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 *
	Lesu	China	19,000	Hlersu	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Lhoba, Bokar	China	4,300	Adi	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Lhoba, Idu	China	10,000	Idu-Mishmi	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Li, Bendi	China	80,000	Hlai	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	Li, Meifu	China	54,000	Hlai	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Limi	China	38,000	Limi	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Lingayat	India	3,466,000	Kannada	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	69
	Linghua	China	27,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Liude	China	1,900	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Liujia	China	4,900	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Liwu	China	5,500	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Long	China	1,700	Sani	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Lu, Lu Ren	China	6,100	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Luoluopo, Southeastern	China	47,000	Nisi	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Luowu	China	29,000	Nasu, Wusa	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Madhiban	Somalia	8,800	Somali	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Maleng	Vietnam	1,300	Maleng	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Mang	China	600	Mang	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Matis	Brazil	400	Matis	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Mengwu	China	24,000	Sani	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Metyktire	Brazil	100	Kayapo	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Miao, Baishi	China	17,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Miao, Guiyang Northwestern	China	10,000	Miao, Northern Guiyang	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Miao, Guiyang South Central	China	5,900	Miao, Southern Guiyang	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Miao, Huishui Southwestern	China	96,000	Miao, Southwestern Huishui	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
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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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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