Ethnic Religions people group listing

Religion: Ethnic Religions What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

742,600,000

% of World Population

9.1 %

People Groups

2,649

Unreached Groups

932 (35.2 %)

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 *
	Buldit	South Sudan	7,200	Opo	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bun	Papua New Guinea	900	Bun	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bunak	Timor-Leste	76,000	Bunak	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bura, Pabir	Nigeria	579,000	Bura-Pabir	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Burungi	Tanzania	45,000	Burunge	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Busa	Papua New Guinea	500	Odiai	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Busami	Indonesia	1,100	Busami	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Busanga	Côte d'Ivoire	173,000	Bisa	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Cai	China	34,000	Gelao, Green	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Caquinte	Peru	400	Caquinte	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Challa	Ghana	5,300	Chala	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Cham-Mwana, Dijim	Nigeria	52,000	Cham	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Chamba Daka	Nigeria	214,000	Samba Daka	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Chamba Dirim	Nigeria	20,000	Dirim	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Chamba Leko	Nigeria	124,000	Samba Leko	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Chane	Argentina	4,900	Guarani, Eastern Bolivian	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Changriwa	Papua New Guinea	1,300	Changriwa	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Chara	Ethiopia	25,000	Tsaara	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Chara, Fachara	Nigeria	6,500	Cara	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Charrua	Argentina	17,000	Spanish	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Chimila	Colombia	1,800	Chimila	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Chinese, general	Canada	736,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Chinese, general	Chad	21,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Chinese, general	Egypt	8,100	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Chinese, general	China, Hong Kong	302,000	Chinese, Yue	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
Totals:	2,649 Peoples		742,600,000				932 ◼︎ (440 ✸︎)			3,437

* 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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