Sri Lanka People Group Photos

Country: Sri Lanka South Asia Peoples website

Number of People Groups

174

People Groups Unreached

79 (45.4%)

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

21,285,000

Population in Unreached

3,427,000 (16.1%)

Largest Religion

Buddhism (68.9%)

% Christian Adherent *

7.6%

% Evangelical

Unknown

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

2.3%

(Global Rate = 2.6%)

* From latest Sri Lanka census data. Current values may differ.

Map Notes

— Only people groups with photos available are displayed —

Adi Andhra ● Photo Source: Anonymous © Copyrighted Used with permission	Agamudaiyan ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Ansari ● Photo Source: Biswarup Ganguly Creative Commons Used with permission	Arab ● Photo Source: Pat Brasil Creative Commons	Arain (Muslim traditions) ● Photo Source: Imran Ali Arain Creative Commons	Baloch ● Photo Source: Ahsan Ali Creative Commons
Bania ● Photo Source: Joshua Project	Bania Agarwal ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Bania Chetti ● Photo Source: Isudas © Copyrighted Used with permission	Bania Mahesri ● Photo Source: Isudas © Copyrighted Used with permission	Bania Porwal ● Photo Source: Isudas © Copyrighted Used with permission	Banjara (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Matt Brandon © Copyrighted Used with permission
Bohra ● Photo Source: Isudas © Copyrighted Used with permission	Boya ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Brahmin ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Burgher ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Burmese ● Photo Source: Kerry Olson © Copyrighted Used with permission	Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Thamizhpparithi Maari Creative Commons Used with permission
Chinese, general ● Photo Source: Ming Xia Creative Commons	Christian ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Dhobi (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Joshua Project	Govigama ● Photo Source: Sanath Athukorala	Hajam ● Photo Source: Steve Evans Creative Commons	Hakki Pikki ● Photo Source: Philipose Vaidyar © Copyrighted Used with permission
Ilavan ● Photo Source: Nazly Ahmed Creative Commons Used with permission	Japanese ● Photo Source: Joshua Project	Jat (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous Used with permission	Jat (Muslim traditions) ● Photo Source: Steve Evans Creative Commons	Javanese ● Photo Source: Kerry Olson © Copyrighted Used with permission	Kaikolan ● Photo Source: India Missions Association © Copyrighted Used with permission
Kapu ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Kasar (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: First Assembly of God, St. Joseph, MI	Kumhar (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Yann Forget / Wikimedia Commons Creative Commons Used with permission	Kuravan (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Lohar (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous © Copyrighted Used with permission	Mahishya ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Malay, Javar ● Photo Source: Create International © Copyrighted Used with permission	Malayali ● Photo Source: Southeast Asia Link - SEALINK © Copyrighted Used with permission	Mangala ● Photo Source: JSE Ministries India	Mappila ● Photo Source: Kerala Tourism Creative Commons Used with permission	Maravan ● Photo Source: India Missions Association © Copyrighted Used with permission	Memon ● Photo Source: Anonymous © Copyrighted Used with permission
Moghal ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Nadar (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Nair ● Photo Source: Thachan Makan Creative Commons Used with permission	Namassej (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Create International © Copyrighted Used with permission	Navithan ● Photo Source: Tshrinivasan	Pallan (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Panar ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Parsee ● Photo Source: Etnopedia © Copyrighted Used with permission	Pashtun, Pathan ● Photo Source: Soham Banerjee Creative Commons Used with permission	Pulayan ● Photo Source: Mohonu	Rajput (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Sasvata Chatterjee Creative Commons
Rajput (Muslim traditions) ● Photo Source: Joshua Project	Sali, Seriyar ● Photo Source: Biswarup Ganguly	Samban ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Sayyid ● Photo Source: Create International © Copyrighted Used with permission	Shaikh ● Photo Source: Steve Evans Creative Commons	Sindhi (Muslim traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Sonar (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Steve Evans Creative Commons	Sri Lanka Moor ● Photo Source: Anonymous Creative Commons Used with permission	Syrian Christian ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Tamil (Muslim traditions) ● Photo Source: Frisse82 Creative Commons	Teli (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Valluvan ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Vannan (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Vanniyan ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Vedda ● Photo Source: Janet Raynor	Viswakarma ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Wahumpura ● Photo Source: Brett Davies	Yadav (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: God Loves Yadav

Adi Andhra ● Photo Source: Anonymous © Copyrighted Used with permission	Agamudaiyan ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Ansari ● Photo Source: Biswarup Ganguly Creative Commons Used with permission	Arab ● Photo Source: Pat Brasil Creative Commons
Arain (Muslim traditions) ● Photo Source: Imran Ali Arain Creative Commons	Baloch ● Photo Source: Ahsan Ali Creative Commons	Bania ● Photo Source: Joshua Project	Bania Agarwal ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Bania Chetti ● Photo Source: Isudas © Copyrighted Used with permission	Bania Mahesri ● Photo Source: Isudas © Copyrighted Used with permission	Bania Porwal ● Photo Source: Isudas © Copyrighted Used with permission	Banjara (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Matt Brandon © Copyrighted Used with permission
Bohra ● Photo Source: Isudas © Copyrighted Used with permission	Boya ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Brahmin ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Burgher ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Burmese ● Photo Source: Kerry Olson © Copyrighted Used with permission	Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Thamizhpparithi Maari Creative Commons Used with permission	Chinese, general ● Photo Source: Ming Xia Creative Commons	Christian ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Joshua Project	Govigama ● Photo Source: Sanath Athukorala	Hajam ● Photo Source: Steve Evans Creative Commons	Hakki Pikki ● Photo Source: Philipose Vaidyar © Copyrighted Used with permission
Ilavan ● Photo Source: Nazly Ahmed Creative Commons Used with permission	Japanese ● Photo Source: Joshua Project	Jat (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous Used with permission	Jat (Muslim traditions) ● Photo Source: Steve Evans Creative Commons
Javanese ● Photo Source: Kerry Olson © Copyrighted Used with permission	Kaikolan ● Photo Source: India Missions Association © Copyrighted Used with permission	Kapu ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Kasar (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: First Assembly of God, St. Joseph, MI
Kumhar (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Yann Forget / Wikimedia Commons Creative Commons Used with permission	Kuravan (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Lohar (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous © Copyrighted Used with permission	Mahishya ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Malay, Javar ● Photo Source: Create International © Copyrighted Used with permission	Malayali ● Photo Source: Southeast Asia Link - SEALINK © Copyrighted Used with permission	Mangala ● Photo Source: JSE Ministries India	Mappila ● Photo Source: Kerala Tourism Creative Commons Used with permission
Maravan ● Photo Source: India Missions Association © Copyrighted Used with permission	Memon ● Photo Source: Anonymous © Copyrighted Used with permission	Moghal ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Nadar (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Nair ● Photo Source: Thachan Makan Creative Commons Used with permission	Namassej (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Create International © Copyrighted Used with permission	Navithan ● Photo Source: Tshrinivasan	Pallan (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Panar ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Parsee ● Photo Source: Etnopedia © Copyrighted Used with permission	Pashtun, Pathan ● Photo Source: Soham Banerjee Creative Commons Used with permission
Pulayan ● Photo Source: Mohonu	Rajput (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Sasvata Chatterjee Creative Commons	Rajput (Muslim traditions) ● Photo Source: Joshua Project	Sali, Seriyar ● Photo Source: Biswarup Ganguly
Samban ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Sayyid ● Photo Source: Create International © Copyrighted Used with permission	Shaikh ● Photo Source: Steve Evans Creative Commons	Sindhi (Muslim traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Sonar (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Steve Evans Creative Commons	Sri Lanka Moor ● Photo Source: Anonymous Creative Commons Used with permission	Syrian Christian ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Tamil (Muslim traditions) ● Photo Source: Frisse82 Creative Commons
Teli (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Valluvan ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Vannan (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Vanniyan ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Vedda ● Photo Source: Janet Raynor	Viswakarma ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Wahumpura ● Photo Source: Brett Davies	Yadav (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: God Loves Yadav

Adi Andhra ● Photo Source: Anonymous © Copyrighted Used with permission	Agamudaiyan ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Ansari ● Photo Source: Biswarup Ganguly Creative Commons Used with permission
Arab ● Photo Source: Pat Brasil Creative Commons	Arain (Muslim traditions) ● Photo Source: Imran Ali Arain Creative Commons	Baloch ● Photo Source: Ahsan Ali Creative Commons
Bania ● Photo Source: Joshua Project	Bania Agarwal ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Bania Chetti ● Photo Source: Isudas © Copyrighted Used with permission
Bania Mahesri ● Photo Source: Isudas © Copyrighted Used with permission	Bania Porwal ● Photo Source: Isudas © Copyrighted Used with permission	Banjara (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Matt Brandon © Copyrighted Used with permission
Bohra ● Photo Source: Isudas © Copyrighted Used with permission	Boya ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Brahmin ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Burgher ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Burmese ● Photo Source: Kerry Olson © Copyrighted Used with permission	Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Thamizhpparithi Maari Creative Commons Used with permission
Chinese, general ● Photo Source: Ming Xia Creative Commons	Christian ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Dhobi (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Joshua Project
Govigama ● Photo Source: Sanath Athukorala	Hajam ● Photo Source: Steve Evans Creative Commons	Hakki Pikki ● Photo Source: Philipose Vaidyar © Copyrighted Used with permission
Ilavan ● Photo Source: Nazly Ahmed Creative Commons Used with permission	Japanese ● Photo Source: Joshua Project	Jat (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous Used with permission
Jat (Muslim traditions) ● Photo Source: Steve Evans Creative Commons	Javanese ● Photo Source: Kerry Olson © Copyrighted Used with permission	Kaikolan ● Photo Source: India Missions Association © Copyrighted Used with permission
Kapu ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Kasar (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: First Assembly of God, St. Joseph, MI	Kumhar (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Yann Forget / Wikimedia Commons Creative Commons Used with permission
Kuravan (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Lohar (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous © Copyrighted Used with permission	Mahishya ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Malay, Javar ● Photo Source: Create International © Copyrighted Used with permission	Malayali ● Photo Source: Southeast Asia Link - SEALINK © Copyrighted Used with permission	Mangala ● Photo Source: JSE Ministries India
Mappila ● Photo Source: Kerala Tourism Creative Commons Used with permission	Maravan ● Photo Source: India Missions Association © Copyrighted Used with permission	Memon ● Photo Source: Anonymous © Copyrighted Used with permission
Moghal ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Nadar (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Nair ● Photo Source: Thachan Makan Creative Commons Used with permission
Namassej (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Create International © Copyrighted Used with permission	Navithan ● Photo Source: Tshrinivasan	Pallan (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Panar ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Parsee ● Photo Source: Etnopedia © Copyrighted Used with permission
Pashtun, Pathan ● Photo Source: Soham Banerjee Creative Commons Used with permission	Pulayan ● Photo Source: Mohonu	Rajput (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Sasvata Chatterjee Creative Commons
Rajput (Muslim traditions) ● Photo Source: Joshua Project	Sali, Seriyar ● Photo Source: Biswarup Ganguly	Samban ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Sayyid ● Photo Source: Create International © Copyrighted Used with permission	Shaikh ● Photo Source: Steve Evans Creative Commons	Sindhi (Muslim traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Sonar (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Steve Evans Creative Commons	Sri Lanka Moor ● Photo Source: Anonymous Creative Commons Used with permission	Syrian Christian ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Tamil (Muslim traditions) ● Photo Source: Frisse82 Creative Commons	Teli (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Valluvan ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Vannan (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Vanniyan ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Vedda ● Photo Source: Janet Raynor
Viswakarma ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Wahumpura ● Photo Source: Brett Davies	Yadav (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: God Loves Yadav

Adi Andhra ● Photo Source: Anonymous © Copyrighted Used with permission	Agamudaiyan ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Ansari ● Photo Source: Biswarup Ganguly Creative Commons Used with permission	Arab ● Photo Source: Pat Brasil Creative Commons
Arain (Muslim traditions) ● Photo Source: Imran Ali Arain Creative Commons	Baloch ● Photo Source: Ahsan Ali Creative Commons
Bania ● Photo Source: Joshua Project	Bania Agarwal ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Bania Chetti ● Photo Source: Isudas © Copyrighted Used with permission	Bania Mahesri ● Photo Source: Isudas © Copyrighted Used with permission
Bania Porwal ● Photo Source: Isudas © Copyrighted Used with permission	Banjara (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Matt Brandon © Copyrighted Used with permission
Bohra ● Photo Source: Isudas © Copyrighted Used with permission	Boya ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Brahmin ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Burgher ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Burmese ● Photo Source: Kerry Olson © Copyrighted Used with permission	Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Thamizhpparithi Maari Creative Commons Used with permission
Chinese, general ● Photo Source: Ming Xia Creative Commons	Christian ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Joshua Project	Govigama ● Photo Source: Sanath Athukorala
Hajam ● Photo Source: Steve Evans Creative Commons	Hakki Pikki ● Photo Source: Philipose Vaidyar © Copyrighted Used with permission
Ilavan ● Photo Source: Nazly Ahmed Creative Commons Used with permission	Japanese ● Photo Source: Joshua Project
Jat (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous Used with permission	Jat (Muslim traditions) ● Photo Source: Steve Evans Creative Commons
Javanese ● Photo Source: Kerry Olson © Copyrighted Used with permission	Kaikolan ● Photo Source: India Missions Association © Copyrighted Used with permission
Kapu ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Kasar (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: First Assembly of God, St. Joseph, MI
Kumhar (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Yann Forget / Wikimedia Commons Creative Commons Used with permission	Kuravan (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Lohar (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous © Copyrighted Used with permission	Mahishya ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Malay, Javar ● Photo Source: Create International © Copyrighted Used with permission	Malayali ● Photo Source: Southeast Asia Link - SEALINK © Copyrighted Used with permission
Mangala ● Photo Source: JSE Ministries India	Mappila ● Photo Source: Kerala Tourism Creative Commons Used with permission
Maravan ● Photo Source: India Missions Association © Copyrighted Used with permission	Memon ● Photo Source: Anonymous © Copyrighted Used with permission
Moghal ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Nadar (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Nair ● Photo Source: Thachan Makan Creative Commons Used with permission	Namassej (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Create International © Copyrighted Used with permission
Navithan ● Photo Source: Tshrinivasan	Pallan (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Panar ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Parsee ● Photo Source: Etnopedia © Copyrighted Used with permission	Pashtun, Pathan ● Photo Source: Soham Banerjee Creative Commons Used with permission
Pulayan ● Photo Source: Mohonu	Rajput (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Sasvata Chatterjee Creative Commons
Rajput (Muslim traditions) ● Photo Source: Joshua Project	Sali, Seriyar ● Photo Source: Biswarup Ganguly
Samban ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Sayyid ● Photo Source: Create International © Copyrighted Used with permission
Shaikh ● Photo Source: Steve Evans Creative Commons	Sindhi (Muslim traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Sonar (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Steve Evans Creative Commons	Sri Lanka Moor ● Photo Source: Anonymous Creative Commons Used with permission
Syrian Christian ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Tamil (Muslim traditions) ● Photo Source: Frisse82 Creative Commons
Teli (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Valluvan ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Vannan (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Vanniyan ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Vedda ● Photo Source: Janet Raynor	Viswakarma ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Wahumpura ● Photo Source: Brett Davies	Yadav (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: God Loves Yadav