Ethnic Religions people group listing

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People Groups
Total

2,509

Est. Population
of Adherents

732,518,000

People Groups Unreached

796

Est. Adherents in
Unreached Groups

137,599,000

People Groups Frontier

353

Est. Adherents in
Frontier Groups

15,123,000

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 *
	Busa	Papua New Guinea	500	Odiai	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Burusa, Bulba	Benin	3,300	Notre	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Burungi	Tanzania	46,000	Burunge	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Buru	Nigeria	1,800	Buru (Nigeria)	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bure	Nigeria	900	Hausa	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Burate	Indonesia	200	Burate	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Burak	Nigeria	9,300	Burak	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bun	Papua New Guinea	900	Bun	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bumang	China	300	Bumang	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Bukwen	Nigeria	1,300	Bukwen	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Bukat	Indonesia	800	Bukat	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Buamu	Burkina Faso	443,000	Buamu	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bua	Chad	31,000	Bua	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Borghom	Nigeria	186,000	Boghom	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Borari	Brazil	800	Portuguese	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Bontoc, Southwestern	Philippines	3,300	Bontok, Southwestern	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bontoc, Southern	Philippines	3,600	Bontok, Southern	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bontoc, Northern	Philippines	13,000	Bontok, Northern	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bonkeng	Cameroon	6,200	Bonkeng	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bon Gula	Chad	4,300	Bon Gula	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Boko, Bokonya	Benin	156,000	Boko (Benin)	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bo, Po	Papua New Guinea	200	Bo (Papua New Guinea)	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Blaan, Davao	Philippines	64,000	Blaan, Koronadal	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bisis, Yambiyambi	Papua New Guinea	6,100	Bisis	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Birwa	Botswana	21,000	Birwa	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
Totals:	2,509 Peoples		732,518,000				796 ◼︎ (353 ✸︎)			3,030

* 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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