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 %)

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 *
	Dongnu	China	306,000	Bunu, Bu-Nao	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	6
	Busanga	Ghana	295,000	Bisa	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	6
	Nosu, Butuo	China	272,000	Nuosu	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.50 %	0.05 %	4 New Testament	5
	Nisu, Yuanyang	China	264,000	Nisu, Southern	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.50 %	0.72 %	3 Bible Portions	5
	Nisu, Xinping	China	255,000	Nisu, Northern	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.51 %	3 Bible Portions	5
	Nisu, Jianshui	China	229,000	Nisu, Eastern	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.20 %	1 Translation Needed	5
	Mulao	China	226,000	Mulam	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.80 %	0.78 %	1 Translation Needed	5
	Luoluopo, Southern	China	250,000	Lolopo, Southern	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.05 %	1 Translation Needed	5
	Suodi	China	244,000	Nuosu	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.11 %	4 New Testament	5
	Mandyak, Manjago	Guinea-Bissau	271,000	Mandjak	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	0.84 %	4 New Testament	5
	Loko, Landogo	Sierra Leone	232,000	Loko	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	0.90 %	4 New Testament	5
	Jewish, English-speaking	Canada	238,000	English	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	5
	Akha	China	257,000	Akha	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.35 %	0.31 %	5 Complete Bible	5
	Zhuang, Minz	China	181,000	Zhuang, Minz	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	3 Bible Portions	4
	San Diu	Vietnam	191,000	Chinese, Yue	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.50 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Zhuang, Qiubei	China	219,000	Zhuang, Qiubei	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.20 %	0.90 %	3 Bible Portions	4
	Lipo, Western	China	183,000	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.50 %	1.00 %	0 Unspecified	4
	Iu Mien, Hunan	China	222,000	Iu Mien	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Daur	China	196,000	Daur	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.50 %	1.20 %	3 Bible Portions	4
	Jewish, Romanian	Israel	222,000	Hebrew	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.05 %	4 New Testament	4
	Jewish, Spanish-speaking	Argentina	176,000	Spanish	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.21 %	0.21 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	San Chay	Vietnam	210,000	Cao Lan	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	3 Bible Portions	4
	Kim Mun	Vietnam	221,000	Kim Mun	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	4
	Jewish, Eastern Yiddish-speaking	Israel	195,000	Yiddish, Eastern	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Han Chinese, Teochew	Cambodia	195,000	Chinese, Min Nan	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.40 %	0.40 %	5 Complete Bible	4
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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