Ethnic Religions people group listing

Religion: Ethnic Religions What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

743,356,000

% of World Population

9.1 %

People Groups

2,693

Unreached Groups

957 (35.5 %)

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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 *
	Okinawan, Ryukyuan	Japan	1,151,000	Okinawan, Central	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	0.15 %	3 Bible Portions	23
	Zhuang, Guibian	China	1,091,000	Zhuang, Guibian	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.20 %	0.90 %	0 Unspecified	22
	Zhuang, Youjiang	China	988,000	Zhuang, Youjiang	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.20 %	0.90 %	3 Bible Portions	20
	Bai, Central	China	863,000	Bai, Central	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.08 %	0.08 %	3 Bible Portions	17
	Hmu, Southern	China	843,000	Miao, Southern Qiandong	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.06 %	0 Unspecified	17
	Tai Dam	Vietnam	871,000	Tai Dam	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.17 %	0.14 %	4 New Testament	17
	Zhuang, Yang	China	821,000	Zhuang, Yang	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.14 %	3 Bible Portions	16
	Miao, Hua	China	782,000	Miao, Chuanqiandian Cluster	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.17 %	0 Unspecified	16
	Jewish, Russian	Israel	741,000	Russian	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	1.80 %	0 Unspecified	15
	Hani	China	753,000	Hani	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.30 %	0.30 %	3 Bible Portions	15
	Miao, Enshi	China	676,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.50 %	0.06 %	5 Complete Bible	14
	Li, Ha	China	697,000	Hlai	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.11 %	3 Bible Portions	14
	Laluo, Mishaba	China	681,000	Lalo, Dongshanba	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.15 %	0.10 %	0 Unspecified	14
	Jewish, Russian	United States	682,000	Russian	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.50 %	2.00 %	0 Unspecified	14
	Yazidi	Iraq	657,000	Kurdish, Northern	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.14 %	0.14 %	5 Complete Bible	13
	Nosu, Yinuo	China	663,000	Nuosu	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	13
	She	China	656,000	She	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.30 %	0.12 %	0 Unspecified	13
	Hmu, Eastern	China	590,000	Miao, Eastern Qiandong	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	0.22 %	3 Bible Portions	12
	Dong, Northern	China	585,000	Dong, Northern	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.40 %	0.30 %	3 Bible Portions	12
	Zhuang, Nong	China	543,000	Zhuang, Nong	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.14 %	4 New Testament	11
	Nosu, Xiaoliangshan	China	542,000	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.05 %	0 Unspecified	11
	Han Chinese, Cantonese	China, Macau	567,000	Chinese, Yue	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.60 %	1.26 %	5 Complete Bible	11
	Yakut	Russia	477,000	Yakut	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	0.10 %	4 New Testament	10
	Jewish, Israeli	West Bank / Gaza	477,000	Hebrew	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.08 %	4 New Testament	10
	Zhuang, Zuojiang	Vietnam	442,000	Zhuang, Zuojiang	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.14 %	0 Unspecified	9
Totals:	2,693 Peoples		743,356,000			957 ●				3,472

* 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 >.1% and <=5%
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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