Country: Myanmar (Burma)

Number of People Groups

156

People Groups Unreached

53 (34.0%)

Progress Level

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Total
Population

54,972,000

Population in Unreached

45,677,000 (83.1%)

Largest Religion

% Christian Adherent

8.57%

% Evangelical

5.11%

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

2.5%
Map Notes

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Photo People Group Population
this Country
Global
Population
Indigenous Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale
% Christian
Adherent
% Evangelical Est. Workers
Needed
 Naga Akyaung Ari 1,200 1,200 Naga, Akyaung Ari Christianity 95.00 % 55.00 % -
 Naga Chen-Kayu 10,000 10,000 Naga, Chen-Kayu Christianity 95.00 % 55.00 % -
 Naga Khiamniungan 11,000 81,000 Naga, Khiamniungan Christianity 88.00 % 18.00 % -
Naga Kokak 2,400 2,400 Naga, Kokak Christianity 70.00 % 60.00 % -
 Naga Lao 1,100 1,100 Naga, Lao Christianity 90.00 % 45.00 % -
 Naga Leinong 17,000 17,000 Naga, Lainong Christianity 80.00 % 15.00 % -
Naga Long Phuri 2,200 2,200 Naga, Long Phuri Christianity 90.00 % 8.00 % -
 Naga Makuri 3,000 3,000 Naga, Makuri Christianity 55.00 % 40.00 % -
Naga Makyan 4,600 4,600 Naga, Paungnyuan Christianity 95.00 % 7.00 % -
 Naga Para 1,600 1,600 Naga, Jejara Christianity 65.00 % 28.00 % -
Naga Ponyo-Gongwang 5,200 5,200 Naga, Ponyo-Gongwang Christianity 60.00 % 4.00 % -
 Naga Tangkhul 4,700 229,000 Naga, Tangkhul (Myanmar) Christianity 65.00 % 4.00 % -
 Nepali, general 298,000 876,000 Nepali Hinduism 1.00 % 0.70 % 6
 Nu 1,700 15,000 Nusu Ethnic Religions 17.00 % 11.00 % -
 Pa-O 873,000 874,000 Pa'o Buddhism 1.70 % 0.30 % 17
 Palaung, Pale 295,000 312,000 Palaung, Ruching Buddhism ☀︎ 0.10 % 0.06 % 6
 Palaung, Rumai 161,000 161,000 Palaung, Rumai Buddhism 0.40 % 0.20 % 3
 Palaung, Shwe 235,000 243,000 Palaung, Shwe Buddhism 0.21 % 0.13 % 5
Phun, Hpon 1,600 1,600 Burmese Ethnic Religions 1.00 % 0.40 % 1
 Punjabi 11,000 2,184,000 Punjabi, Eastern Hinduism 1.20 % 0.63 % 1
Pyen 800 800 Pyen Ethnic Religions 30.00 % 15.00 % -
 Rakhine 2,598,000 2,618,000 Rakhine Buddhism 0.10 % 0.05 % 52
Ranglong 100 100 Ranglong Christianity 80.00 % 25.00 % -
 Rawang, Nung 72,000 73,000 Rawang Christianity 80.00 % 45.00 % -
 Rawngtu 5,600 5,600 Chin, Rawngtu Christianity 100.00 % 95.00 % -
  Totals:  156 54,972,000         53 8.57 % 5.11 % 932 
  Population above UN estimate 7,000                
  UN Country Population (2024) 54,965,000                
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State Estimated
Population
Ayeyarwady 6,532,000
Bago 5,140,000
Chin 506,000
Kachin 1,784,000
Kayah 303,000
Kayin 1,662,000
Magway 4,137,000
Mandalay 6,512,000
Mon 2,169,000
Naypyitaw 1,225,000
Rakhine 3,368,000
Sagaing 5,623,000
Shan 6,150,000
Tanintharyi 1,487,000
Yangon 7,773,000
States:  15 54,371,000
UN Country Population 54,965,000
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Language Code # Peoples
w/ this Primary
Language
# Unreached
w/ this Primary
Language
Scripture
Status
YouVersion
Bible
Resources
Faith Comes
By Hearing
Bible Resources
Jesus Film
Online
Global
Recordings
Resources
Gospel
Tract
Online
Achang acn 1 0 Complete Bible
Akeu aeu 1 0 New Testament
Akha ahk 1 0 Complete Bible
Anong nun 1 0 Complete Bible
Bengali ben 1 1 Complete Bible
Blang blr 1 1 New Testament
Burmese mya 5 5 Complete Bible
Chak ckh 1 1 Unspecified
Chakma ccp 1 1 Complete Bible
Chin, Anu-Khongso anl 1 0 New Testament
Chin, Asho csh 1 0 Complete Bible
Chin, Bawm bgr 1 0 Complete Bible
Chin, Bualkhaw cbl 1 0 Complete Bible
Chin, Daai dao 1 0 New Testament
Chin, Eastern Khumi cek 1 0 Complete Bible
Chin, Ekai cey 1 0 Unspecified
Chin, Falam cfm 2 0 Complete Bible
Chin, Hakha cnh 2 0 Complete Bible
Chin, Kaang ckn 1 0 New Testament
Chin, Khumi cnk 1 0 Complete Bible
Chin, Laitu clj 1 0 Unspecified
Chin, Lautu clt 1 0 Complete Bible
Chin, Matu hlt 1 0 Complete Bible
Chin, Muun mwq 1 0 Complete Bible
Chin, Ngawn cnw 1 0 Complete Bible
Chin, Paite pck 1 0 Complete Bible
Chin, Rawngtu weu 1 0 Translation Needed
Chin, Rungtu rtc 1 1 Translation Needed
Chin, Senthang sez 1 0 Translation Started
Chin, Siyin csy 1 0 Complete Bible
Chin, Songlai csj 1 0 Unspecified
Chin, Sumtu csv 1 0 Unspecified
Chin, Tawr tcp 1 0 Unspecified
Chin, Tedim ctd 1 0 Complete Bible
Chin, Thado tcz 1 0 Complete Bible
Chin, Thaiphum cth 1 0 New Testament
Chin, Uppu cnb 1 0 Translation Started
Chin, Zotung czt 1 0 Complete Bible
Chin, Zyphe zyp 1 0 New Testament
Chinese, Hakka hak 1 1 Complete Bible
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 2 2 Complete Bible
Chinese, Min Nan nan 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Yue yue 1 1 Complete Bible
Danau dnu 1 1 Unspecified
Danu dnv 1 1 New Testament
Drung duu 2 0 Unspecified
English eng 1 0 Complete Bible
Gangte gnb 1 0 Complete Bible
Gujarati guj 1 1 Complete Bible
Hindi hin 1 1 Complete Bible
Hmong Njua hnj 1 1 Complete Bible
Intha int 1 1 Translation Started
Jingpho kac 1 0 Complete Bible
Kadu zkd 1 0 Bible Portions
Kanan zkn 1 0 Unspecified
Karen, Bwe bwe 1 0 Bible Portions
Karen, Geba kvq 1 0 New Testament
Karen, Geko ghk 1 0 Unspecified
Karen, Mobwa jkm 1 0 Unspecified
Karen, Paku jkp 1 0 Translation Started
Karen, Pwo Eastern kjp 1 0 Complete Bible
Karen, Pwo Western pwo 1 0 Complete Bible
Karen, S'gaw ksw 1 0 Complete Bible
Kawyaw kxf 1 0 New Testament
Kayah, Eastern eky 1 0 New Testament
Kayah, Western kyu 1 0 New Testament
Kayan (Myanmar) pdu 1 0 Bible Portions
Kayaw kvl 1 0 Unspecified
Khamti kht 1 1 New Testament
Khun kkh 1 1 Bible Portions
Lacid lsi 1 0 Complete Bible
Lahta kvt 1 0 Unspecified
Lahu lhu 1 0 Complete Bible
Lahu Shi lhi 1 0 New Testament
Lao lao 1 1 Complete Bible
Lhao Vo mhx 1 0 Complete Bible
Lisu lis 2 0 Complete Bible
Lu khb 1 1 New Testament
Malay zlm 1 1 Complete Bible
Malayalam mal 1 0 Complete Bible
Mara mrh 1 0 Complete Bible
Meitei mni 1 1 Complete Bible
Mizo lus 1 0 Complete Bible
Mok mqt 1 1 Translation Started
Moken mwt 1 0 New Testament
Mon mnw 1 1 Complete Bible
Mro-Khimi cmr 1 0 New Testament
Mru mro 1 1 New Testament
Muak Sa-aak ukk 1 0 Bible Portions
Myanmar Sign Language ysm 1 0 Bible Portions
Naga, Akyaung Ari nqy 1 0 Unspecified
Naga, Chen-Kayu nqq 1 0 Translation Started
Naga, Jejara pzn 1 0 Unspecified
Naga, Khiamniungan kix 1 0 Complete Bible
Naga, Kokak nxk 1 0 Translation Started
Naga, Konyak nbe 1 0 Complete Bible
Naga, Lainong lzn 1 0 Bible Portions
Naga, Lao nlq 1 0 Translation Started
Naga, Long Phuri lpn 1 0 Translation Started
Naga, Makuri jmn 1 0 Unspecified
Naga, Paungnyuan umn 1 0 Translation Started
Naga, Ponyo-Gongwang npg 1 0 Translation Started
Naga, Tangkhul (Myanmar) ntx 1 0 Complete Bible
Naga, Tangshang nst 2 0 Complete Bible
Nepali npi 1 1 Complete Bible
Nusu nuf 1 0 Bible Portions
Odia ory 1 1 Complete Bible
Pa'o blk 1 1 Complete Bible
Palaung, Ruching pce 1 1 Complete Bible
Palaung, Rumai rbb 1 1 Bible Portions
Palaung, Shwe pll 1 1 Bible Portions
Punjabi, Eastern pan 1 1 Complete Bible
Pyen pyy 1 0 Bible Portions
Rakhine rki 4 4 New Testament
Ranglong rnl 1 0 New Testament
Rawang raw 1 0 Complete Bible
Riang Lai yin 1 0 Unspecified
Riang Lang ril 1 1 Bible Portions
Rohingya rhg 1 1 New Testament
Samtao stu 1 0 Unspecified
Shan shn 1 1 Complete Bible
Tai Laing tjl 1 1 Unspecified
Tai Loi tlq 1 1 Unspecified
Tai Nua tdd 1 1 Bible Portions
Tamil tam 1 0 Complete Bible
Taungyo tco 1 1 Unspecified
Tavoyan tvn 1 1 New Testament
Telugu tel 1 0 Complete Bible
Thai tha 1 1 Complete Bible
Tibetan, Khams khg 1 1 New Testament
Unknown xxx 4 1 Unspecified
Vaiphei vap 1 0 Complete Bible
Wa, Parauk prk 2 1 Complete Bible
Wa, Vo wbm 1 0 Complete Bible
Yinbaw kvu 1 0 Unspecified
Yintale kvy 1 1 New Testament
Zaiwa atb 1 0 New Testament
Zayein kxk 1 0 Translation Started
Zo zom 1 0 Complete Bible
Totals: 139 156 53   78 70 62 111 16
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  • Church planting agencies in Myanmar (Burma)
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Myanmar (Burma) Statistics
People Groups 156
Unreached People Groups 53  (34.0%)
Population 54,972,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 0.9%
Population in Unreached 45,677,000  (83.1%)
Primary Religion Buddhism
Percent Christian Adherent 8.6%
Percent Evangelical 5.1%
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate 2.5%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 932
Country Progress Level 4
Urbanization 31%
Continent Asia
Region Asia, Southeast
10/40 Window Yes
Country Code BM
Official Language(s) Burmese
Literacy Rate 76%
Estimated Illiterate Population 13,193,000
Persecution Ranking 17 (1=Highest) Open Doors
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