Ethnic Religions people group listing

Religion: Ethnic Religions What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

742,568,000

% of World Population

9.1 %

People Groups

2,651

Unreached Groups

933 (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 *
	Nabi	Indonesia	900	Kuri	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Nagatman	Papua New Guinea	1,500	Yale	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Mundat	Nigeria	2,200	Mindat	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Irantxe	Brazil	400	Portuguese	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Nsenga	Mozambique	228,000	Nsenga	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Nyungwe	Mozambique	677,000	Nyungwe	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Nyungwe	Zimbabwe	38,000	Nyungwe	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Oganibi	Papua New Guinea	2,000	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Okande, Kande	Gabon	1,100	Kande	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Sihanaka	Madagascar	814,000	Malagasy, Merina	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Pakaas-Novos, Orowari	Brazil	2,700	Pakaasnovos	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Oyaoya	Papua New Guinea	1,000	Oya'oya	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Padaung	Myanmar (Burma)	146,000	Kayan (Myanmar)	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Panytyima	Australia	100	Banyjima	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Pikiwa, Bainapi	Papua New Guinea	4,000	Dibiyaso	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Podoko	Cameroon	72,000	Parkwa	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Pyen	Myanmar (Burma)	800	Pyen	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Pyu	Indonesia	100	Pyu	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Sahafatra	Madagascar	136,000	Malagasy, Merina	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Samburu	Kenya	364,000	Samburu	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Samo, Southern	Burkina Faso	180,000	Samo, Southern	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Sanga, Asanga	Nigeria	41,000	Sanga (Nigeria)	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Sapo, Bush Kru	Liberia	74,000	Sapo	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Sara	Indonesia	5,300	Bakati', Sara	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Semandang	Indonesia	106,000	Semandang	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
Totals:	2,651 Peoples		742,568,000				933 ◼︎ (440 ✸︎)			3,438

* 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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