Ethnic Religions people group listing

Religion: Ethnic Religions What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

745,947,000

% of World Population

9.1 %

People Groups

2,695

Unreached Groups

958 (35.5 %)

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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Sila	Laos	3,500	Sila	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.12 %	0.12 %	2 Translation Started	1
	She	China	746,000	She	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.30 %	0.12 %	0 Unspecified	15
	Ta'oih	Vietnam	55,000	Ta'oih, Upper	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	0.13 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Limin	China	100,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.15 %	0.13 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Neisu, Xiao Hei	China	9,800	Nasu, Wusa	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.15 %	0.13 %	4 New Testament	1
	Tai Dam	Vietnam	871,000	Tai Dam	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.17 %	0.14 %	4 New Testament	17
	Zhuang, Yang	Vietnam	-1 Unknown	Zhuang, Yang	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.14 %	3 Bible Portions	0
	Yazidi	Iraq	657,000	Kurdish, Northern	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.14 %	0.14 %	5 Complete Bible	13
	Talu	China	15,000	Talu	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.14 %	0.14 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Li, Qi	China	318,000	Hlai	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.14 %	3 Bible Portions	6
	Zhuang, Yongnan	China	2,036,000	Zhuang, Yongnan	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.14 %	3 Bible Portions	41
	Zhuang, Dai	China	109,000	Zhuang, Dai	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.14 %	1 Translation Needed	2
	Zhuang, Nong	China	543,000	Zhuang, Nong	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.14 %	4 New Testament	11
	Zhuang, Yang	China	821,000	Zhuang, Yang	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.14 %	3 Bible Portions	16
	Zhuang, Zuojiang	China	1,704,000	Zhuang, Zuojiang	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.14 %	0 Unspecified	34
	Zhuang, Zuojiang	Vietnam	442,000	Zhuang, Zuojiang	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.14 %	0 Unspecified	9
	Tai Dam	China	45,000	Tai Dam	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.14 %	4 New Testament	1
	Okinawan, Ryukyuan	Japan	1,151,000	Okinawan, Central	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	0.15 %	3 Bible Portions	23
	Senoufo, Shempire	Mali	28,000	Senoufo, Shempire	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	6.00 %	0.15 %	1 Translation Needed	-1 -
	Jing, Vietnamese	China	33,000	Vietnamese	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	0.15 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sani	China	137,000	Sani	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	0.15 %	0 Unspecified	3
	Iu Mien	China	1,282,000	Iu Mien	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.70 %	0.15 %	5 Complete Bible	26
	Darkhad	Mongolia	26,000	Mongolian, Halh	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.16 %	0.16 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Zhuang, Yongnan	Vietnam	13,000	Zhuang, Yongnan	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.16 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Silur	Laos	5,500	Phu Thai	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.16 %	2 Translation Started	1
Totals:	2,695 Peoples		745,947,000			958 ●				3,480

* 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
0.3	Unreached Frontier - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
0.7	Unreached not 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 presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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