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 *
	Macushi	Venezuela	500	Macushi	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Japreria	Venezuela	100	Japreria	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Wayuu, Guajiro	Venezuela	365,000	Wayuu	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Cuiba	Venezuela	500	Cuiba	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Bare	Venezuela	4,500	Spanish	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Arutani	Venezuela	-1 Unknown	English	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Merei, Lamenten	Vanuatu	1,100	Merei	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Letemboi, Small Nambas	Vanuatu	1,400	Letemboi	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Roroia	Vanuatu	100	Mores	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Piamatsina	Vanuatu	400	Tapiafaru	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Malmariv	Vanuatu	700	Tiale	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Navut	Vanuatu	1,400	Balen	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Lorediakarkar	Vanuatu	1,500	Lorediakarkar	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Fortsenal	Vanuatu	800	Kiae	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Tatar, Shorian	Uzbekistan	500	Shor	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Charrua	Uruguay	2,000	Spanish	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Maidu, Northwest	United States	200	English	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Yazidi	United States	4,300	Kurdish, Northern	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Purepecha, Sierra Occidental	United States	53,000	Purepecha, Western Highland	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Khmu	United States	9,300	Khmu	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Tai Don, White Tai	United States	14,000	Tai Don	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Hmong Njua	United States	118,000	Hmong Njua	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Pueblo, Zuni	United States	10,000	Zuni	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Yoruba	United States	204,000	Yoruba	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Lahu Shi	United States	2,400	Lahu Shi	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	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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