	64.00 %	1.60 %	-1 -
Mordvin-Moksha	749,000	749,000	●	Moksha	3 ●	Christianity	65.00 %	1.60 %	-1 -
Murego / Gubden	40,000	40,000	●	Dargwa	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mussulman Tat	2,100	35,000	●	Tat, Muslim	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Nagaibak	8,400	8,400	●	Tatar	3 ●	Christianity	70.00 %	0.50 %	-1 -
Nanai, Gold	12,000	17,000	●	Nanai	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	4.00 %	0.41 %	1
Negidal, Nizovsk	500	500	●	Russian	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.00 %	0.30 %	1
Nenets, Yurak Samoyed	45,000	45,000	●	Nenets	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	4.00 %	0.67 %	1
Nganasan, Tavgi Samoyed	900	900	●	Russian	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.00 %	0.30 %	1
Nogai	93,000	95,000	●	Nogai	1 ●	Islam	0.02 %	0.02 %	2
Olonetsian, Livvikovian	13,000	19,000	●	Livvi-Karelian	4 ●	Christianity	60.00 %	4.00 %	-1 -
Orochi	600	1,500	●	Russian	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	4.00 %	0.50 %	1
Orok	300	1,200	●	Russian	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	3.00 %	0.40 %	1
Ossetic	439,000	568,000	●	Ossetic	3 ●	Christianity	65.00 %	1.14 %	-1 -
Pashtun, Northern	5,400	28,580,000		Pashto, Northern	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Persian	3,700	40,858,000	●	Persian, Iranian	1 ●	Islam	0.50 %	0.20 %	1
Polish	47,000	41,244,000		Polish	3 ●	Christianity	90.00 %	0.30 %	-1 -
Romani, Ruska Roma	206,000	206,000	●	Russian	3 ●	Christianity	60.00 %	2.00 %	-1 -
Romani, Vlax	10,000	1,133,000		Romani, Vlax	4 ●	Christianity	65.00 %	5.00 %	-1 -
Romanian	3,200	20,676,000		Romanian	4 ●	Christianity	97.00 %	5.40 %	-1 -
Russian	115,757,000	133,523,000	●	Russian	3 ●	Christianity	65.00 %	1.47 %	-1 -
Rutul	31,000	48,000	●	Rutul	1 ●	Islam	0.01 %	0.01 %	1
Saami, Kildin	400	500	●	Russian	3 ●	Christianity	70.00 %	2.00 %	-1 -
Saami, Skolt	400	900		Saami, Skolt	3 ●	Christianity	85.00 %	1.20 %	-1 -
Saami, Ter	400	400	●	Russian	3 ●	Christianity	60.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Selkup, Ostyak Samoyed	3,700	3,700	●	Selkup	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.00 %	0.70 %	1
Serb	3,500	8,337,000		Serbian	3 ●	Christianity	80.00 %	0.60 %	-1 -
Shapsug, Circassian	4,000	4,000	●	Adyghe	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
South Asian, general	35,000	10,702,000		Hindi	1 ●	Hinduism	3.00 %	0.30 %	1
Soyot	3,600	3,600	●	Tuvan	1 ●	Buddhism	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Spaniard	1,200	28,793,000		Spanish	3 ●	Christianity	77.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Tabasaran	150,000	152,000	●	Tabasaran	1 ●	Islam	0.08 %	0.08 %	3
Tajik	202,000	9,099,000		Tajik	1 ●	Islam	1.00 %	0.10 %	4
Talysh	2,500	227,000		Talysh	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tatar	5,344,000	6,402,000	●	Tatar	1 ●	Islam	3.00 %	0.49 %	107
Tatar, Chulym	400	400	●	Russian	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tatar, Crimean	2,500	597,000	●	Crimean Tatar	1 ●	Islam	0.50 %	0.05 %	1
Tatar, Khakass	73,000	75,000	●	Khakas	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	2.00 %	1.10 %	1
Tatar, Kriashen	35,000	35,000	●	Tatar	3 ●	Christianity	95.00 %	0.30 %	-1 -
Tatar, Mishari	800	800	●	Tatar	1 ●	Islam	1.00 %	0.20 %	1
Tatar, Shorian	13,000	14,000	●	Shor	1 ●	Islam	1.00 %	0.50 %	1
Taz	300	300	●	Russian	1 ●	Non-Religious	5.00 %	0.70 %	1
Telengit	3,700	3,700	●	Altai, Southern	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	8.00 %	5.70 %	-1 -
Teleut, Altai	2,700	2,800	●	Altai, Southern	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	3.00 %	1.00 %	1
Tindi	10,000	10,000	●	Tindi	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tobol-Irtysh Tatar, Siberian	74,000	74,000	●	Tatar, Siberian	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tofalar	800	800	●	Russian	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.00 %	0.50 %	1
Tomsk Tatar, Siberian	6,600	6,600	●	Tatar, Siberian	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tsakhur	13,000	43,000		Tsakhur	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tsudakar	20,000	20,000	●	Dargwa	1 ●	Islam	0.01 %	0.01 %	1
Tubalars	2,000	2,000	●	Altai, Northern	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Turk	55,000	60,387,000		Turkish	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Turk, Meskhetian	62,000	180,000		Russian	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Turkmen	37,000	7,791,000		Turkmen	1 ●	Islam	2.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tuva, Uriankhai	266,000	311,000	●	Tuvan	1 ●	Non-Religious	1.50 %	0.19 %	5
Tuvans-Todzhans	1,900	1,900	●	Tuvan	1 ●	Buddhism	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Udege	1,500	1,500	●	Russian	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.30 %	0.20 %	1
Udin	4,300	9,600		Udi	3 ●	Christianity	90.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Udmurt, Votyak	556,000	578,000	●	Udmurt	3 ●	Christianity	58.00 %	0.01 %	-1 -
Ukranian	1,940,000	37,320,000		Ukrainian	4 ●	Christianity	79.00 %	4.65 %	-1 -
Ulchi	2,800	2,800	●	Ulch	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	4.00 %	0.70 %	1
Uyghur	3,700	12,069,000		Uyghur	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Uzbek, Northern	292,000	28,848,000		Uzbek, Northern	1 ●	Islam	0.75 %	0.30 %	6
Vepsian	8,300	8,700	●	Veps	3 ●	Christianity	65.00 %	0.80 %	-1 -
Vietnamese, Kinh	14,000	84,478,000		Vietnamese	2 ●	Buddhism	9.00 %	1.80 %	-1 -
Vod, Votish	-1 Unknown	-1 Unknown	●	Russian	3 ●	Christianity	70.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Yakut	481,000	484,000	●	Yakut	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	3.00 %	0.10 %	10
Yazidi	41,000	711,000		Kurdish, Northern	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Yukagir	1,600	1,600	●	Russian	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	3.00 %	0.60 %	1
Yupik, Naukan	500	500	●	Russian	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.00 %	0.80 %	1
Totals: 180	142,645,000				117 ●		57.67 %	1.46 %	377
Unclassified / Other Individuals	1,320,000
UN Country Population (2018)	143,965,000

Other minor groups: 12

Groups reported, but outside the Small People Group Policy conditions. Some may not be viable and/or have incorrect Progress Scale values. The groups listed below are not included in overall Joshua Project people group counts. For possible further information about these groups, please contact us.

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People Group ▲	Progress Scale	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion
Ainu	2 ●	100	Russian	Ethnic Religions
Albanian, Tosk	3 ●	300	Albanian, Tosk	Islam
Baloch, Western	1 ●	300	Balochi, Western	Islam
Bosniak	1 ●	300	Bosnian	Islam
Croat	2 ●	300	Croatian	Christianity
Daur	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Daur	Ethnic Religions
Dutch	2 ●	400	Dutch	Non-Religious
Gypsy, Domari, Karachi	2 ●	-1 Unknown	Domari	Christianity
Jew, Georgian	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Judeo-Georgian	Ethnic Religions
Macedonian	2 ●	300	Macedonian	Christianity
Shughni	1 ●	400	Shughni	Islam
Slovak	2 ●	300	Slovak	Christianity
Totals: 12

For more information see the Joshua Project Small People Group Policy

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker for every 50,000 individuals living in an unreached people group by country. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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State ▲	Population	People Groups	Unreached Groups	% Unreached Peoples	Population in Unreached	% Population Unreached	Districts
Country:	142,645,000	180	117	65.0 %	15,461,000	10.8 %	0

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Class ▲	Population	% Popl	% Hindu	% Muslim	% Christian	% Buddhist	% Sikh	% Other
Forward Caste (FC)	286,185,000	200.6 %	97.4 %	0.0 %	1.1 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	1.5 %
Other Backward Classes (OBC)	747,609,000	524.1 %	70.7 %	24.0 %	1.7 %	0.2 %	2.7 %	0.8 %
Scheduled Caste (SC)	199,084,000	139.6 %	94.9 %	0.0 %	0.7 %	2.8 %	1.5 %	0.0 %
Scheduled Tribe (ST)	115,117,000	80.7 %	81.8 %	1.5 %	9.3 %	0.8 %	0.0 %	6.7 %
	142,645,000

Why Use Caste to Define Peoples?

South Asia Communities / Castes: An Overview

A History of South Asia People Group Lists

Why Include Religion When Defining South Asia Peoples?

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Language ▲	Code	# Peoples Primary Language	# Unreached Primary Language	Scripture Status	NT Text Online	NT Audio Online	Jesus Film Online	Audio Recordings Online	Gospel Tract Online
Abaza	abq	1	1	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Abkhaz	abk	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	-1	1	-1	-1
Adyghe	ady	2	2	4 New Testament	-1	-1	1	1	1
Aghul	agx	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Akhvakh	akv	1	1	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Aleut	ale	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Altai, Northern	atv	3	3	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Altai, Southern	alt	3	2	4 New Testament	1	1	1	1	-1
Andi	ani	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Arabic, Uzbeki Spoken	auz	1	1	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Archi	aqc	1	1	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Armenian	hye	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	-1	1	1	1
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	aii	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Avar	ava	4	4	4 New Testament	-1	1	1	1	1
Azerbaijani, North	azj	1	1	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	1	-1
Bagvalal	kva	1	1	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Bashkort	bak	1	0	4 New Testament	1	1	1	-1	-1
Belarusian	bel	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Bezhta	kap	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Botlikh	bph	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Bulgarian	bul	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Buriat, Russia	bxr	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Chamalal	cji	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Chechen	che	3	3	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Chukchi	ckt	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Chuvash	chv	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	-1	-1
Crimean Tatar	crh	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Czech	ces	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Dargwa	dar	6	6	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	-1	-1
Dido	ddo	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Dolgan	dlg	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Domari	rmt	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Dungan	dng	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	-1	-1
English	eng	2	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Erzya	myv	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	1	1	-1	-1
Estonian, Standard	ekk	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	-1	1	1	1
Even	eve	1	1	3 Bible Portions	1	-1	-1	1	-1
Evenki	evn	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Finnish	fin	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
French	fra	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Gagauz	gag	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	1	1	-1	-1
Georgian	kat	1	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	1	-1
German, Standard	deu	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Ghodoberi	gdo	1	1	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Gilyak	niv	1	1	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Greek	ell	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Hindi	hin	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Hinukh	gin	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Hungarian	hun	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Hunzib	huz	1	1	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Ingush	inh	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	-1	-1
Italian	ita	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Japanese	jpn	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Judeo-Tat	jdt	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Kabardian	kbd	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Kalmyk-Oirat	xal	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	1	1	1	-1
Karachay-Balkar	krc	2	2	4 New Testament	-1	1	1	1	-1
Karakalpak	kaa	1	1	4 New Testament	1	1	1	1	-1
Karata	kpt	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Karelian	krl	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	1	1	-1	-1
Kazakh	kaz	1	1	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	1	1
Ket	ket	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Khakas	kjh	1	1	4 New Testament	1	1	1	-1	-1
Khanty	kca	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Khvarshi	khv	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Komi-Permyak	koi	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Komi-Zyrian	kpv	2	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	-1	-1
Korean	kor	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Koryak	kpy	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Kumyk	kum	1	1	4 New Testament	1	1	1	1	1
Kurdish, Northern	kmr	2	2	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Kyrgyz	kir	1	1	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	1	-1
Lak	lbe	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	-1	-1
Latvian, Standard	lvs	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Lezgi	lez	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Lithuanian	lit	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Livvi-Karelian	olo	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Ludian	lud	1	0	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Mansi	mns	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Mari, Hill	mrj	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Mari, Meadow	mhr	2	0	4 New Testament	-1	1	1	-1	1
Moksha	mdf	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	-1	1	-1	-1
Mongolian, Halh	khk	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Nanai	gld	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Nenets	yrk	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Nogai	nog	1	1	4 New Testament	1	1	1	-1	-1
Ossetic	oss	2	1	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	1	-1
Pashto, Northern	pbu	1	1	5 Complete Bible	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Persian, Iranian	pes	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Polish	pol	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Romani, Vlax	rmy	1	0	4 New Testament	1	1	1	1	-1
Romanian	ron	2	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Russian	rus	27	18	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Russian Sign Language	rsl	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	-1	-1
Rutul	rut	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Saami, Skolt	sms	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Selkup	sel	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Serbian	srp	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Shor	cjs	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Spanish	spa	2	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Tabasaran	tab	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	1	1	1	-1
Tajik	tgk	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Talysh	tly	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	-1	-1
Tat, Muslim	ttt	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Tatar	tat	4	2	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Tatar, Siberian	sty	3	3	4 New Testament	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Tindi	tin	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Tsakhur	tkr	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Turkish	tur	2	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Turkmen	tuk	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Tuvan	tyv	3	3	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Udi	udi	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Udmurt	udm	2	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	-1	-1
Ukrainian	ukr	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Ulch	ulc	1	1	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Uyghur	uig	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Uzbek, Northern	uzn	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Veps	vep	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Vietnamese	vie	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Yakut	sah	1	1	4 New Testament	1	-1	1	1	-1
Yiddish, Eastern	ydd	1	1	5 Complete Bible	-1	-1	1	1	1
Yupik, Saint Lawrence Island	ess	1	1	5 Complete Bible	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Totals:	122	180	117		48	59	77	65	32

RELIGIONS ▲	Percent
Buddhism	0.3 %
Christianity (Evangelical 1.5 %)	57.7 %
Ethnic Religions	1.7 %
Hinduism	0.0 %
Islam	10.0 %
Non-Religious	30.3 %
Other / Small Religions	0.0 %
Unknown	0.0 %

CHRISTIAN SEGMENTS ▲	Percent
Anglican	0.0 %
Independent	1.1 %
Orthodox	94.2 %
Other Christian	0.1 %
Protestant	2.6 %
Roman Catholic	1.7 %

Notes:

Major Religions: Religion percentages are derived from summing Joshua Project's data for all people groups who live in each country. The number of individuals who practice each religion, by people group, are summed. This number is divided by the country's total population to derive the religion's percentage.

Christianity Segments: Christian segment percentages are derived from summing Joshua Project's data for all the people groups who live in each country. The number of individuals who practice each segment of Christianity, by people group, are summed. This number is divided by the country's total number of Christians to derive the Christian segment's percentage.

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There are many agencies and churches looking for additional staff to help them in their mission and calling in Russia. Internet searches are probably the best way to find these organizations. The following are some example search topics you might try:

Church planting agencies in Russia
Christian ministry in Russia
Business as mission
Christian literature distribution
Evangelism agencies
Christian discipleship
Short term Christian missions

Long term Christian missions
Urban ministries
Christian media opportunities
Bible translation opportunities
Relief and development agencies
Clean water projects
Christian medical outreaches

Russia Statistics
People Groups	180
Unreached People Groups	117 (65.0%)
Population	142,645,000
Population Annual Growth Rate	-0.0%
Population in Unreached	15,461,000 (10.8%)
Pioneer Workers Needed *	377
Primary Religion	Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent	57.7%
Percent Evangelical	1.5%
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate	2.3%
Country Progress Level	3 ●
Urbanization	74%
Continent	Asia
Region	Europe, Eastern and Eurasia
10/40 Window	No
Country Code	RS
Official Language(s)	Russian
Literacy Rate	100%
Estimated Illiterate Population	0
Persecution Ranking	41 (1=High to 50=Low OD)

Russia Maps
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Language Map (Ethnologue)
Ethnolinguistic Map (Univ of Texas)
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Russia Links
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World Factbook
Ethnologue Language Listing
National Bible Society
God Reports (stories from the field)
Religious Freedom Report

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* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker for every 50,000 individuals living in an unreached people group. Some workers may already be onsite. The country estimate is a summation of the unreached people group estimates. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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