Ethnic Religions people group listing

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People Groups
Total

2,509

Est. Population
of Adherents

732,518,000

People Groups Unreached

796

Est. Adherents in
Unreached Groups

137,599,000

People Groups Frontier

353

Est. Adherents in
Frontier Groups

15,123,000

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 *
	Tswa	Mozambique	1,422,000	Tswa	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Banana, Mussei	Cameroon	86,000	Musey	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bekworra, Yakoro	Nigeria	225,000	Bekwarra	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Burak	Nigeria	9,300	Burak	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Red Bobo, Bwa	Burkina Faso	148,000	Bomu	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Roglai, Cacgia	Vietnam	3,800	Roglai, Cacgia	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Carib, Galibi	Suriname	3,500	Carib	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Como Karim	Nigeria	24,000	Karimjo	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Di'dinga, Xaroxa	South Sudan	101,000	Didinga	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Cantonese	Brunei	5,600	Chinese, Yue	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bugkalot	Philippines	98,000	Bogkalot	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Iraqw, Mbulu	Tanzania	1,059,000	Iraqw	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Iresim	Indonesia	-1 Unknown	Yeresiam	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Ivori	Papua New Guinea	2,800	Tainae	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Jehai	Thailand	200	Jehai	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Jarai	Cambodia	27,000	Jarai	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Kanum, Enkelembu	Papua New Guinea	500	Kanum, Ngkalmpw	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Kamura	Papua New Guinea	2,000	Kamula	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Kanamari	Brazil	3,000	Kanamari	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bangologa, Kgalagadi	Botswana	76,000	Kgalagadi	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Kravet	Cambodia	9,000	Kavet	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Kwomtari, Maragin	Papua New Guinea	1,500	Kwomtari	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Logba	Ghana	14,000	Logba	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Macushi	Guyana	10,000	Macushi	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Mambila, Cameroon	Cameroon	74,000	Mambila, Cameroon	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
Totals:	2,509 Peoples		732,518,000				796 ◼︎ (353 ✸︎)			3,030

* 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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