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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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Yupik, Naukan	Russia	500	Russian	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	0.80 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Nenets, Yurak Samoyed	Russia	49,000	Nenets	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	4.00 %	0.67 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Jewish, Romanian	Romania	2,300	Romanian	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Halang	Laos	6,800	Halang	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.76 %	0.76 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Maleng	Vietnam	1,300	Maleng	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Tayten	Laos	500	Lao	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thae	Laos	12,000	Oy	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Phola	China	14,000	Phola	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.15 %	0.10 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Lhoba, Bokar	China	4,300	Adi	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Puroik	China	500	Puroik	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Judeo-Japanese	Japan	49,000	Japanese	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.80 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Achang, Husa	China	7,500	Achang	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	A Che	China	42,000	Ache	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Adi	China	1,200	Adi	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Aling	China	8,200	Nasu, Wusa	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Aluo	China	28,000	Aluo	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Ani	China	9,900	Phowa, Ani	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Ao Biao	China	17,000	Biao-Jiao Mien	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.40 %	0.40 %	0 Unspecified	1
	A'ou	China	2,800	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Apu	China	3,300	Nisu, Eastern	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Asahei	China	11,000	Sani	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Ati	China	17,000	Sani	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.30 %	0.20 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Awu, Northern	China	4,600	Awu	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.02 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Ayizi	China	2,100	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Azhe	China	64,000	Azhe	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.07 %	0 Unspecified	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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