Ethnic Religions people group listing

Religion: Ethnic Religions What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

742,600,000

% of World Population

9.1 %

People Groups

2,649

Unreached Groups

932 (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 *
	Lingao	China	682,000	Lingao	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Li, Ha	China	697,000	Hlai	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	14
	Busanga	Burkina Faso	721,000	Bisa	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Eurasian	China	729,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Chinese, general	Canada	736,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Jewish, Russian	Israel	741,000	Russian	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	15
	Ikwere	Nigeria	743,000	Ikwere	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	She	China	746,000	She	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	15
	Hani	China	753,000	Hani	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	15
	Miao, Hua	China	782,000	Miao, Chuanqiandian Cluster	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	16
	Khmu	Laos	784,000	Khmu	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Gouro, Kweni	Côte d'Ivoire	789,000	Guro	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Sea Dayak, Iban	Malaysia	798,000	Iban	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Mbangala	Angola	802,000	Mbangala	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Sihanaka	Madagascar	814,000	Malagasy, Merina	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Masikoro	Madagascar	821,000	Malagasy, Masikoro	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Zhuang, Yang	China	821,000	Zhuang, Yang	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	16
	Hmu, Southern	China	843,000	Miao, Southern Qiandong	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	17
	Nyambo, Ragwe	Tanzania	846,000	Nyambo	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Maasai, Baraguyu	Tanzania	850,000	Maasai	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bai, Central	China	863,000	Bai, Central	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	17
	Tai Dam	Vietnam	871,000	Tai Dam	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	17
	Mumuye	Nigeria	895,000	Mumuye	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Nyiha, Tanzania	Zambia	901,000	Nyiha, Tanzania	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Kpelle, Liberia	Liberia	948,000	Kpelle, Liberia	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
Totals:	2,649 Peoples		742,600,000				932 ◼︎ (440 ✸︎)			3,437

* 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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