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 %)

Map Notes

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Progress Scale: ☀︎●●●●● (
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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 *
	Lao Mai	Laos	6,100	Puoc	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Nokno	Laos	200	Katu, Western	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Oh	Laos	700	Ta'oih, Upper	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Pras	Laos	1,300	Ta'oih, Upper	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Ralok	Laos	900	Ta'oih, Upper	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Sida	Laos	2,700	Sila	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Sok	Laos	2,800	Oy	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Tamla	Laos	1,600	Ta'oih, Upper	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Toum	Laos	2,600	Hung	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Triew	Laos	2,500	Katu, Western	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Embera-Catio de Alto Andagueda	Colombia	9,000	Embera-Catio	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Lakonde	Brazil	-1 Unknown	Portuguese	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	20.00 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Oraon, Kurux	Bangladesh	112,000	Kurux	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	15.40 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Lingayat	India	3,926,000	Kannada	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	79
	Deaf	China, Hong Kong	15,000	Hong Kong Sign Language	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	12.41 %	-1	2 Translation Started	-1 -
	Deaf	Israel	19,000	Israeli Sign Language	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.04 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	1
	Deaf	Liberia	57,000	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	41.43 %	-1	0 Unspecified	-1 -
	Deaf	China, Macau	3,600	Hong Kong Sign Language	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	5.35 %	-1	2 Translation Started	-1 -
	Deaf	Taiwan	46,000	Taiwan Sign Language	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	5.82 %	-1	1 Translation Needed	-1 -
	Akuntsu	Brazil	-1 Unknown	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	20.00 %	-1	0 Unspecified	-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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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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