Ethnic Religions people group listing

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People Groups
Total

2,509

Est. Population
of Adherents

729,511,000

People Groups Unreached

796

Est. Adherents in
Unreached Groups

137,437,000

People Groups Frontier

353

Est. Adherents in
Frontier Groups

15,048,000

Map Notes

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Scripture Status	Progress Scale	% Evangelical Range	% Christian Adh Range	Est. Workers Needed *
	Pygmy, Gundi	Central African Republic	17,000	Gundi	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Pygmy, Twa	Burundi	40,000	Kinyarwanda	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Pygmy, Twa	Rwanda	33,000	Kinyarwanda	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Pyu	Indonesia	100	Pyu	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Pyu	Papua New Guinea	200	Pyu	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Qabiao	Vietnam	800	Qabiao	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Qabiao, Pubiao	China	500	Qabiao	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Qanu	China	15,000	Miao, Northern Qiandong	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Qiang, Dajishan	China	12,000	Qiang, Southern	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Qiang, Heihu	China	27,000	Qiang, Southern	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Qiang, Jiaochang	China	32,000	Qiang, Southern	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Qiang, Longxi	China	5,600	Qiang, Southern	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Qiang, Mianchi	China	26,000	Qiang, Southern	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Qiang, Sanlong	China	25,000	Qiang, Southern	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Qiang, Taoping	China	8,300	Qiang, Southern	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Qiangyi	China	13,000	Qiang, Southern	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Quechua, Chachapoyas	Peru	8,900	Quechua, Chachapoyas	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Rade	Cambodia	3,400	Rade	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Ralok	Laos	900	Ta'oih, Upper	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Rao	China	13,000	T'en	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Red Bobo, Bwa	Burkina Faso	145,000	Bomu	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Reel, Atwot	South Sudan	112,000	Reel	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Rejang Kayan, Lisum	Malaysia	9,100	Kayan, Rejang	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Rembarrnga	Australia	-1 Unknown	Rembarrnga	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Rendille, Ariaal	Kenya	16,000	Samburu	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
Totals:	2,509 Peoples		729,511,000				796 ◼︎ (353 ✸︎)			3,029

* 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-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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Level	Description	Criteria
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-Frontier) - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity. ◼︎	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - 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 to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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