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Sample People Clusters in sub-Saharan Africa. Map source: Future of the Global Church

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%

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People Cluster ▲	Population	Peoples (By Country)	Unreached (By Country)	% Groups Unreached	Popl in Unreached	% Popl in Unreached	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	% Professing Christian	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Aborigine	606,000	92	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Aborigine Christianity	77.2 %	21.6 %	-1 -
Aceh of Sumatra	4,710,000	9	9	100.0 %	4,710,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Aceh of Sumatra Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	94
Adamawa-Ubangi	12,364,000	167	11	6.6 %	175,000	1.4 %	5 ●	Christianity-Adamawa-Ubangi Christianity	69.3 %	21.6 %	4
Adi	614,000	35	4	11.4 %	8,500	1.4 %	2 ●	Christianity-Adi Christianity	42.0 %	0.0 %	1
Afar	2,850,000	5	3	60.0 %	2,604,000	91.4 %	1 ●	Islam-Afar Islam	4.2 %	0.1 %	52
Afro-American, Hispanic	19,613,000	36	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Afro-American, Hispanic Christianity	89.6 %	9.5 %	-1 -
Afro-American, Northern	48,032,000	70	1	1.4 %	13,000	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Afro-American, Northern Christianity	85.5 %	33.9 %	1
Afro-Caribbean, Anglophone	429,000	10	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Afro-Caribbean, Anglophone Christianity	93.8 %	17.8 %	-1 -
Afro-Caribbean, Dutch	479,000	11	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Afro-Caribbean, Dutch Christianity	76.7 %	12.5 %	-1 -
Afro-Caribbean, Francophone	18,386,000	21	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Afro-Caribbean, Francophone Christianity	93.6 %	13.6 %	-1 -
Aimaq	1,757,000	2	2	100.0 %	1,757,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Aimaq Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	35
Albanian	6,779,000	39	10	25.6 %	2,197,000	32.4 %	2 ●	Islam-Albanian Islam	20.8 %	0.4 %	44
Altaic	843,000	17	17	100.0 %	843,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Altaic Islam	0.5 %	0.1 %	17
Amazon	7,476,000	133	20	15.0 %	10,000	0.1 %	4 ●	Christianity-Amazon Christianity	84.3 %	9.9 %	1
Anglo-American	191,729,000	106	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Anglo-American Christianity	81.0 %	32.9 %	-1 -
Anglo-Celt	111,373,000	242	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Anglo-Celt Christianity	67.8 %	10.3 %	-1 -
Arab World, general	3,302,000	14	9	64.3 %	1,639,000	49.6 %	4 ●	Islam-Arab World, general Islam	17.2 %	2.4 %	33
Arab, Arabian	27,505,000	83	68	81.9 %	27,337,000	99.4 %	1 ●	Islam-Arab, Arabian Islam	0.8 %	0.3 %	547
Arab, Hassaniya	6,039,000	28	28	100.0 %	6,039,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Arab, Hassaniya Islam	0.1 %	0.1 %	121
Arab, Levant	70,682,000	161	73	45.3 %	47,121,000	66.7 %	2 ●	Islam-Arab, Levant Islam	6.4 %	0.3 %	942
Arab, Libyan	4,528,000	13	13	100.0 %	4,528,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Arab, Libyan Islam	0.5 %	0.1 %	91
Arab, Maghreb	72,751,000	52	52	100.0 %	72,751,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Arab, Maghreb Islam	0.7 %	0.6 %	1,455
Arab, Shuwa	4,930,000	17	17	100.0 %	4,930,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Arab, Shuwa Islam	0.3 %	0.3 %	99
Arab, Sudan	35,464,000	53	49	92.5 %	18,543,000	52.3 %	1 ●	Islam-Arab, Sudan Islam	4.8 %	0.3 %	371
Arab, Yemeni	26,132,000	25	25	100.0 %	26,132,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Arab, Yemeni Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	523
Armenian	6,480,000	59	1	1.7 %	22,000	0.3 %	4 ●	Christianity-Armenian Christianity	94.1 %	9.2 %	1
Assamese	5,290,000	20	16	80.0 %	4,769,000	90.2 %	1 ●	Islam-Assamese Islam	3.2 %	0.0 %	95
Assyrian / Aramaic	1,137,000	53	9	17.0 %	73,000	6.4 %	3 ●	Christianity-Assyrian / Aramaic Christianity	86.9 %	1.2 %	1
Atlantic	7,354,000	66	25	37.9 %	797,000	10.8 %	4 ●	Islam-Atlantic Islam	14.3 %	2.9 %	16
Atlantic-Jola	796,000	20	9	45.0 %	66,000	8.3 %	2 ●	Islam-Atlantic-Jola Islam	17.8 %	0.7 %	1
Atlantic-Wolof	7,010,000	14	14	100.0 %	7,010,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Atlantic-Wolof Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	140
Aymara	1,969,000	6	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Aymara Christianity	92.2 %	19.5 %	-1 -
Azerbaijani	29,655,000	39	39	100.0 %	29,655,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Azerbaijani Islam	0.3 %	0.2 %	593
Aztec	2,904,000	46	2	4.3 %	59,000	2.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Aztec Christianity	93.3 %	4.4 %	1
Bali-Sasak	8,735,000	7	7	100.0 %	8,735,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Bali-Sasak Islam	0.6 %	0.1 %	175
Baloch	14,412,000	42	42	100.0 %	14,412,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Baloch Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	288
Baltic	4,471,000	46	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Baltic Christianity	75.8 %	4.5 %	-1 -
Bania	44,602,000	74	74	100.0 %	44,602,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Bania Hinduism	0.0 %	0.0 %	892
Banjar of Kalimantan	5,530,000	10	6	60.0 %	4,761,000	86.1 %	1 ●	Islam-Banjar of Kalimantan Islam	2.8 %	0.7 %	95
Banjara	7,688,000	11	11	100.0 %	7,688,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Banjara Hinduism	0.4 %	0.0 %	154
Bantu, Cameroon-Bamileke	6,452,000	67	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Cameroon-Bamileke Christianity	69.5 %	7.8 %	-1 -
Bantu, Central-Congo	29,473,000	156	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Central-Congo Christianity	89.5 %	17.5 %	-1 -
Bantu, Central-East	4,899,000	10	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Central-East Christianity	70.2 %	14.8 %	-1 -
Bantu, Central-Lakes	69,426,000	101	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Central-Lakes Christianity	88.9 %	31.4 %	-1 -
Bantu, Central-Luba	19,054,000	18	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Central-Luba Christianity	87.8 %	18.8 %	-1 -
Bantu, Central-South	33,556,000	135	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Central-South Christianity	89.1 %	22.5 %	-1 -
Bantu, Central-Southeast	10,404,000	11	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Central-Southeast Christianity	64.8 %	19.2 %	-1 -
Bantu, Central-Southwest	14,218,000	21	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Central-Southwest Christianity	95.5 %	22.5 %	-1 -
Bantu, Central-Tanzania	29,711,000	57	2	3.5 %	724,000	2.4 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Central-Tanzania Christianity	58.5 %	12.6 %	14
Bantu, Chewa-Sena	21,973,000	30	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Chewa-Sena Christianity	85.2 %	21.8 %	-1 -
Bantu, East-Coastal	5,914,000	26	10	38.5 %	929,000	15.7 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, East-Coastal Christianity	41.4 %	15.9 %	19
Bantu, Gikuyu-Kamba	19,860,000	19	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Gikuyu-Kamba Christianity	93.7 %	63.6 %	-1 -
Bantu, Kongo	16,547,000	11	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Kongo Christianity	88.2 %	22.5 %	-1 -
Bantu, Makua-Yao	32,223,000	50	11	22.0 %	4,197,000	13.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Makua-Yao Christianity	42.8 %	18.3 %	84
Bantu, Nguni	31,622,000	26	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Nguni Christianity	79.5 %	24.3 %	-1 -
Bantu, Northwest	11,754,000	103	1	1.0 %	5,200	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Northwest Christianity	90.4 %	18.1 %	1
Bantu, Shona	14,044,000	26	1	3.8 %	21,000	0.1 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Shona Christianity	72.6 %	23.7 %	1
Bantu, Sotho-Tswana	19,962,000	43	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Sotho-Tswana Christianity	79.3 %	15.5 %	-1 -
Bantu, Southeastern	1,461,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Ethnic Religions-Bantu, Southeastern Ethnic Religions	40.2 %	16.7 %	-1 -
Bantu, Swahili	6,352,000	51	49	96.1 %	6,289,000	99.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Bantu, Swahili Islam	1.3 %	0.7 %	126
Barito of Kalimantan	403,000	9	3	33.3 %	219,000	54.3 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions-Barito of Kalimantan Ethnic Religions	9.7 %	2.8 %	4
Basque	2,843,000	15	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity-Basque Christianity	84.2 %	0.8 %	-1 -
Batak-Nias of Sumatra	11,183,000	16	4	25.0 %	1,307,000	11.7 %	5 ●	Christianity-Batak-Nias of Sumatra Christianity	65.3 %	13.1 %	26
Bedouin, Arabian	21,928,000	19	19	100.0 %	21,928,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Bedouin, Arabian Islam	0.4 %	0.1 %	439
Bedouin, Saharan	3,662,000	17	17	100.0 %	3,662,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Bedouin, Saharan Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	73
Beja	3,766,000	5	5	100.0 %	3,766,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Beja Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	75
Bengali	357,032,000	365	355	97.3 %	356,400,000	99.8 %	1 ●	Islam-Bengali Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	7,128
Benue	37,650,000	342	35	10.2 %	801,000	2.1 %	5 ●	Christianity-Benue Christianity	75.5 %	27.5 %	16
Berber-Kabyle	6,756,000	6	6	100.0 %	6,756,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Berber-Kabyle Islam	3.0 %	1.7 %	135
Berber-Riff	1,920,000	6	6	100.0 %	1,920,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Berber-Riff Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	38
Berber-Saharan	1,025,000	25	25	100.0 %	1,025,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Berber-Saharan Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	20
Berber-Shawiya	2,580,000	6	6	100.0 %	2,580,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Berber-Shawiya Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	52
Berber-Shilha	10,984,000	18	17	94.4 %	10,042,000	91.4 %	2 ●	Islam-Berber-Shilha Islam	7.5 %	0.2 %	201
Bhil	22,699,000	20	20	100.0 %	22,699,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Bhil Hinduism	0.7 %	0.0 %	454
Bhojpur-Maithili	13,745,000	45	45	100.0 %	13,745,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Bhojpur-Maithili Hinduism	0.0 %	0.0 %	275
Bhutanese	657,000	21	21	100.0 %	657,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Buddhism-Bhutanese Buddhism	0.5 %	0.0 %	13
Bihari	85,000	3	2	66.7 %	58,000	68.2 %	2 ●	Hinduism-Bihari Hinduism	8.1 %	0.6 %	1
Borneo-Kalimantan	5,024,000	159	36	22.6 %	342,000	6.8 %	4 ●	Christianity-Borneo-Kalimantan Christianity	47.3 %	9.6 %	7
Bouyei	3,386,000	6	6	100.0 %	3,386,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions-Bouyei Ethnic Religions	0.7 %	0.2 %	68
Brahmin	95,952,000	119	118	99.2 %	95,950,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Brahmin Hinduism	0.0 %	0.0 %	1,919
Bugi-Makassar of Sulawesi	10,188,000	30	23	76.7 %	10,008,000	98.2 %	1 ●	Islam-Bugi-Makassar of Sulawesi Islam	1.4 %	0.1 %	200
Bungku-Bajau	785,000	19	16	84.2 %	734,000	93.5 %	2 ●	Islam-Bungku-Bajau Islam	7.2 %	1.0 %	15
Burmese	35,693,000	26	26	100.0 %	35,693,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Buddhism-Burmese Buddhism	0.3 %	0.1 %	714
Caucasian Peoples, general	50,000	8	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Caucasian Peoples, general Christianity	82.7 %	22.7 %	-1 -
Caucasus	13,012,000	185	131	70.8 %	8,563,000	65.8 %	2 ●	Islam-Caucasus Islam	27.7 %	0.5 %	171
Central American Indigenous, other	3,679,000	96	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Central American Indigenous, other Christianity	85.0 %	9.8 %	-1 -
Chadic	13,689,000	215	58	27.0 %	2,894,000	21.1 %	5 ●	Islam-Chadic Islam	37.9 %	10.2 %	58
Cham	1,432,000	19	11	57.9 %	435,000	30.4 %	5 ●	Ethnic Religions-Cham Ethnic Religions	33.8 %	22.4 %	9
Chinese	1,353,967,000	255	40	15.7 %	48,009,000	3.5 %	4 ●	Non-Religious-Chinese Non-Religious	9.8 %	7.9 %	960
Chinese-Hui	14,849,000	19	19	100.0 %	14,849,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Chinese-Hui Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	297
Deaf	47,091,000	217	39	18.0 %	-1 Unknown	-1 Unknown	3 ●	Christianity-Deaf Christianity	29.5 %	0.4 %	164
Domari	3,843,000	16	15	93.8 %	3,830,000	99.7 %	1 ●	Islam-Domari Islam	0.6 %	0.3 %	77
Egyptian	88,344,000	35	1	2.9 %	103,000	0.1 %	4 ●	Islam-Egyptian Islam	14.7 %	5.0 %	2
Ethio-Semitic	38,664,000	62	14	22.6 %	2,990,000	7.7 %	3 ●	Christianity-Ethio-Semitic Christianity	87.2 %	1.3 %	60
Fiji	553,000	18	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Fiji Christianity	95.1 %	34.2 %	-1 -
Filipino, Central	99,372,000	97	1	1.0 %	6,000	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Filipino, Central Christianity	98.1 %	15.0 %	1
Filipino, Muslim	5,421,000	22	22	100.0 %	5,421,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Filipino, Muslim Islam	1.2 %	0.2 %	108
Filipino, Tribal	8,098,000	137	11	8.0 %	196,000	2.4 %	5 ●	Christianity-Filipino, Tribal Christianity	64.1 %	10.4 %	4
Finno-Ugric	9,506,000	99	6	6.1 %	93,000	1.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Finno-Ugric Christianity	71.6 %	7.7 %	2
Finno-Ugric, Saami	128,000	17	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Finno-Ugric, Saami Christianity	91.9 %	10.0 %	-1 -
Flores-Sumba-Alor	2,914,000	56	10	17.9 %	53,000	1.8 %	4 ●	Christianity-Flores-Sumba-Alor Christianity	61.8 %	7.2 %	1
French	70,451,000	137	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity-French Christianity	68.0 %	1.1 %	-1 -
Fulani / Fulbe	39,380,000	54	53	98.1 %	39,316,000	99.8 %	1 ●	Islam-Fulani / Fulbe Islam	0.6 %	0.3 %	786
Garo-Tripuri	4,763,000	25	11	44.0 %	346,000	7.3 %	5 ●	Hinduism-Garo-Tripuri Hinduism	31.1 %	19.1 %	7
Germanic	120,372,000	198	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Germanic Christianity	67.2 %	3.2 %	-1 -
Gond	21,208,000	22	20	90.9 %	19,339,000	91.2 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Gond Hinduism	1.5 %	0.0 %	387
Gorontalo of Sulawesi	1,221,000	6	5	83.3 %	1,210,000	99.1 %	1 ●	Islam-Gorontalo of Sulawesi Islam	1.9 %	0.1 %	24
Greek	12,420,000	86	1	1.2 %	350,000	2.8 %	3 ●	Christianity-Greek Christianity	91.8 %	0.4 %	7
Guarani	7,204,000	53	1	1.9 %	200	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Guarani Christianity	94.4 %	9.1 %	1
Guera-Naba of Chad	517,000	6	6	100.0 %	517,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Guera-Naba of Chad Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	10
Guinean	43,782,000	168	10	6.0 %	774,000	1.8 %	5 ●	Christianity-Guinean Christianity	68.4 %	25.4 %	15
Gujarati	57,865,000	191	186	97.4 %	57,775,000	99.8 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Gujarati Hinduism	0.2 %	0.0 %	1,156
Gur	36,129,000	186	42	22.6 %	4,746,000	13.1 %	4 ●	Islam-Gur Islam	24.1 %	9.9 %	95
Hani	2,679,000	30	14	46.7 %	1,378,000	51.4 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions-Hani Ethnic Religions	8.0 %	5.2 %	28
Hausa	49,156,000	18	18	100.0 %	49,156,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Hausa Islam	2.6 %	1.7 %	983
Hindi	371,618,000	482	457	94.8 %	370,204,000	99.6 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Hindi Hinduism	0.3 %	0.0 %	7,404
Hispanic	361,712,000	146	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Hispanic Christianity	92.0 %	15.7 %	-1 -
Hispanic American, other	16,099,000	24	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Hispanic American, other Christianity	94.0 %	11.3 %	-1 -
Hungarian	11,437,000	29	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Hungarian Christianity	88.3 %	3.1 %	-1 -
Igbo	33,107,000	16	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Igbo Christianity	96.7 %	44.9 %	-1 -
Ijaw	5,707,000	11	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Ijaw Christianity	97.5 %	40.4 %	-1 -
Inuit	202,000	14	2	14.3 %	2,200	1.1 %	4 ●	Christianity-Inuit Christianity	76.9 %	8.1 %	1
Italian	59,542,000	83	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity-Italian Christianity	84.9 %	1.3 %	-1 -
Japanese	126,744,000	60	56	93.3 %	124,871,000	98.5 %	1 ●	Buddhism-Japanese Buddhism	2.2 %	0.5 %	2,497
Jat	74,431,000	188	186	98.9 %	74,344,000	99.9 %	1 ●	Islam-Jat Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1,487
Java	114,378,000	22	8	36.4 %	51,407,000	44.9 %	4 ●	Islam-Java Islam	11.8 %	3.7 %	1,028
Jews	15,616,000	143	133	93.0 %	9,604,000	61.5 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions-Jews Ethnic Religions	3.4 %	1.8 %	192
Kadai	119,000	8	8	100.0 %	119,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions-Kadai Ethnic Religions	0.8 %	0.8 %	2
Kaili-Tomini of Sulawesi	754,000	24	16	66.7 %	643,000	85.3 %	2 ●	Islam-Kaili-Tomini of Sulawesi Islam	8.9 %	0.4 %	13
Kannada	32,913,000	97	94	96.9 %	32,634,000	99.2 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Kannada Hinduism	1.1 %	0.0 %	653
Kanuri-Saharan	11,508,000	28	27	96.4 %	11,469,000	99.7 %	1 ●	Islam-Kanuri-Saharan Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	229
Karen	5,065,000	29	2	6.9 %	855,000	16.9 %	5 ●	Buddhism-Karen Buddhism	35.5 %	20.9 %	17
Kashmiri	10,765,000	70	70	100.0 %	10,765,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Kashmiri Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	215
Kazakh	16,478,000	34	32	94.1 %	16,475,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Kazakh Islam	0.1 %	0.1 %	330
Khoisan	2,242,000	55	7	12.7 %	34,000	1.5 %	5 ●	Christianity-Khoisan Christianity	77.3 %	17.7 %	1
Korean	80,845,000	48	2	4.2 %	25,174,000	31.1 %	5 ●	Non-Religious-Korean Non-Religious	21.8 %	12.0 %	503
Kru	4,304,000	55	3	5.5 %	73,000	1.7 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions-Kru Ethnic Religions	48.5 %	9.7 %	1
Kuki-Chin-Naga	7,162,000	174	21	12.1 %	2,128,000	29.7 %	4 ●	Christianity-Kuki-Chin-Naga Christianity	60.8 %	7.8 %	43
Kurd	36,699,000	63	63	100.0 %	36,699,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Kurd Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	734
Kyrgyz	4,922,000	14	14	100.0 %	4,922,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Kyrgyz Islam	0.8 %	0.6 %	98
Lampung of Sumatra	1,709,000	9	9	100.0 %	1,709,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Lampung of Sumatra Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	34
Lao	3,764,000	17	13	76.5 %	3,732,000	99.1 %	1 ●	Buddhism-Lao Buddhism	3.4 %	1.8 %	75
Li	1,930,000	6	6	100.0 %	1,930,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions-Li Ethnic Religions	0.5 %	0.4 %	39
Lisu	1,313,000	6	1	16.7 %	2,700	0.2 %	5 ●	Christianity-Lisu Christianity	79.8 %	46.3 %	1
Luri-Bakhtiari	5,546,000	8	8	100.0 %	5,546,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Luri-Bakhtiari Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	111
Madura of Java	7,770,000	5	5	100.0 %	7,770,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Madura of Java Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	155
Malagasy	26,205,000	36	2	5.6 %	69,000	0.3 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions-Malagasy Ethnic Religions	49.9 %	6.2 %	1
Malay	33,593,000	92	54	58.7 %	22,334,000	66.5 %	4 ●	Islam-Malay Islam	7.9 %	3.9 %	447
Malayali	37,056,000	129	99	76.7 %	28,805,000	77.7 %	2 ●	Hinduism-Malayali Hinduism	20.0 %	0.1 %	576
Maldivian	502,000	4	4	100.0 %	502,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Maldivian Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	10
Malinke	13,529,000	57	48	84.2 %	13,125,000	97.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Malinke Islam	1.3 %	0.3 %	262
Malinke-Bambara	6,551,000	16	14	87.5 %	6,382,000	97.4 %	1 ●	Islam-Malinke-Bambara Islam	4.1 %	1.0 %	128
Malinke-Jula	5,889,000	11	11	100.0 %	5,889,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Malinke-Jula Islam	0.3 %	0.0 %	118
Maltese	596,000	7	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity-Maltese Christianity	97.9 %	1.3 %	-1 -
Maluku-Central	1,039,000	47	11	23.4 %	381,000	36.7 %	5 ●	Islam-Maluku-Central Islam	34.6 %	15.7 %	8
Maluku-Northern	494,000	25	5	20.0 %	163,000	33.0 %	4 ●	Islam-Maluku-Northern Islam	26.9 %	3.2 %	3
Maluku-Southern	404,000	44	2	4.5 %	1,300	0.3 %	4 ●	Christianity-Maluku-Southern Christianity	57.9 %	3.4 %	1
Mande	11,042,000	63	17	27.0 %	874,000	7.9 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions-Mande Ethnic Religions	21.6 %	9.3 %	17
Marathi-Konkani	65,884,000	137	125	91.2 %	64,510,000	97.9 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Marathi-Konkani Hinduism	2.1 %	0.0 %	1,290
Maya	7,988,000	73	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Maya Christianity	96.6 %	22.1 %	-1 -
Melayu of Sumatra	6,116,000	16	14	87.5 %	6,115,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Melayu of Sumatra Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	122
Miao / Hmong	12,431,000	71	45	63.4 %	8,530,000	68.6 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions-Miao / Hmong Ethnic Religions	11.2 %	7.7 %	171
Micronesian	554,000	58	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Micronesian Christianity	97.3 %	20.3 %	-1 -
Minahasa-Sangir of Sulawesi	1,602,000	16	2	12.5 %	20,000	1.2 %	5 ●	Christianity-Minahasa-Sangir of Sulawesi Christianity	76.5 %	13.4 %	1
Minangkabau-Rejang of Sumatra	7,618,000	7	7	100.0 %	7,618,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Minangkabau-Rejang of Sumatra Islam	0.3 %	0.0 %	152
Miri-Kachin	2,030,000	12	3	25.0 %	854,000	42.1 %	5 ●	Christianity-Miri-Kachin Christianity	36.5 %	24.0 %	17
Mixe	184,000	12	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Mixe Christianity	93.3 %	9.8 %	-1 -
Mixteco	665,000	65	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Mixteco Christianity	94.9 %	5.3 %	-1 -
Mizo-Lushai	815,000	11	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Mizo-Lushai Christianity	98.6 %	86.8 %	-1 -
Mon-Khmer	28,883,000	223	165	74.0 %	24,153,000	83.6 %	4 ●	Buddhism-Mon-Khmer Buddhism	9.4 %	2.7 %	483
Mongolian	12,311,000	54	51	94.4 %	12,307,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Buddhism-Mongolian Buddhism	1.1 %	0.7 %	246
Munda-Santal	16,324,000	28	15	53.6 %	10,745,000	65.8 %	2 ●	Hinduism-Munda-Santal Hinduism	9.4 %	0.0 %	215
Musi of Sumatra	5,061,000	8	8	100.0 %	5,061,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Musi of Sumatra Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	101
Nepali-Pahari	14,773,000	78	71	91.0 %	13,792,000	93.4 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Nepali-Pahari Hinduism	1.2 %	0.1 %	276
New Caledonia	75,000	31	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-New Caledonia Christianity	95.6 %	9.6 %	-1 -
New Guinea	9,852,000	1,139	14	1.2 %	59,000	0.6 %	5 ●	Christianity-New Guinea Christianity	91.4 %	20.7 %	1
Nilotic	42,582,000	126	21	16.7 %	962,000	2.3 %	5 ●	Christianity-Nilotic Christianity	72.8 %	28.6 %	19
North American Indigenous	3,252,000	242	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-North American Indigenous Christianity	73.0 %	8.6 %	-1 -
Nosu	3,304,000	7	6	85.7 %	3,000,000	90.8 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions-Nosu Ethnic Religions	1.2 %	0.8 %	60
Nuba Mountains	1,514,000	40	31	77.5 %	930,000	61.4 %	2 ●	Islam-Nuba Mountains Islam	13.1 %	1.6 %	19
Nubian	2,762,000	28	28	100.0 %	2,762,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Nubian Islam	0.3 %	0.0 %	55
Nupe	4,003,000	10	4	40.0 %	121,000	3.0 %	4 ●	Islam-Nupe Islam	19.4 %	3.3 %	2
Nuristan	266,000	9	9	100.0 %	266,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Nuristan Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	5
Ogan of Sumatra	558,000	3	3	100.0 %	558,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Ogan of Sumatra Islam	0.3 %	0.1 %	11
Omotic	21,075,000	58	12	20.7 %	703,000	3.3 %	5 ●	Christianity-Omotic Christianity	82.0 %	61.8 %	14
Oraon	4,688,000	4	2	50.0 %	50,000	1.1 %	2 ●	Hinduism-Oraon Hinduism	25.9 %	0.0 %	1
Oriya	18,560,000	214	200	93.5 %	16,446,000	88.6 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Oriya Hinduism	2.0 %	0.0 %	329
Oromo	44,116,000	25	12	48.0 %	20,149,000	45.7 %	5 ●	Islam-Oromo Islam	35.4 %	13.2 %	403
Otomi	529,000	11	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Otomi Christianity	93.7 %	11.6 %	-1 -
Ouaddai-Fur	3,675,000	36	35	97.2 %	3,657,000	99.5 %	1 ●	Islam-Ouaddai-Fur Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	73
Pacific Islanders, other	129,000	11	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Pacific Islanders, other Christianity	95.7 %	18.2 %	-1 -
Parsee	163,000	12	12	100.0 %	163,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Other / Small-Parsee Other / Small	0.0 %	0.0 %	3
Pasemah of Sumatra	1,650,000	6	6	100.0 %	1,650,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Pasemah of Sumatra Islam	1.3 %	0.1 %	33
Pashtun	50,426,000	33	33	100.0 %	50,426,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Pashtun Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1,009
Persian	61,952,000	77	75	97.4 %	61,775,000	99.7 %	1 ●	Islam-Persian Islam	1.3 %	1.2 %	1,236
Polynesian	2,408,000	76	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Polynesian Christianity	80.8 %	16.1 %	-1 -
Portuguese, Brazilian	192,030,000	27	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Portuguese, Brazilian Christianity	91.0 %	26.4 %	-1 -
Portuguese, European	17,794,000	50	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Portuguese, European Christianity	94.5 %	3.3 %	-1 -
Punjabi	99,306,000	248	242	97.6 %	95,700,000	96.4 %	1 ●	Islam-Punjabi Islam	1.7 %	0.0 %	1,914
Pygmy	938,000	28	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions-Pygmy Ethnic Religions	31.9 %	9.2 %	-1 -
Quechua	11,969,000	53	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Quechua Christianity	95.6 %	6.9 %	-1 -
Rajasthan	25,532,000	69	69	100.0 %	25,532,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Rajasthan Hinduism	0.0 %	0.0 %	511
Rajput	94,175,000	167	166	99.4 %	94,162,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Rajput Hinduism	0.0 %	0.0 %	1,883
Romani	6,980,000	124	10	8.1 %	168,000	2.4 %	4 ●	Christianity-Romani Christianity	75.0 %	4.2 %	3
Romanian	25,119,000	77	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Romanian Christianity	91.5 %	6.0 %	-1 -
Sara-Bagirmi	4,246,000	34	4	11.8 %	149,000	3.5 %	5 ●	Christianity-Sara-Bagirmi Christianity	54.7 %	12.2 %	3
Scandinavian	19,934,000	58	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Scandinavian Christianity	75.4 %	6.2 %	-1 -
Shan	4,674,000	9	8	88.9 %	4,668,000	99.9 %	1 ●	Buddhism-Shan Buddhism	0.9 %	0.8 %	93
Sindhi	16,113,000	55	55	100.0 %	16,113,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Sindhi Hinduism	0.0 %	0.0 %	322
Sinhala	15,861,000	62	28	45.2 %	944,000	6.0 %	2 ●	Buddhism-Sinhala Buddhism	7.1 %	0.0 %	19
Slav, Eastern	181,243,000	158	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Slav, Eastern Christianity	67.3 %	2.1 %	-1 -
Slav, Southern	28,024,000	198	33	16.7 %	3,261,000	11.6 %	3 ●	Christianity-Slav, Southern Christianity	75.2 %	0.8 %	65
Slav, Western	58,141,000	105	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity-Slav, Western Christianity	78.3 %	0.5 %	-1 -
Solomons	545,000	63	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Solomons Christianity	96.5 %	31.5 %	-1 -
Somali	27,419,000	32	31	96.9 %	27,317,000	99.6 %	1 ●	Islam-Somali Islam	0.4 %	0.1 %	546
Songhai	6,895,000	23	22	95.7 %	6,894,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Songhai Islam	0.2 %	0.1 %	138
Soninke	3,421,000	16	16	100.0 %	3,421,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Soninke Islam	0.2 %	0.0 %	68
South American Indigenous	21,236,000	433	30	6.9 %	41,000	0.2 %	5 ●	Christianity-South American Indigenous Christianity	83.9 %	13.2 %	1
South Asian, other	26,628,000	206	180	87.4 %	24,398,000	91.6 %	1 ●	Hinduism-South Asian, other Hinduism	2.3 %	0.5 %	488
South Himalaya	6,539,000	84	68	81.0 %	5,358,000	81.9 %	1 ●	Hinduism-South Himalaya Hinduism	4.3 %	0.0 %	107
Southeast Asian, other	1,787,000	26	9	34.6 %	134,000	7.5 %	4 ●	Christianity-Southeast Asian, other Christianity	38.1 %	6.5 %	3
Spanish	40,498,000	74	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity-Spanish Christianity	79.2 %	1.2 %	-1 -
Sub-Saharan African, general	1,002,000	10	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Sub-Saharan African, general Christianity	64.8 %	12.2 %	-1 -
Sub-Saharan African, other	15,580,000	76	2	2.6 %	70,000	0.4 %	5 ●	Christianity-Sub-Saharan African, other Christianity	70.2 %	18.8 %	1
Sudanic	13,420,000	81	3	3.7 %	693,000	5.2 %	5 ●	Christianity-Sudanic Christianity	84.5 %	23.9 %	14
Sunda-Betawi of Java	46,148,000	4	4	100.0 %	46,148,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Sunda-Betawi of Java Islam	0.7 %	0.0 %	923
Susu	1,364,000	5	5	100.0 %	1,364,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Susu Islam	0.2 %	0.0 %	27
Swiss	6,955,000	23	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Swiss Christianity	79.1 %	4.5 %	-1 -
Tai	8,434,000	88	79	89.8 %	7,836,000	92.9 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions-Tai Ethnic Religions	1.0 %	0.5 %	157
Taiwan Indigenous	547,000	21	4	19.0 %	4,500	0.8 %	5 ●	Christianity-Taiwan Indigenous Christianity	75.9 %	12.5 %	1
Tajik	9,673,000	37	37	100.0 %	9,673,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Tajik Islam	0.3 %	0.1 %	193
Talysh	939,000	12	12	100.0 %	939,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Talysh Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	19
Tamil	71,384,000	202	110	54.5 %	60,167,000	84.3 %	2 ●	Hinduism-Tamil Hinduism	8.5 %	0.1 %	1,203
Telugu	62,015,000	163	152	93.3 %	60,594,000	97.7 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Telugu Hinduism	1.9 %	0.0 %	1,212
Thai	55,812,000	42	42	100.0 %	55,812,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Buddhism-Thai Buddhism	0.4 %	0.2 %	1,116
Tibetan	6,484,000	98	96	98.0 %	6,481,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Buddhism-Tibetan Buddhism	0.2 %	0.0 %	130
Tibeto-Burman, other	21,789,000	238	181	76.1 %	18,024,000	82.7 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions-Tibeto-Burman, other Ethnic Religions	4.9 %	3.3 %	360
Timor	2,871,000	37	2	5.4 %	29,000	1.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Timor Christianity	91.0 %	7.8 %	1
Toraja of Sulawesi	1,656,000	14	3	21.4 %	62,000	3.7 %	4 ●	Christianity-Toraja of Sulawesi Christianity	70.0 %	7.7 %	1
Tuareg	3,588,000	16	16	100.0 %	3,588,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Tuareg Islam	0.1 %	0.1 %	72
Tukangbesi of Sulawesi	1,599,000	19	18	94.7 %	1,597,000	99.9 %	1 ●	Islam-Tukangbesi of Sulawesi Islam	1.7 %	0.1 %	32
Turkish	65,189,000	98	90	91.8 %	64,926,000	99.6 %	1 ●	Islam-Turkish Islam	0.3 %	0.0 %	1,299
Turkmen	7,923,000	11	11	100.0 %	7,923,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Turkmen Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	158
Ural-Siberian	11,428,000	107	77	72.0 %	8,218,000	71.9 %	2 ●	Islam-Ural-Siberian Islam	9.5 %	0.6 %	164
Urdu Muslim	46,341,000	240	240	100.0 %	46,341,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Urdu Muslim Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	927
Uyghur	12,246,000	20	20	100.0 %	12,246,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Uyghur Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	245
Uzbek	33,450,000	23	23	100.0 %	33,450,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Uzbek Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	669
Vanuatu	276,000	98	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Vanuatu Christianity	92.4 %	42.4 %	-1 -
Vietnamese	85,369,000	35	3	8.6 %	839,000	1.0 %	2 ●	Buddhism-Vietnamese Buddhism	9.4 %	1.4 %	17
West Malaysia Indigenous	184,000	27	19	70.4 %	60,000	32.6 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions-West Malaysia Indigenous Ethnic Religions	4.8 %	2.3 %	1
Yao-Mien	6,392,000	40	36	90.0 %	6,064,000	94.9 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions-Yao-Mien Ethnic Religions	0.7 %	0.3 %	121
Yoruba	45,033,000	39	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Yoruba Christianity	62.7 %	48.6 %	-1 -
Zapoteco	1,280,000	104	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Zapoteco Christianity	94.3 %	6.0 %	-1 -
Zhuang	19,768,000	32	30	93.8 %	19,598,000	99.1 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions-Zhuang Ethnic Religions	0.9 %	0.6 %	392
Totals: 254	7,675,269,000	17,072	7,101	41.6 %	3,190,401,000	41.6 %	107 ●		31.3 %	7.7 %	67,399

* 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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