Ethnic Religions people group listing

Religion: Ethnic Religions What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

743,356,000

% of World Population

9.1 %

People Groups

2,693

Unreached Groups

957 (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 *
	Iu Mien	Denmark	8,400	Iu Mien	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.70 %	0.60 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mansi, Vogul	Russia	12,000	Mansi (Russian Federation)	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	4.00 %	0.60 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Temiar	Malaysia	35,000	Temiar	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	7.00 %	0.60 %	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Nung	Laos	1,600	Nung	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.70 %	0.60 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Murut, Pandewan	Malaysia	2,000	Murut, Paluan	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	7.00 %	0.60 %	2 Translation Started	-1 -
	Piyobe	Benin	2,300	Miyobe	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	6.00 %	0.60 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Piyobe	Togo	21,000	Miyobe	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	6.00 %	0.60 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Wara	Burkina Faso	11,000	Wara	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	7.00 %	0.60 %	1 Translation Needed	-1 -
	Yukagir	Russia	1,800	Russian	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	0.60 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Gepo, Eastern	China	82,000	Gepo	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.60 %	0.60 %	4 New Testament	2
	Tibetan, Boyu	China	4,300	Tibetan, Central	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.60 %	0.60 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Zokhuo	China	17,000	Zokhuo	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.90 %	0.60 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Katu, Eastern	Vietnam	77,000	Katu, Eastern	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.59 %	4 New Testament	2
	Miao, Huishui Central	China	67,000	Miao, Central Huishui	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.58 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Sabum	Malaysia	1,400	Malay, Ambonese	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.60 %	0.56 %	4 New Testament	1
	Zaomin	China	47,000	Dzao Min	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.70 %	0.56 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Gbe, Seto	Benin	48,000	Gun	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	5.09 %	0.55 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Min Nan	Cambodia	155,000	Chinese, Min Nan	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.20 %	0.55 %	5 Complete Bible	3
	Han Chinese, Hakka	Cambodia	8,700	Chinese, Hakka	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.20 %	0.55 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Kawa	Myanmar (Burma)	700	Wa, Vo	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	10.00 %	0.55 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Nasu, Jinghong	China	24,000	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.70 %	0.54 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Jinuo	China	23,000	Jinuo, Youle	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	0.52 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Yiche	China	25,000	Hani	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.70 %	0.51 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Nisu, Xinping	China	255,000	Nisu, Northern	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.51 %	3 Bible Portions	5
	Amarakaire, Harakmbet	Peru	2,200	Amarakaeri	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.60 %	0.50 %	4 New Testament	1
Totals:	2,693 Peoples		743,356,000			957 ●				3,472

* 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 >.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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