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

144,504,000

Population in Unreached

15,663,000 (10.8%)

Largest Religion

Christianity (57.7%)

% Christian Adherent

57.7%

% Evangelical

1.46%

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

2.3%

(Global Rate = 2.6%)

Map Notes

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= Frontier peoples
People Group ▲	Population this Country	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Abaza	45,000	73,000	●	Abaza	Islam	0 ☀	0.10 %	0.02 %	1
Abkhaz	7,900	304,000		Abkhaz	Christianity	3 ●	70.00 %	0.09 %	-1 -
Adyghe, West Circassian	142,000	679,000	●	Adyghe	Islam	0 ☀	0.08 %	0.07 %	3
Aghul	35,000	35,000	●	Aghul	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Akhvakh	6,800	6,800	●	Akhvakh	Islam	0 ☀	0.03 %	0.03 %	1
Akkin	104,000	104,000	●	Chechen	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	2
Aleut, Eastern	500	14,000	●	Aleut	Non-Religious	1 ●	1.00 %	0.60 %	1
Altai-Kizhi	76,000	77,000	●	Altai, Southern	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	0.33 %	2
Alutor	2,000	2,000	●	Russian	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Americans, U.S.	1,600	191,659,000		English	Christianity	5 ●	75.00 %	22.00 %	-1 -
Andalal	62,000	62,000	●	Avar	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Andi, Qwannab	31,000	31,000	●	Andi	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Antsukh	52,000	52,000	●	Avar	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Arab, Uzbeki	9,800	23,000		Arabic, Uzbeki Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Archi, Archintsy	2,100	2,100	●	Archi	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Armenian	1,205,000	6,562,000		Armenian	Christianity	5 ●	94.00 %	10.65 %	-1 -
Assyrian	11,000	721,000		Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	Christianity	3 ●	90.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Avar, Dagestani	779,000	839,000	●	Avar	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	16
Azerbaijani	615,000	9,990,000		Azerbaijani, North	Islam	1 ●	3.00 %	0.20 %	12
Bagulal	6,800	6,800	●	Bagvalal	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Balkar	112,000	117,000	●	Karachay-Balkar	Islam	0 ☀	0.05 %	0.04 %	2
Baraba Tatar, Siberian	21,000	21,000	●	Tatar, Siberian	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bashkir	1,615,000	1,699,000	●	Bashkort	Islam	2 ●	6.00 %	1.10 %	-1 -
Batlukh-Gid	31,000	31,000	●	Avar	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Belarusian	532,000	9,973,000		Belarusian	Christianity	3 ●	71.00 %	1.30 %	-1 -
Besermyan	2,300	2,300	●	Udmurt	Christianity	3 ●	55.00 %	0.00 %	-1 -
Bezhta	9,300	10,000	●	Bezhta	Islam	0 ☀	0.02 %	0.02 %	1
Botlikh	7,300	7,300	●	Botlikh	Islam	0 ☀	0.03 %	0.02 %	1
British	1,000	53,604,000		English	Christianity	4 ●	60.00 %	8.00 %	-1 -
Bulgarian	25,000	6,837,000		Bulgarian	Christianity	3 ●	80.00 %	1.90 %	-1 -
Buriat, Russian	470,000	472,000	●	Buriat, Russia	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.04 %	9
Chamalal	9,900	9,900	●	Chamalal	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Chechen, Nohchi	1,454,000	1,721,000	●	Chechen	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	29
Chelkans	1,200	1,200	●	Altai, Northern	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Chirag / Amuq	3,100	3,100	●	Dargwa	Islam	0 ☀	0.07 %	0.07 %	1
Chukchi	16,000	16,000	●	Chukchi	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	4.00 %	1.25 %	1
Chuvan	1,600	2,200	●	Russian	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	0.30 %	1
Chuvash, Bolgar	1,464,000	1,504,000	●	Chuvash	Christianity	2 ●	50.00 %	1.47 %	-1 -
Cuban	700	9,132,000		Spanish	Christianity	4 ●	52.00 %	4.00 %	-1 -
Czech	1,900	10,868,000		Czech	Non-Religious	2 ●	26.00 %	0.70 %	-1 -
Dargin	447,000	459,000	●	Dargwa	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	9
Deaf	292,000	46,968,000	●	Russian Sign Language	Christianity	3 ●	66.90 %	-1	-1 -
Didoi, Tsez	19,000	20,000	●	Dido	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	1
Digor	104,000	104,000	●	Ossetic	Islam	0 ☀	0.03 %	0.02 %	2
Dolgan	8,000	8,000	●	Dolgan	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	0.90 %	1
Dungan	1,700	142,000		Dungan	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Enets, Yenisei Samoyed	200	200	●	Russian	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	4.00 %	0.00 %	1
Eskimo, Siberian	1,800	5,000	●	Yupik, Saint Lawrence Island	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	0.80 %	1
Estonian	18,000	1,078,000		Estonian, Standard	Non-Religious	4 ●	45.00 %	4.90 %	-1 -
Even, Lamut	22,000	22,000	●	Even	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	0.32 %	1
Evenki	39,000	39,000	●	Evenki	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	0.18 %	1
Finnish	21,000	5,752,000		Finnish	Christianity	5 ●	84.00 %	12.10 %	-1 -
French	1,500	50,163,000		French	Christianity	3 ●	61.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Gagauzi Turk	14,000	175,000		Gagauz	Christianity	4 ●	80.00 %	4.00 %	-1 -
Georgian, Ajari	161,000	3,458,000		Georgian	Christianity	3 ●	79.00 %	1.50 %	-1 -
German	402,000	66,130,000		German, Standard	Christianity	4 ●	64.00 %	2.10 %	-1 -
Ghunzib, Hunzib	2,500	2,800	●	Hunzib	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gilyak, Nivkh	4,700	5,200	●	Gilyak	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	0.40 %	1
Ginukh, Hinux	600	600	●	Hinukh	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Godoberi	3,100	3,100	●	Ghodoberi	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Greek	87,000	10,262,000		Greek	Christianity	3 ●	91.00 %	0.40 %	-1 -
Han Chinese, general	30,000	15,618,000		Russian	Non-Religious	4 ●	6.00 %	5.70 %	-1 -
Hemshin	2,100	25,000		Turkish	Islam	2 ●	10.00 %	2.00 %	-1 -
Hungarian	2,800	11,463,000		Hungarian	Christianity	4 ●	88.00 %	2.80 %	-1 -
Ingush, Galgai	429,000	447,000	●	Ingush	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.00 %	9
Italian	1,400	38,273,000		Italian	Christianity	3 ●	83.00 %	1.10 %	-1 -
Itelmen	3,300	3,300	●	Russian	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	0.94 %	1
Izhor, Ingrian	300	1,100	●	Russian	Christianity	3 ●	70.00 %	0.80 %	-1 -
Japanese	900	124,370,000		Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	1
Jew, Eastern Yiddish-Speaking	1,700	514,000		Yiddish, Eastern	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Jew, Karaite	200	1,800		Russian	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Jew, Russian	160,000	734,000	●	Russian	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	4.70 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Jewish Tat, Mountain Jews	500	88,000	●	Judeo-Tat	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kabardian, East Circassian	587,000	1,977,000	●	Kabardian	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.02 %	12
Kaitag	21,000	21,000	●	Dargwa	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol	187,000	651,000	●	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	1 ●	0.16 %	0.16 %	4
Kamchadal	2,000	2,000	●	Russian	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	4.00 %	0.90 %	1
Karachai	228,000	252,000	●	Karachay-Balkar	Islam	0 ☀	0.02 %	0.02 %	5
Karakalpak	1,500	790,000		Karakalpak	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Karata	6,600	6,600	●	Karata	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Karelian, Norgorod	62,000	76,000	●	Karelian	Christianity	4 ●	60.00 %	5.00 %	-1 -
Kazakh	660,000	15,484,000		Kazakh	Islam	1 ●	0.10 %	0.01 %	13
Kereks	400	400	●	Russian	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	0.90 %	1
Kets, Yenisei Ostyak	1,200	1,200	●	Ket	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	4.00 %	2.40 %	-1 -
Khanty, Ostyak	32,000	32,000	●	Khanty	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	4.00 %	0.90 %	1
Khvarshin	4,200	4,200	●	Khvarshi	Islam	0 ☀	0.02 %	0.02 %	1
Kist	700	6,100	●	Chechen	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Komi-Permyat	96,000	99,000	●	Komi-Permyak	Christianity	2 ●	43.00 %	1.20 %	-1 -
Komi-Yazva	4,300	4,400	●	Komi-Zyrian	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	40.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Komi-Zyrian	233,000	235,000	●	Komi-Zyrian	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	37.00 %	1.10 %	-1 -
Korean	156,000	80,716,000		Korean	Christianity	5 ●	31.00 %	17.00 %	-1 -
Koryak, Nymylan	8,100	8,100	●	Koryak	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	0.88 %	1
Kubachi	7,300	7,300	●	Dargwa	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kumandins	2,900	2,900	●	Altai, Northern	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kumyk	439,000	443,000	●	Kumyk	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	9
Kurd, Kurmanji	24,000	15,411,000		Kurdish, Northern	Islam	1 ●	3.00 %	1.00 %	1
Kyrgyz	105,000	5,354,000	●	Kyrgyz	Islam	1 ●	5.00 %	0.70 %	2
Lak	163,000	174,000	●	Lak	Islam	0 ☀	0.03 %	0.03 %	3
Latvian, Lett	19,000	1,544,000		Latvian, Standard	Christianity	4 ●	60.00 %	7.00 %	-1 -
Lezgin	431,000	663,000	●	Lezgi	Islam	0 ☀	0.02 %	0.02 %	9
Lithuanian	32,000	2,830,000		Lithuanian	Christianity	3 ●	85.00 %	1.10 %	-1 -
Ludian, Lyudikovian	13,000	13,000	●	Ludian	Christianity	3 ●	65.00 %	1.10 %	-1 -
Lyuli	500	18,000		Domari	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mansi, Vogul	13,000	13,000	●	Mansi	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	4.00 %	0.60 %	1
Mari, Eastern	152,000	157,000	●	Mari, Meadow	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	45.00 %	0.50 %	-1 -
Mari, High	24,000	25,000	●	Mari, Hill	Christianity	3 ●	90.00 %	0.00 %	-1 -
Mari, Low	406,000	416,000	●	Mari, Meadow	Christianity	3 ●	60.00 %	1.10 %	-1 -
Mingrelian	600	311,000		Russian	Christianity	3 ●	85.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Moldavian	159,000	3,883,000		Romanian	Christianity	4 ●	73.00 %	3.70 %	-1 -
Mongol, Khalka	3,000	2,274,000		Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.20 %	1
Mordvin-Erzya	58,000	98,000	●	Erzya	Christianity	3 ●	64.00 %	1.60 %	-1 -
Mordvin-Moksha	759,000	759,000	●	Moksha	Christianity	3 ●	65.00 %	1.60 %	-1 -
Murego / Gubden	41,000	41,000	●	Dargwa	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mussulman Tat	2,100	37,000	●	Tat, Muslim	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Nagaibak	8,500	8,500	●	Tatar	Christianity	3 ●	70.00 %	0.50 %	-1 -
Nanai, Gold	12,000	17,000	●	Nanai	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	4.00 %	0.41 %	1
Negidal, Nizovsk	500	500	●	Russian	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	0.30 %	1
Nenets, Yurak Samoyed	46,000	46,000	●	Nenets	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	4.00 %	0.67 %	1
Nganasan, Tavgi Samoyed	900	900	●	Russian	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	0.30 %	1
Nogai	95,000	97,000	●	Nogai	Islam	0 ☀	0.02 %	0.02 %	2
Olonetsian, Livvikovian	13,000	19,000	●	Livvi-Karelian	Christianity	4 ●	60.00 %	4.00 %	-1 -
Orochi	600	1,500	●	Russian	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	4.00 %	0.50 %	1
Orok	300	1,200	●	Russian	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	0.40 %	1
Ossetic	445,000	563,000	●	Ossetic	Christianity	3 ●	65.00 %	1.14 %	-1 -
Pashtun, Northern	5,500	34,339,000		Pashto, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Persian	3,800	41,266,000		Persian, Iranian	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	1
Polish	48,000	41,049,000		Polish	Christianity	3 ●	90.00 %	0.30 %	-1 -
Romani, Ruska Roma	209,000	209,000	●	Russian	Christianity	3 ●	60.00 %	2.00 %	-1 -
Romani, Vlax	11,000	1,132,000		Romani, Vlax	Christianity	4 ●	65.00 %	5.00 %	-1 -
Romanian	3,300	20,486,000		Romanian	Christianity	4 ●	97.00 %	5.40 %	-1 -
Russian	117,269,000	134,030,000	●	Russian	Christianity	3 ●	65.00 %	1.47 %	-1 -
Rutul	31,000	49,000	●	Rutul	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	1
Saami, Kildin	400	500	●	Russian	Christianity	3 ●	70.00 %	2.00 %	-1 -
Saami, Skolt	400	900		Saami, Skolt	Christianity	3 ●	85.00 %	1.20 %	-1 -
Saami, Ter	400	400	●	Russian	Christianity	3 ●	60.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Selkup, Ostyak Samoyed	3,700	3,700	●	Selkup	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	0.70 %	1
Serb	3,600	8,274,000		Serbian	Christianity	3 ●	80.00 %	0.60 %	-1 -
Shapsug, Circassian	4,000	4,000	●	Adyghe	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
South Asian, general	36,000	12,292,000		Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.30 %	1
Soyot	3,700	3,700	●	Tuvan	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Spaniard	1,200	28,972,000		Spanish	Christianity	3 ●	77.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Tabasaran	152,000	154,000	●	Tabasaran	Islam	0 ☀	0.08 %	0.08 %	3
Tajik	204,000	9,974,000		Tajik	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.10 %	4
Talysh	2,600	230,000		Talysh	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tatar	5,414,000	5,950,000	●	Tatar	Islam	1 ●	3.00 %	0.49 %	108
Tatar, Chulym	400	400	●	Russian	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tatar, Crimean	2,500	604,000	●	Crimean Tatar	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.05 %	1
Tatar, Khakass	74,000	76,000	●	Khakas	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	1.10 %	1
Tatar, Kriashen	35,000	35,000	●	Tatar	Christianity	3 ●	95.00 %	0.30 %	-1 -
Tatar, Mishari	800	800	●	Tatar	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.20 %	1
Tatar, Shorian	13,000	14,000	●	Shor	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.50 %	1
Taz	300	300	●	Russian	Non-Religious	1 ●	5.00 %	0.70 %	1
Telengit	3,800	3,800	●	Altai, Southern	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	8.00 %	5.70 %	-1 -
Teleut, Altai	2,700	2,800	●	Altai, Southern	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	1.00 %	1
Tindi	10,000	10,000	●	Tindi	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tobol-Irtysh Tatar, Siberian	75,000	75,000	●	Tatar, Siberian	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Tofalar	800	800	●	Russian	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	0.50 %	1
Tomsk Tatar, Siberian	6,700	6,700	●	Tatar, Siberian	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tsakhur	13,000	43,000		Tsakhur	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tsudakar	20,000	20,000	●	Dargwa	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	1
Tubalars	2,000	2,000	●	Altai, Northern	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Turk	55,000	61,293,000		Turkish	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Turk, Meskhetian	62,000	182,000		Russian	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Turkmen	38,000	8,168,000		Turkmen	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tuva, Uriankhai	269,000	315,000	●	Tuvan	Non-Religious	1 ●	1.50 %	0.19 %	5
Tuvans-Todzhans	1,900	1,900	●	Tuvan	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Udege	1,500	1,500	●	Russian	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.30 %	0.20 %	1
Udin	4,400	9,800		Udi	Christianity	3 ●	90.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Udmurt, Votyak	563,000	581,000	●	Udmurt	Christianity	3 ●	58.00 %	0.01 %	-1 -
Ukranian	1,965,000	37,289,000		Ukrainian	Christianity	4 ●	79.00 %	4.65 %	-1 -
Ulchi	2,800	2,800	●	Ulch	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	4.00 %	0.70 %	1
Uyghur	3,800	12,299,000		Uyghur	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Uzbek, Northern	295,000	30,939,000		Uzbek, Northern	Islam	1 ●	0.75 %	0.30 %	6
Vepsian	8,400	8,800	●	Veps	Christianity	3 ●	65.00 %	0.80 %	-1 -
Vietnamese, Kinh	14,000	84,659,000		Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	-1 -
Vod, Votish	-1 Unknown	-1 Unknown	●	Russian	Christianity	3 ●	70.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Yakut	487,000	490,000	●	Yakut	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	0.10 %	10
Yazidi	41,000	710,000		Kurdish, Northern	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Yukagir	1,600	1,600	●	Russian	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	0.60 %	1
Yupik, Naukan	500	500	●	Russian	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	0.80 %	1
Totals: 180	144,504,000					117 ●	57.67 %	1.46 %	382
Unclassified / Other Individuals	1,368,000
UN Country Population (2019)	145,872,000

Other minor groups: 12

Very small groups reported, but outside the Joshua Project Small Group Policy. Some may not be viable and/or have incorrect Progress Scale values, population, language and religion information. The groups listed below are not included in overall Joshua Project people group counts. If you have 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 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:	144,504,000	180	117	65.0 %	15,663,000	10.8 %	0

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Class ▲	Population	% Popl	% Hindu	% Muslim	% Christian	% Buddhist	% Sikh	% Other
Forward Caste (FC)	289,167,000	200.1 %	97.4 %	0.0 %	1.1 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	1.5 %
Other Backward Classes (OBC)	753,926,000	521.7 %	70.9 %	24.0 %	1.7 %	0.2 %	2.5 %	0.8 %
Scheduled Caste (SC)	200,921,000	139.0 %	94.4 %	0.0 %	0.5 %	2.8 %	2.3 %	0.0 %
Scheduled Tribe (ST)	116,285,000	80.5 %	81.8 %	1.5 %	9.2 %	0.8 %	0.0 %	6.7 %
	144,504,000

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	0 Unspecified	-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	0 Unspecified	-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

MAJOR 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.

Networking Possibilities

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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	144,504,000
Population Annual Growth Rate	-0.0%
Population in Unreached	15,663,000 (10.8%)
Pioneer Workers Needed *	382
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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