Ethnic Religions people group listing

Religion: Ethnic Religions What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

742,743,000

% of World Population

9.1 %

People Groups

2,652

Unreached Groups

934 (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 *
	Vasekela Bushman, Maligo	Namibia	1,800	Northwestern Kung	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Becheve	Cameroon	18,000	Iceve-Maci	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Nakwi	Papua New Guinea	500	Nakwi	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Teke, Northern	Congo, Republic of the	102,000	Teke-Tege	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Kalenjin, Okiek	Kenya	58,000	Okiek	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Ososo	Nigeria	39,000	Ososo	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Owiniga, Samo	Papua New Guinea	700	Owiniga	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Pe	Nigeria	9,200	Pye	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Pulabu	Papua New Guinea	400	Pulabu	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Vezo	Madagascar	407,000	Malagasy, Sakalava	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Letemboi, Small Nambas	Vanuatu	1,400	Letemboi	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Javanese, Caribbean	French Guiana	3,100	Javanese, Suriname	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Uhami-Iyayu	Nigeria	28,000	Uhami	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Wanji	Tanzania	59,000	Vwanji	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Yashi	Nigeria	6,500	Hasha	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Lahu Shi	United States	2,400	Lahu Shi	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Yuqui	Bolivia	400	Yuqui	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Kado	China	196,000	Kaduo	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Lagou	China	7,900	Nasu, Wusa	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Lashi	China	2,500	Lacid	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Nasu, Eastern	China	273,000	Yi, Wuding-Luquan	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Lolo	Mozambique	364,000	Lolo	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Lere	Nigeria	31,000	Lere	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Straits Chinese, Peranakan	Indonesia	39,000	Indonesian, Peranakan	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Sakalava	Madagascar	2,245,000	Malagasy, Sakalava	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
Totals:	2,652 Peoples		742,743,000				934 ◼︎ (440 ✸︎)			3,439

* 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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