Ethnic Religions people group listing

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People Groups
Total

2,510

Est. Population
of Adherents

729,365,000

People Groups Unreached

798

Est. Adherents in
Unreached Groups

137,318,000

People Groups Frontier

354

Est. Adherents in
Frontier Groups

14,941,000

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 *
	Waibuk, Wiyaw	Papua New Guinea	4,100	Haruai	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Wanap	Papua New Guinea	2,000	Wanap	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Wanji	Tanzania	59,000	Vwanji	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Waorani	Ecuador	2,700	Waorani	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Wik-Iiyanh	Australia	-1 Unknown	Wik-Iiyanh	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Yankunytjatjara	Australia	700	Yankunytjatjara	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Yindjibarndi	Australia	400	Yindjibarndi	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Yoruba	United States	204,000	Yoruba	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Yuana	Venezuela	1,500	Hodi	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Zoro	Brazil	600	Gaviao, Para	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
Totals:	2,510 Peoples		729,365,000				798 ◼︎ (354 ✸︎)			3,028

* 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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Prayer Cards

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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