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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Progress Scale: ☀︎●●●●● (
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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 *
	Nanubae	Papua New Guinea	1,500	Nanubae	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	10.00 %	1.00 %	1 Translation Needed	-1 -
	Tapei	Papua New Guinea	300	Tapei	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	20.00 %	2.00 %	1 Translation Needed	-1 -
	Laomian	China	5,300	Laomian	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.30 %	0.30 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Buyang, Langnian	China	400	Buyang, Langnian	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Buyang, E'ma	China	700	Buyang, E'ma	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Zhuang, Lianshan	China	47,000	Zhuang, Lianshan	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.50 %	0.35 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Zhuang, Yongbei	China	2,160,000	Zhuang, Yongbei	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.20 %	0.90 %	4 New Testament	43
	Zhuang, Liuqian	China	407,000	Zhuang, Liuqian	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.20 %	0.90 %	1 Translation Needed	8
	Zhuang, Eastern Hongshuihe	China	1,309,000	Zhuang, Eastern Hongshuihe	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.20 %	0.90 %	1 Translation Needed	26
	Zhuang, Youjiang	China	988,000	Zhuang, Youjiang	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.20 %	0.90 %	3 Bible Portions	20
	Zhuang, Guibei	China	1,636,000	Zhuang, Guibei	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.20 %	0.90 %	0 Unspecified	33
	Zhuang, Qiubei	China	219,000	Zhuang, Qiubei	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.20 %	0.90 %	3 Bible Portions	4
	Zhuang, Liujiang	China	1,702,000	Zhuang, Liujiang	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.20 %	0.90 %	0 Unspecified	34
	Zhuang, Guibian	China	1,091,000	Zhuang, Guibian	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.20 %	0.90 %	3 Bible Portions	22
	Ganang	Nigeria	4,800	Ganang	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	30.00 %	4.00 %	2 Translation Started	-1 -
	Berawan, East	Malaysia	1,400	Berawan, East	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	6.00 %	0.80 %	2 Translation Started	-1 -
	Sakalava	Madagascar	2,245,000	Malagasy, Sakalava	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	35.00 %	1.81 %	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	San Diu	Vietnam	191,000	Chinese, Yue	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.50 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Balanta, Nyakra	Guinea-Bissau	17,000	Balanta	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	20.00 %	10.00 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Balanta, Naga	Guinea-Bissau	15,000	Balanta	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	7.00 %	3.50 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Karuazu	Brazil	800	Portuguese	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Amanaye	Brazil	100	Portuguese	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	15.00 %	10.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Isolados do Alto Jutai	Brazil	200	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Isolados do Jandiatuba	Brazil	300	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Jarawara	Brazil	200	Jamamadi	Ethnic Religions	5 ●	30.00 %	30.00 %	4 New Testament	-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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