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 *
	Trumai	Brazil	300	Trumai	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	1	0-0.1% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Vige, Viemo	Burkina Faso	17,000	Viemo	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Ajuru	Brazil	300	Portuguese	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	1	0-0.1% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Yagua	Colombia	1,000	Yagua	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Yupik, Naukan	Russia	500	Russian	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Zauzou	China	3,800	Zauzou	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Balanta, Kentohe	Guinea-Bissau	449,000	Balanta	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Kachok	Cambodia	6,000	Kachok	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Evenki	Russia	39,000	Evenki	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Gouzou	China	5,300	Nasu, Wusa	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Hui'an	China	180,000	Chinese, Min Dong	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Hmong	French Guiana	4,700	Hmong Njua	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Naisu	China	64,000	Yi, Wuding-Luquan	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Karapoto	Brazil	2,400	Portuguese	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	1	0-0.1% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Bo	Laos	4,400	Bo (Laos)	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Lamalera	Indonesia	4,900	Lamalera	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0-0.1% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Nahukwa	Brazil	200	Portuguese	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	1	0-0.1% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Paiaku	Brazil	300	Portuguese	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	1	0-0.1% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Tau't Batu	Philippines	500	Palawano, Central	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Parkateje	Brazil	400	Gaviao, Para	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Xikrin	Brazil	1,700	Kayapo	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Trieng	Vietnam	66,000	Trieng	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Sangkong	China	2,100	Sangkong	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Paleni	Burkina Faso	400	Paleni	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Pacoh Kanai	Laos	2,000	Pacoh	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-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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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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