Ethnic Religions people group listing

Religion: Ethnic Religions What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

743,356,000

% of World Population

9.1 %

People Groups

2,693

Unreached Groups

957 (35.5 %)

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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 *
	Nedebang	Indonesia	1,900	Nedebang	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	1.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Negidal, Nizovsk	Russia	500	Russian	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	0.30 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Negrito, Mamanwa	Philippines	9,900	Minamanwa	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	0.30 %	4 New Testament	1
	Neisu, Xiao Hei	China	9,800	Nasu, Wusa	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.15 %	0.13 %	4 New Testament	1
	Nenets, Yurak Samoyed	Russia	49,000	Nenets	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	4.00 %	0.67 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Neyo	Côte d'Ivoire	21,000	Neyo	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	1.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Ngai	Vietnam	1,700	Chinese, Yue	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	0.80 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Ngan	Côte d'Ivoire	39,000	Beng	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	0.40 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Nganasan, Tavgi Samoyed	Russia	700	Russian	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	0.30 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Nguan	Laos	22,000	Khmu	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.85 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Nisu, Jianshui	China	229,000	Nisu, Eastern	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.20 %	1 Translation Needed	5
	Nisu, Northwestern	China	27,000	Nisu, Northwestern	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.50 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Nisu, Xinping	China	255,000	Nisu, Northern	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.51 %	3 Bible Portions	5
	Nisu, Yuanyang	China	264,000	Nisu, Southern	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.50 %	0.72 %	3 Bible Portions	5
	Nosu, Butuo	China	272,000	Nuosu	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.50 %	0.05 %	4 New Testament	5
	Nosu, Mangbu	China	85,000	Nasu, Wusa	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	1.50 %	4 New Testament	2
	Nosu, Shengzha	China	1,319,000	Nuosu	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	1.40 %	4 New Testament	26
	Nung	Laos	1,600	Nung	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.70 %	0.60 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Nung	Vietnam	1,131,000	Nung	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.03 %	0 Unspecified	23
	Nyahon	Laos	10,000	Nyaheun	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.75 %	0.75 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Nyangatom	South Sudan	12,000	Nyangatom	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.50 %	2.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Nyeu, Yeu	Thailand	200	Nyeu	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	O-Du	Vietnam	400	O'du	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	4.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Okinawan, Ryukyuan	Japan	1,151,000	Okinawan, Central	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	0.15 %	3 Bible Portions	23
	Okinawan, Ryukyuan	United States	4,600	Okinawan, Central	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	0.20 %	3 Bible Portions	1
Totals:	2,693 Peoples		743,356,000			957 ●				3,472

* 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 >.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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