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 *
	Phimbi	Mozambique	14,000	Phimbi	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Okpe-Idesa	Nigeria	12,000	Orake	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Igwe	Nigeria	25,000	Igwe	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Mansaka	Philippines	89,000	Mansaka	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Mandaya, Sangab	Philippines	12,000	Mandaya	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bai, Bari	South Sudan	6,900	Bai	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Mijikenda, Rabai	Kenya	138,000	Kigiryama	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Mijikenda, Ribe	Kenya	12,000	Kigiryama	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bela	China	4,800	Pela	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Makhuwa-Moniga	Mozambique	486,000	Makhuwa-Moniga	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Maindo	Mozambique	47,000	Maindo	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Dema	Mozambique	12,000	Dema	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bure	Nigeria	900	Hausa	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Nindi	Tanzania	200	Nindi	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Wudu	Togo	3,000	Wudu	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Gbe, Eastern Xwla	Benin	174,000	Gbe, Eastern Xwla	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Burusa, Bulba	Benin	3,200	Notre	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Oromo, Gabra	Kenya	154,000	Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Mijikenda, Kauma	Kenya	10,000	Kigiryama	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Mijikenda, Jibana	Kenya	5,200	Kigiryama	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Mijikenda, Kambe	Kenya	34,000	Kigiryama	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Gao	China	3,600	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Straits Chinese, Peranakan	Indonesia	39,000	Indonesian, Peranakan	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Dogon, Ana Tinga	Mali	1,000	Dogon, Ana Tinga	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Enwan	Nigeria	23,000	Enwan (Nigeria, Edo State)	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	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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