Ethnic Religions people group listing

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People Groups
Total

2,508

Est. Population
of Adherents

732,444,000

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 *
	Zinza	Tanzania	466,000	Zinza	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Kuranko	Sierra Leone	474,000	Kuranko	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	1	0-0.1% ●	2-5% ●	9
	Yakut	Russia	475,000	Yakut	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	9
	Maasai, Arusha	Tanzania	476,000	Maasai	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Maasai	Tanzania	476,000	Maasai	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Mahafaly	Madagascar	483,000	Malagasy, Tandroy-Mahafaly	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Makhuwa-Saka	Mozambique	491,000	Makhuwa-Saka	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Makhuwa-Marrevone	Mozambique	497,000	Makhuwa-Marrevone	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	2	0-0.1% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Makhuwa-Moniga	Mozambique	500,000	Makhuwa-Moniga	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Nyiha, Tanzania	Tanzania	522,000	Nyiha, Tanzania	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Safwa	Tanzania	533,000	Safwa	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Gun	Nigeria	534,000	Gun	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Shilluk, Dhocolo	South Sudan	534,000	Shilluk	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Jarai	Vietnam	539,000	Jarai	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Nosu, Xiaoliangshan	China	541,000	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	11
	Zhuang, Nong	China	541,000	Zhuang, Nong	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	11
	Moba	Togo	548,000	Moba	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Guere	Côte d'Ivoire	564,000	We Southern	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Cantonese	China, Macau	568,000	Chinese, Yue	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	11
	Mossi	Ghana	569,000	Moore	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Aari	Ethiopia	572,000	Aari	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Gelao	China	577,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Dayak, Maanyak	Indonesia	583,000	Ma'anyan	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Dong, Northern	China	583,000	Dong, Northern	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	12
	Hmu, Eastern	China	589,000	Miao, Eastern Qiandong	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	12
Totals:	2,508 Peoples		732,444,000				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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