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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	598,000	89	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Aborigine Christianity	77.2 %	21.6 %	-1 -
Aceh of Sumatra	4,662,000	9	9	100.0 %	4,662,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Aceh of Sumatra Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	93
Adamawa-Ubangi	11,937,000	167	11	6.6 %	171,000	1.4 %	5 ●	Christianity-Adamawa-Ubangi Christianity	69.5 %	21.6 %	11
Adi	604,000	35	4	11.4 %	8,500	1.4 %	2 ●	Christianity-Adi Christianity	42.0 %	0.0 %	4
Afar	2,869,000	5	3	60.0 %	2,627,000	91.6 %	1 ●	Islam-Afar Islam	3.5 %	0.0 %	52
Afro-American, Hispanic	19,443,000	36	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Afro-American, Hispanic Christianity	89.6 %	9.5 %	-1 -
Afro-American, Northern	46,675,000	70	1	1.4 %	13,000	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Afro-American, Northern Christianity	85.5 %	33.9 %	1
Afro-Caribbean, Anglophone	426,000	10	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Afro-Caribbean, Anglophone Christianity	93.8 %	17.8 %	-1 -
Afro-Caribbean, Dutch	474,000	11	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Afro-Caribbean, Dutch Christianity	76.8 %	12.5 %	-1 -
Afro-Caribbean, Francophone	18,170,000	21	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Afro-Caribbean, Francophone Christianity	93.6 %	13.6 %	-1 -
Aimaq	1,721,000	2	2	100.0 %	1,721,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Aimaq Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	35
Albanian	6,705,000	39	10	25.6 %	2,185,000	32.6 %	2 ●	Islam-Albanian Islam	20.8 %	0.4 %	51
Altaic	843,000	17	17	100.0 %	843,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Altaic Islam	0.5 %	0.1 %	29
Amazon	7,429,000	127	14	11.0 %	5,400	0.1 %	4 ●	Christianity-Amazon Christianity	84.4 %	9.9 %	14
Anglo-American	190,359,000	106	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Anglo-American Christianity	81.0 %	32.9 %	-1 -
Anglo-Celt	110,899,000	241	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Anglo-Celt Christianity	67.9 %	10.2 %	-1 -
Arab World, general	3,279,000	14	9	64.3 %	1,634,000	49.8 %	4 ●	Islam-Arab World, general Islam	17.2 %	2.4 %	36
Arab, Arabian	26,767,000	82	67	81.7 %	26,601,000	99.4 %	1 ●	Islam-Arab, Arabian Islam	0.8 %	0.3 %	559
Arab, Hassaniya	5,889,000	28	28	100.0 %	5,889,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Arab, Hassaniya Islam	0.1 %	0.1 %	127
Arab, Levant	72,993,000	161	73	45.3 %	46,523,000	63.7 %	2 ●	Islam-Arab, Levant Islam	7.6 %	0.3 %	956
Arab, Libyan	4,462,000	13	13	100.0 %	4,462,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Arab, Libyan Islam	0.5 %	0.1 %	95
Arab, Maghreb	71,777,000	52	52	100.0 %	71,777,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Arab, Maghreb Islam	0.7 %	0.6 %	1,458
Arab, Shuwa	4,798,000	17	17	100.0 %	4,798,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Arab, Shuwa Islam	0.3 %	0.3 %	102
Arab, Sudan	34,455,000	53	49	92.5 %	18,133,000	52.6 %	1 ●	Islam-Arab, Sudan Islam	4.7 %	0.3 %	370
Arab, Yemeni	25,548,000	25	25	100.0 %	25,548,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Arab, Yemeni Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	517
Armenian	6,220,000	59	1	1.7 %	22,000	0.4 %	4 ●	Christianity-Armenian Christianity	94.1 %	9.3 %	1
Assamese	5,175,000	20	16	80.0 %	4,662,000	90.1 %	1 ●	Islam-Assamese Islam	3.3 %	0.0 %	102
Assyrian / Aramaic	1,068,000	53	9	17.0 %	71,000	6.6 %	3 ●	Christianity-Assyrian / Aramaic Christianity	86.3 %	1.1 %	9
Atlantic	7,178,000	66	25	37.9 %	777,000	10.8 %	4 ●	Islam-Atlantic Islam	14.3 %	2.9 %	32
Atlantic-Jola	774,000	20	9	45.0 %	65,000	8.3 %	2 ●	Islam-Atlantic-Jola Islam	17.8 %	0.7 %	9
Atlantic-Wolof	6,826,000	14	14	100.0 %	6,826,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Atlantic-Wolof Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	141
Aymara	1,944,000	6	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Aymara Christianity	92.1 %	19.5 %	-1 -
Azerbaijani	29,379,000	39	39	100.0 %	29,379,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Azerbaijani Islam	0.3 %	0.2 %	608
Aztec	2,866,000	45	1	2.2 %	52,000	1.8 %	4 ●	Christianity-Aztec Christianity	93.5 %	4.4 %	1
Bali-Sasak	8,647,000	7	7	100.0 %	8,647,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Bali-Sasak Islam	0.6 %	0.1 %	174
Baloch	14,148,000	42	42	100.0 %	14,148,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Baloch Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	292
Baltic	4,422,000	46	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Baltic Christianity	76.0 %	4.5 %	-1 -
Bania	44,289,000	74	74	100.0 %	44,289,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Bania Hinduism	0.0 %	0.0 %	911
Banjar of Kalimantan	5,473,000	10	6	60.0 %	4,712,000	86.1 %	1 ●	Islam-Banjar of Kalimantan Islam	2.8 %	0.7 %	96
Banjara	7,441,000	11	11	100.0 %	7,441,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Banjara Hinduism	0.5 %	0.0 %	152
Bantu, Cameroon-Bamileke	6,289,000	67	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Cameroon-Bamileke Christianity	69.5 %	7.8 %	-1 -
Bantu, Central-Congo	28,476,000	154	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Central-Congo Christianity	89.8 %	17.6 %	-1 -
Bantu, Central-East	4,754,000	10	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Central-East Christianity	70.2 %	14.8 %	-1 -
Bantu, Central-Lakes	67,748,000	101	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Central-Lakes Christianity	89.0 %	31.3 %	-1 -
Bantu, Central-Luba	18,457,000	18	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Central-Luba Christianity	88.2 %	18.8 %	-1 -
Bantu, Central-South	32,381,000	134	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Central-South Christianity	89.8 %	22.5 %	-1 -
Bantu, Central-Southeast	9,861,000	11	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Central-Southeast Christianity	64.3 %	19.3 %	-1 -
Bantu, Central-Southwest	13,786,000	21	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Central-Southwest Christianity	95.5 %	22.5 %	-1 -
Bantu, Central-Tanzania	28,792,000	56	2	3.6 %	702,000	2.4 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Central-Tanzania Christianity	58.7 %	12.6 %	14
Bantu, Chewa-Sena	21,645,000	30	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Chewa-Sena Christianity	85.2 %	21.9 %	-1 -
Bantu, East-Coastal	5,809,000	26	10	38.5 %	905,000	15.6 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, East-Coastal Christianity	41.2 %	15.8 %	22
Bantu, Gikuyu-Kamba	19,373,000	19	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Gikuyu-Kamba Christianity	93.7 %	63.6 %	-1 -
Bantu, Kongo	16,028,000	11	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Kongo Christianity	88.2 %	22.5 %	-1 -
Bantu, Makua-Yao	31,650,000	50	11	22.0 %	4,202,000	13.3 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Makua-Yao Christianity	42.8 %	18.4 %	88
Bantu, Nguni	31,123,000	26	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Nguni Christianity	79.5 %	24.3 %	-1 -
Bantu, Northwest	11,415,000	102	1	1.0 %	5,100	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Northwest Christianity	90.4 %	18.1 %	1
Bantu, Shona	13,967,000	26	1	3.8 %	19,000	0.1 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Shona Christianity	72.2 %	23.3 %	1
Bantu, Sotho-Tswana	19,564,000	43	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Bantu, Sotho-Tswana Christianity	79.6 %	15.6 %	-1 -
Bantu, Southeastern	1,464,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Ethnic Religions-Bantu, Southeastern Ethnic Religions	40.2 %	16.5 %	-1 -
Bantu, Swahili	6,180,000	51	49	96.1 %	6,118,000	99.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Bantu, Swahili Islam	1.3 %	0.7 %	147
Barito of Kalimantan	399,000	9	3	33.3 %	218,000	54.6 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions-Barito of Kalimantan Ethnic Religions	9.7 %	2.8 %	5
Basque	2,864,000	15	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity-Basque Christianity	84.1 %	0.8 %	-1 -
Batak-Nias of Sumatra	11,070,000	16	4	25.0 %	1,295,000	11.7 %	5 ●	Christianity-Batak-Nias of Sumatra Christianity	64.8 %	13.1 %	27
Bedouin, Arabian	21,551,000	19	19	100.0 %	21,551,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Bedouin, Arabian Islam	0.4 %	0.1 %	434
Bedouin, Saharan	3,605,000	17	17	100.0 %	3,605,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Bedouin, Saharan Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	76
Beja	3,685,000	5	5	100.0 %	3,685,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Beja Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	74
Bengali	350,495,000	363	354	97.5 %	350,130,000	99.9 %	1 ●	Islam-Bengali Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	7,186
Benue	36,146,000	340	33	9.7 %	668,000	1.8 %	5 ●	Christianity-Benue Christianity	76.1 %	27.4 %	37
Berber-Kabyle	6,657,000	6	6	100.0 %	6,657,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Berber-Kabyle Islam	3.0 %	1.7 %	135
Berber-Riff	1,899,000	6	6	100.0 %	1,899,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Berber-Riff Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	40
Berber-Saharan	1,008,000	24	24	100.0 %	1,008,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Berber-Saharan Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	37
Berber-Shawiya	2,544,000	6	6	100.0 %	2,544,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Berber-Shawiya Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	53
Berber-Shilha	10,856,000	18	17	94.4 %	9,915,000	91.3 %	2 ●	Islam-Berber-Shilha Islam	7.6 %	0.2 %	200
Bhil	22,368,000	20	20	100.0 %	22,368,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Bhil Hinduism	0.7 %	0.0 %	451
Bhojpur-Maithili	13,242,000	45	45	100.0 %	13,242,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Bhojpur-Maithili Hinduism	0.0 %	0.0 %	286
Bhutanese	649,000	21	21	100.0 %	649,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Buddhism-Bhutanese Buddhism	0.4 %	0.0 %	27
Bihari	84,000	3	2	66.7 %	57,000	67.9 %	2 ●	Hinduism-Bihari Hinduism	8.1 %	0.6 %	2
Borneo-Kalimantan	4,971,000	159	36	22.6 %	340,000	6.8 %	4 ●	Christianity-Borneo-Kalimantan Christianity	47.3 %	9.6 %	37
Bouyei	3,374,000	6	6	100.0 %	3,374,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions-Bouyei Ethnic Religions	0.7 %	0.2 %	70
Brahmin	94,856,000	119	118	99.2 %	94,855,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Brahmin Hinduism	0.0 %	0.0 %	1,925
Bugi-Makassar of Sulawesi	10,087,000	30	23	76.7 %	9,908,000	98.2 %	1 ●	Islam-Bugi-Makassar of Sulawesi Islam	1.4 %	0.1 %	207
Bungku-Bajau	778,000	19	16	84.2 %	727,000	93.4 %	2 ●	Islam-Bungku-Bajau Islam	7.2 %	1.0 %	26
Burmese	35,529,000	28	28	100.0 %	35,529,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Buddhism-Burmese Buddhism	0.4 %	0.1 %	724
Caucasian Peoples, general	49,000	8	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Caucasian Peoples, general Christianity	82.8 %	22.7 %	-1 -
Caucasus	12,982,000	184	130	70.7 %	8,532,000	65.7 %	2 ●	Islam-Caucasus Islam	27.8 %	0.5 %	258
Central American Indigenous, other	3,626,000	96	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Central American Indigenous, other Christianity	85.0 %	9.8 %	-1 -
Chadic	13,736,000	215	58	27.0 %	2,818,000	20.5 %	5 ●	Christianity-Chadic Christianity	38.9 %	10.2 %	89
Cham	1,419,000	19	11	57.9 %	430,000	30.3 %	5 ●	Ethnic Religions-Cham Ethnic Religions	33.8 %	22.4 %	16
Chinese	1,346,610,000	255	40	15.7 %	47,809,000	3.6 %	4 ●	Non-Religious-Chinese Non-Religious	9.8 %	7.9 %	976
Chinese-Hui	14,795,000	19	19	100.0 %	14,795,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Chinese-Hui Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	306
Deaf	46,464,000	216	39	18.1 %	-1 Unknown	-1 Unknown	3 ●	Christianity-Deaf Christianity	29.4 %	0.0 %	166
Domari	3,787,000	16	15	93.8 %	3,774,000	99.7 %	1 ●	Islam-Domari Islam	0.6 %	0.3 %	82
Egyptian	86,819,000	35	1	2.9 %	101,000	0.1 %	4 ●	Islam-Egyptian Islam	14.7 %	5.0 %	2
Ethio-Semitic	46,861,000	55	15	27.3 %	3,136,000	6.7 %	3 ●	Christianity-Ethio-Semitic Christianity	79.5 %	1.5 %	70
Fiji	548,000	18	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Fiji Christianity	95.1 %	34.2 %	-1 -
Filipino, Central	97,942,000	97	1	1.0 %	5,900	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Filipino, Central Christianity	98.1 %	15.0 %	1
Filipino, Muslim	5,336,000	22	22	100.0 %	5,336,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Filipino, Muslim Islam	1.2 %	0.2 %	114
Filipino, Tribal	7,980,000	137	11	8.0 %	192,000	2.4 %	5 ●	Christianity-Filipino, Tribal Christianity	64.1 %	10.4 %	12
Finno-Ugric	8,877,000	99	6	6.1 %	93,000	1.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Finno-Ugric Christianity	70.8 %	7.4 %	6
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	2,885,000	56	10	17.9 %	53,000	1.8 %	4 ●	Christianity-Flores-Sumba-Alor Christianity	61.8 %	7.2 %	10
French	72,760,000	137	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity-French Christianity	67.9 %	1.1 %	-1 -
Fulani / Fulbe	41,028,000	56	55	98.2 %	40,965,000	99.8 %	1 ●	Islam-Fulani / Fulbe Islam	0.6 %	0.2 %	835
Garo-Tripuri	4,698,000	25	11	44.0 %	340,000	7.2 %	5 ●	Hinduism-Garo-Tripuri Hinduism	31.1 %	19.1 %	14
Germanic	120,440,000	198	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Germanic Christianity	67.2 %	3.2 %	-1 -
Gond	20,662,000	22	20	90.9 %	18,822,000	91.1 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Gond Hinduism	1.5 %	0.0 %	381
Gorontalo of Sulawesi	1,210,000	6	5	83.3 %	1,199,000	99.1 %	1 ●	Islam-Gorontalo of Sulawesi Islam	1.9 %	0.1 %	27
Greek	12,407,000	86	1	1.2 %	345,000	2.8 %	3 ●	Christianity-Greek Christianity	91.8 %	0.4 %	7
Guarani	7,115,000	53	1	1.9 %	200	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Guarani Christianity	94.4 %	9.1 %	1
Guera-Naba of Chad	503,000	6	6	100.0 %	503,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Guera-Naba of Chad Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	13
Guinean	42,911,000	168	10	6.0 %	757,000	1.8 %	5 ●	Christianity-Guinean Christianity	68.5 %	25.5 %	18
Gujarati	60,092,000	189	184	97.4 %	60,008,000	99.9 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Gujarati Hinduism	0.2 %	0.0 %	1,308
Gur	35,195,000	186	42	22.6 %	4,620,000	13.1 %	4 ●	Islam-Gur Islam	24.1 %	9.9 %	110
Hani	2,665,000	30	14	46.7 %	1,371,000	51.4 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions-Hani Ethnic Religions	8.0 %	5.2 %	35
Hausa	48,140,000	19	18	94.7 %	47,719,000	99.1 %	1 ●	Islam-Hausa Islam	2.6 %	1.7 %	961
Hindi	368,278,000	481	456	94.8 %	366,870,000	99.6 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Hindi Hinduism	0.4 %	0.0 %	7,537
Hispanic	357,126,000	146	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Hispanic Christianity	92.0 %	15.7 %	-1 -
Hispanic American, other	15,896,000	24	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Hispanic American, other Christianity	94.0 %	11.3 %	-1 -
Hungarian	11,473,000	29	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Hungarian Christianity	88.3 %	3.1 %	-1 -
Igbo	32,472,000	16	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Igbo Christianity	96.7 %	44.9 %	-1 -
Ijaw	3,590,000	11	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Ijaw Christianity	97.7 %	43.3 %	-1 -
Inuit	201,000	14	2	14.3 %	2,200	1.1 %	4 ●	Christianity-Inuit Christianity	76.9 %	8.1 %	2
Italian	59,570,000	83	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity-Italian Christianity	84.9 %	1.3 %	-1 -
Japanese	127,047,000	60	56	93.3 %	125,184,000	98.5 %	1 ●	Buddhism-Japanese Buddhism	2.2 %	0.5 %	2,541
Jat	72,662,000	188	186	98.9 %	72,577,000	99.9 %	1 ●	Islam-Jat Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1,529
Java	113,212,000	22	8	36.4 %	50,885,000	44.9 %	4 ●	Islam-Java Islam	11.8 %	3.7 %	1,019
Jews	15,200,000	143	136	95.1 %	14,708,000	96.8 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions-Jews Ethnic Religions	2.5 %	0.7 %	383
Kadai	119,000	8	8	100.0 %	119,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions-Kadai Ethnic Religions	0.8 %	0.8 %	8
Kaili-Tomini of Sulawesi	745,000	24	16	66.7 %	635,000	85.2 %	2 ●	Islam-Kaili-Tomini of Sulawesi Islam	8.9 %	0.4 %	24
Kannada	32,200,000	94	92	97.9 %	32,187,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Kannada Hinduism	0.8 %	0.0 %	690
Kanuri-Saharan	11,200,000	28	27	96.4 %	11,163,000	99.7 %	1 ●	Islam-Kanuri-Saharan Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	230
Karen	5,062,000	31	2	6.5 %	847,000	16.7 %	5 ●	Buddhism-Karen Buddhism	35.4 %	20.9 %	18
Kashmiri	10,693,000	70	70	100.0 %	10,693,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Kashmiri Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	262
Kazakh	16,324,000	34	32	94.1 %	16,321,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Kazakh Islam	0.1 %	0.1 %	348
Khoisan	2,179,000	56	8	14.3 %	37,000	1.7 %	5 ●	Christianity-Khoisan Christianity	77.3 %	17.7 %	8
Korean	80,531,000	48	2	4.2 %	25,059,000	31.1 %	5 ●	Non-Religious-Korean Non-Religious	21.8 %	12.0 %	502
Kru	4,196,000	55	3	5.5 %	70,000	1.7 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions-Kru Ethnic Religions	48.5 %	9.7 %	3
Kuki-Chin-Naga	7,020,000	173	20	11.6 %	2,029,000	28.9 %	4 ●	Christianity-Kuki-Chin-Naga Christianity	60.2 %	6.7 %	53
Kurd	36,147,000	63	63	100.0 %	36,147,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Kurd Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	752
Kyrgyz	4,858,000	14	14	100.0 %	4,858,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Kyrgyz Islam	0.8 %	0.6 %	106
Lampung of Sumatra	1,689,000	9	9	100.0 %	1,689,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Lampung of Sumatra Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	34
Lao	3,714,000	17	13	76.5 %	3,683,000	99.2 %	1 ●	Buddhism-Lao Buddhism	3.4 %	1.8 %	80
Li	1,923,000	6	6	100.0 %	1,923,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions-Li Ethnic Religions	0.5 %	0.4 %	39
Lisu	1,307,000	6	1	16.7 %	2,700	0.2 %	5 ●	Christianity-Lisu Christianity	79.8 %	46.3 %	1
Luri-Bakhtiari	5,490,000	8	8	100.0 %	5,490,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Luri-Bakhtiari Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	111
Madura of Java	7,690,000	5	5	100.0 %	7,690,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Madura of Java Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	154
Malagasy	25,519,000	36	2	5.6 %	67,000	0.3 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions-Malagasy Ethnic Religions	49.9 %	6.2 %	2
Malay	33,283,000	91	53	58.2 %	22,139,000	66.5 %	4 ●	Islam-Malay Islam	7.9 %	3.9 %	470
Malayali	36,953,000	124	95	76.6 %	28,708,000	77.7 %	2 ●	Hinduism-Malayali Hinduism	19.9 %	0.1 %	621
Maldivian	482,000	4	4	100.0 %	482,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Maldivian Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	12
Malinke	13,167,000	57	48	84.2 %	12,773,000	97.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Malinke Islam	1.3 %	0.3 %	271
Malinke-Bambara	6,361,000	16	14	87.5 %	6,196,000	97.4 %	1 ●	Islam-Malinke-Bambara Islam	4.1 %	1.0 %	132
Malinke-Jula	5,736,000	11	11	100.0 %	5,736,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Malinke-Jula Islam	0.3 %	0.0 %	116
Maltese	608,000	7	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity-Maltese Christianity	97.8 %	1.3 %	-1 -
Maluku-Central	1,029,000	47	11	23.4 %	376,000	36.5 %	5 ●	Islam-Maluku-Central Islam	34.6 %	15.7 %	15
Maluku-Northern	489,000	25	6	24.0 %	161,000	32.9 %	4 ●	Islam-Maluku-Northern Islam	26.8 %	3.2 %	6
Maluku-Southern	402,000	44	2	4.5 %	1,300	0.3 %	4 ●	Christianity-Maluku-Southern Christianity	57.9 %	3.4 %	2
Mande	10,777,000	63	17	27.0 %	852,000	7.9 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions-Mande Ethnic Religions	21.6 %	9.3 %	25
Marathi-Konkani	65,911,000	136	123	90.4 %	64,574,000	98.0 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Marathi-Konkani Hinduism	2.0 %	0.0 %	1,344
Maya	7,852,000	73	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Maya Christianity	96.6 %	22.1 %	-1 -
Melayu of Sumatra	6,056,000	16	14	87.5 %	6,055,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Melayu of Sumatra Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	124
Miao / Hmong	12,369,000	71	45	63.4 %	8,495,000	68.7 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions-Miao / Hmong Ethnic Religions	11.2 %	7.7 %	186
Micronesian	544,000	58	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Micronesian Christianity	97.4 %	20.4 %	-1 -
Minahasa-Sangir of Sulawesi	1,583,000	16	2	12.5 %	20,000	1.2 %	5 ●	Christianity-Minahasa-Sangir of Sulawesi Christianity	76.5 %	13.4 %	2
Minangkabau-Rejang of Sumatra	7,540,000	7	7	100.0 %	7,540,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Minangkabau-Rejang of Sumatra Islam	0.3 %	0.0 %	151
Miri-Kachin	2,006,000	12	3	25.0 %	841,000	41.9 %	5 ●	Christianity-Miri-Kachin Christianity	36.6 %	24.1 %	17
Mixe	181,000	12	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Mixe Christianity	93.3 %	9.8 %	-1 -
Mixteco	659,000	65	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Mixteco Christianity	94.9 %	5.3 %	-1 -
Mizo-Lushai	799,000	11	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Mizo-Lushai Christianity	98.6 %	86.7 %	-1 -
Mon-Khmer	28,558,000	226	169	74.8 %	23,985,000	84.0 %	4 ●	Buddhism-Mon-Khmer Buddhism	9.4 %	2.6 %	593
Mongolian	12,235,000	53	51	96.2 %	12,233,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Buddhism-Mongolian Buddhism	1.0 %	0.7 %	271
Munda-Santal	15,887,000	28	15	53.6 %	10,401,000	65.5 %	2 ●	Hinduism-Munda-Santal Hinduism	9.4 %	0.0 %	213
Musi of Sumatra	5,009,000	8	8	100.0 %	5,009,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Musi of Sumatra Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	101
Nepali-Pahari	14,692,000	77	70	90.9 %	13,722,000	93.4 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Nepali-Pahari Hinduism	1.2 %	0.1 %	316
New Caledonia	75,000	31	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-New Caledonia Christianity	99.2 %	9.6 %	-1 -
New Guinea	9,669,000	1,141	14	1.2 %	58,000	0.6 %	5 ●	Christianity-New Guinea Christianity	92.6 %	20.6 %	14
Nilotic	41,226,000	124	22	17.7 %	981,000	2.4 %	5 ●	Christianity-Nilotic Christianity	73.0 %	28.6 %	32
North American Indigenous	3,230,000	241	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-North American Indigenous Christianity	73.0 %	8.6 %	-1 -
Nosu	3,292,000	7	6	85.7 %	2,989,000	90.8 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions-Nosu Ethnic Religions	1.2 %	0.8 %	59
Nuba Mountains	1,475,000	40	31	77.5 %	905,000	61.4 %	2 ●	Islam-Nuba Mountains Islam	13.1 %	1.6 %	36
Nubian	2,700,000	28	28	100.0 %	2,700,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Nubian Islam	0.3 %	0.0 %	64
Nupe	3,901,000	10	4	40.0 %	118,000	3.0 %	4 ●	Islam-Nupe Islam	19.4 %	3.3 %	4
Nuristan	261,000	9	9	100.0 %	261,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Nuristan Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	11
Ogan of Sumatra	552,000	3	3	100.0 %	552,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Ogan of Sumatra Islam	0.3 %	0.1 %	11
Omotic	20,499,000	57	13	22.8 %	723,000	3.5 %	5 ●	Christianity-Omotic Christianity	81.4 %	60.6 %	21
Oraon	4,590,000	4	2	50.0 %	49,000	1.1 %	2 ●	Hinduism-Oraon Hinduism	25.8 %	0.0 %	2
Oriya	18,302,000	214	201	93.9 %	16,218,000	88.6 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Oriya Hinduism	1.8 %	0.0 %	457
Oromo	34,740,000	24	10	41.7 %	10,325,000	29.7 %	5 ●	Christianity-Oromo Christianity	35.2 %	14.2 %	208
Otomi	523,000	11	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Otomi Christianity	93.7 %	11.6 %	-1 -
Ouaddai-Fur	3,723,000	36	35	97.2 %	3,706,000	99.5 %	1 ●	Islam-Ouaddai-Fur Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	85
Pacific Islanders, other	127,000	11	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Pacific Islanders, other Christianity	95.7 %	18.2 %	-1 -
Parsee	162,000	12	12	100.0 %	162,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Other / Small-Parsee Other / Small	0.0 %	0.0 %	13
Pasemah of Sumatra	1,632,000	6	6	100.0 %	1,632,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Pasemah of Sumatra Islam	1.3 %	0.1 %	32
Pashtun	49,471,000	32	32	100.0 %	49,471,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Pashtun Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1,006
Persian	61,136,000	77	75	97.4 %	60,960,000	99.7 %	1 ●	Islam-Persian Islam	1.3 %	1.2 %	1,250
Polynesian	2,387,000	76	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Polynesian Christianity	80.9 %	16.1 %	-1 -
Portuguese, Brazilian	190,573,000	27	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Portuguese, Brazilian Christianity	91.0 %	26.4 %	-1 -
Portuguese, European	17,698,000	50	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Portuguese, European Christianity	94.5 %	3.3 %	-1 -
Punjabi	97,169,000	249	243	97.6 %	93,648,000	96.4 %	1 ●	Islam-Punjabi Islam	1.7 %	0.0 %	1,987
Pygmy	913,000	28	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions-Pygmy Ethnic Religions	31.8 %	9.2 %	-1 -
Quechua	11,822,000	53	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Quechua Christianity	95.6 %	6.9 %	-1 -
Rajasthan	24,681,000	68	68	100.0 %	24,681,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Rajasthan Hinduism	0.0 %	0.0 %	524
Rajput	92,495,000	167	166	99.4 %	92,482,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Rajput Hinduism	0.0 %	0.0 %	1,897
Romani	6,974,000	124	10	8.1 %	166,000	2.4 %	4 ●	Christianity-Romani Christianity	75.0 %	4.2 %	10
Romanian	25,215,000	77	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Romanian Christianity	91.5 %	6.0 %	-1 -
Sara-Bagirmi	4,125,000	34	4	11.8 %	145,000	3.5 %	5 ●	Christianity-Sara-Bagirmi Christianity	54.7 %	12.2 %	6
Scandinavian	19,782,000	58	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Scandinavian Christianity	75.4 %	6.2 %	-1 -
Shan	4,634,000	9	8	88.9 %	4,628,000	99.9 %	1 ●	Buddhism-Shan Buddhism	0.9 %	0.8 %	98
Sindhi	15,859,000	56	56	100.0 %	15,859,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Sindhi Hinduism	0.0 %	0.0 %	349
Sinhala	15,878,000	62	28	45.2 %	969,000	6.1 %	2 ●	Buddhism-Sinhala Buddhism	7.0 %	0.0 %	37
Slav, Eastern	181,425,000	158	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Slav, Eastern Christianity	67.4 %	2.1 %	-1 -
Slav, Southern	28,069,000	198	33	16.7 %	3,257,000	11.6 %	3 ●	Christianity-Slav, Southern Christianity	75.1 %	0.8 %	80
Slav, Western	57,982,000	105	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity-Slav, Western Christianity	78.5 %	0.5 %	-1 -
Solomons	530,000	63	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Solomons Christianity	96.7 %	31.5 %	-1 -
Somali	26,728,000	32	31	96.9 %	26,630,000	99.6 %	1 ●	Islam-Somali Islam	0.4 %	0.1 %	544
Songhai	6,655,000	23	22	95.7 %	6,653,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Songhai Islam	0.2 %	0.1 %	144
Soninke	3,322,000	16	16	100.0 %	3,322,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Soninke Islam	0.2 %	0.0 %	73
South American Indigenous	20,991,000	427	25	5.9 %	39,000	0.2 %	5 ●	Christianity-South American Indigenous Christianity	83.9 %	13.2 %	25
South Asian, other	26,968,000	205	179	87.3 %	24,765,000	91.8 %	1 ●	Hinduism-South Asian, other Hinduism	2.4 %	0.5 %	597
South Himalaya	6,417,000	84	68	81.0 %	5,258,000	81.9 %	1 ●	Hinduism-South Himalaya Hinduism	4.3 %	0.0 %	157
Southeast Asian, other	1,775,000	26	9	34.6 %	135,000	7.6 %	4 ●	Christianity-Southeast Asian, other Christianity	38.0 %	6.5 %	11
Spanish	40,430,000	74	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity-Spanish Christianity	79.2 %	1.2 %	-1 -
Sub-Saharan African, general	999,000	10	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Sub-Saharan African, general Christianity	64.8 %	12.2 %	-1 -
Sub-Saharan African, other	15,646,000	76	2	2.6 %	67,000	0.4 %	5 ●	Christianity-Sub-Saharan African, other Christianity	70.7 %	18.5 %	2
Sudanic	12,993,000	81	3	3.7 %	672,000	5.2 %	5 ●	Christianity-Sudanic Christianity	84.5 %	23.9 %	14
Sunda-Betawi of Java	45,677,000	4	4	100.0 %	45,677,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Sunda-Betawi of Java Islam	0.7 %	0.0 %	914
Susu	1,331,000	5	5	100.0 %	1,331,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Susu Islam	0.2 %	0.0 %	29
Swiss	6,904,000	23	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Swiss Christianity	79.1 %	4.5 %	-1 -
Tai	8,389,000	88	79	89.8 %	7,796,000	92.9 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions-Tai Ethnic Religions	1.0 %	0.5 %	197
Taiwan Indigenous	545,000	20	4	20.0 %	4,500	0.8 %	5 ●	Christianity-Taiwan Indigenous Christianity	76.0 %	12.5 %	4
Tajik	9,499,000	37	37	100.0 %	9,499,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Tajik Islam	0.3 %	0.1 %	213
Talysh	930,000	12	12	100.0 %	930,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Talysh Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	24
Tamil	71,704,000	184	96	52.2 %	41,093,000	57.3 %	2 ●	Hinduism-Tamil Hinduism	8.4 %	0.1 %	868
Telugu	62,500,000	163	152	93.3 %	61,168,000	97.9 %	1 ●	Hinduism-Telugu Hinduism	1.9 %	0.0 %	1,312
Thai	55,707,000	42	42	100.0 %	55,707,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Buddhism-Thai Buddhism	0.4 %	0.2 %	1,136
Tibetan	6,450,000	98	96	98.0 %	6,447,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Buddhism-Tibetan Buddhism	0.2 %	0.0 %	196
Tibeto-Burman, other	21,700,000	237	180	75.9 %	17,954,000	82.7 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions-Tibeto-Burman, other Ethnic Religions	4.9 %	3.3 %	472
Timor	2,829,000	37	2	5.4 %	29,000	1.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Timor Christianity	91.0 %	7.8 %	2
Toraja of Sulawesi	1,640,000	14	3	21.4 %	61,000	3.7 %	4 ●	Christianity-Toraja of Sulawesi Christianity	70.0 %	7.7 %	3
Tuareg	3,469,000	16	16	100.0 %	3,469,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Tuareg Islam	0.1 %	0.1 %	72
Tukangbesi of Sulawesi	1,582,000	19	18	94.7 %	1,579,000	99.8 %	1 ●	Islam-Tukangbesi of Sulawesi Islam	1.7 %	0.1 %	42
Turkish	64,566,000	98	90	91.8 %	64,302,000	99.6 %	1 ●	Islam-Turkish Islam	0.3 %	0.0 %	1,339
Turkmen	7,791,000	11	11	100.0 %	7,791,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Turkmen Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	162
Ural-Siberian	11,415,000	107	77	72.0 %	8,205,000	71.9 %	2 ●	Islam-Ural-Siberian Islam	9.5 %	0.6 %	217
Urdu Muslim	45,481,000	238	238	100.0 %	45,481,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Urdu Muslim Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1,061
Uyghur	12,202,000	20	20	100.0 %	12,202,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Uyghur Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	257
Uzbek	32,959,000	23	23	100.0 %	32,959,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam-Uzbek Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	671
Vanuatu	270,000	98	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Vanuatu Christianity	93.4 %	42.4 %	-1 -
Vietnamese	84,478,000	35	3	8.6 %	827,000	1.0 %	2 ●	Buddhism-Vietnamese Buddhism	9.4 %	1.4 %	18
West Malaysia Indigenous	183,000	27	19	70.4 %	59,000	32.1 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions-West Malaysia Indigenous Ethnic Religions	4.8 %	2.3 %	19
Yao-Mien	6,348,000	40	36	90.0 %	6,038,000	95.1 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions-Yao-Mien Ethnic Religions	0.7 %	0.3 %	136
Yoruba	42,501,000	39	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity-Yoruba Christianity	62.8 %	48.4 %	-1 -
Zapoteco	1,266,000	104	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity-Zapoteco Christianity	94.3 %	6.0 %	-1 -
Zhuang	19,678,000	32	30	93.8 %	19,508,000	99.1 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions-Zhuang Ethnic Religions	0.9 %	0.6 %	399
Totals: 254	7,596,689,000	17,004	7,066	41.6 %	3,133,189,000	41.2 %	107 ●		31.3 %	7.7 %	66,235

* 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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