Ethnic Religions people group listing

Religion: Ethnic Religions What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

745,947,000

% of World Population

9.1 %

People Groups

2,695

Unreached Groups

958 (35.5 %)

Map Notes

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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Amarakaire, Harakmbet	Peru	2,200	Amarakaeri	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.60 %	0.50 %	4 New Testament	1
	Ami	China	2,000	Amis	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Ampanang	Indonesia	41,000	Ampanang	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Arbil, Lishanid Noshan	Israel	3,800	Inter-Zab Jewish Neo-Aramaic	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Arbore	Ethiopia	13,000	Arbore	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.62 %	1.62 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Arem	Laos	800	Arem	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.60 %	1.52 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Arem	Vietnam	100	Arem	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Waimiri-Atroari	Brazil	2,000	Waimiri-Atroari	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.10 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Baduy	Indonesia	28,000	Baduy	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.03 %	0.03 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Baheng, Lipeng	China	6,600	Pa-Hng	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Baima	China	17,000	Baima	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.20 %	2.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Banda, Nafana	Côte d'Ivoire	5,600	Nafaanra	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	0.90 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Bandoumu, Minduumo	Gabon	6,400	Ndumu	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	0.50 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Baonuo	China	33,000	Bunu, Bu-Nao	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.40 %	0.30 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Barke, Burkanawa	Nigeria	34,000	Burku	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Basa-Gurmana	Nigeria	5,700	Basa-Gurmana	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Bassari	Guinea-Bissau	600	Oniyan	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	0.50 %	4 New Testament	1
	Beidalao	China	25,000	Pa-Hng	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Bateq	Malaysia	1,400	Batek	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	0.50 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Embera-Baudo	Colombia	6,900	Embera-Baudo	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Jola-Bayote	Guinea-Bissau	6,500	Bayot	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	0.20 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Budik	Senegal	6,400	Menik	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.30 %	4 New Testament	1
	Berawan, West	Malaysia	1,300	Berawan, West	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Pala	Laos	6,200	Akha	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Biao Mien	China	34,000	Biao Mon	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.08 %	1 Translation Needed	1
Totals:	2,695 Peoples		745,947,000			958 ●				3,480

* 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
0.3	Unreached Frontier - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
0.7	Unreached not 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 presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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