What is Primary Religion?
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
| Photo | People Group | Country | Population | Primary Language | Primary Religion |
Scripture Status |
Progress Scale |
% Evangelical Range |
% Christian Adh Range |
Est. Workers Needed * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Han Chinese, Wu | China | 80,857,000 | Chinese, Wu | Ethnic Religions | 5 Complete Bible |
4
|
5-10% ● | 10-50% ● | -1 - |
|
Han Chinese, Hakka | China | 36,026,000 | Chinese, Hakka | Ethnic Religions | 5 Complete Bible |
4
|
5-10% ● | 5-10% ● | -1 - |
|
Han Chinese, Xiang | China | 35,328,000 | Chinese, Xiang | Ethnic Religions | 3 Bible Portions |
1
|
0.1-2% ● | 2-5% ● | 707 |
|
Han Chinese, Min Nan | China | 22,446,000 | Chinese, Min Nan | Ethnic Religions | 5 Complete Bible |
4
|
5-10% ● | 5-10% ● | -1 - |
|
Han Chinese, Gan | China | 21,971,000 | Chinese, Gan | Ethnic Religions | 3 Bible Portions |
4
|
5-10% ● | 5-10% ● | -1 - |
|
|
Han Chinese, Min Nan | Taiwan | 12,900,000 | Chinese, Min Nan | Ethnic Religions | 5 Complete Bible |
4
|
2-5% ● | 2-5% ● | -1 - |
|
Tujia | China | 9,566,000 | Chinese, Mandarin | Ethnic Religions | 5 Complete Bible |
1
|
0.1-2% ● | 0.1-2% ● | 191 |
|
Han Chinese, Cantonese | China, Hong Kong | 5,960,000 | Chinese, Yue | Ethnic Religions | 5 Complete Bible |
4
|
5-10% ● | 10-50% ● | -1 - |
|
Han Chinese, Huizhou | China | 5,296,000 | Chinese, Huizhou | Ethnic Religions | 0 Unspecified |
4
|
5-10% ● | 5-10% ● | -1 - |
|
Han Chinese, Dan | China | 4,953,000 | Chinese, Yue | Ethnic Religions | 5 Complete Bible |
4
|
5-10% ● | 5-10% ● | -1 - |
|
Makhuwa-Makhuwana | Mozambique | 4,864,000 | Makhuwa | Ethnic Religions | 5 Complete Bible |
2
|
0.1-2% ● | 10-50% ● | -1 - |
|
Han Chinese, Mandarin | Taiwan | 4,397,000 | Chinese, Mandarin | Ethnic Religions | 5 Complete Bible |
4
|
2-5% ● | 2-5% ● | -1 - |
|
|
Han Chinese, Hakka | Taiwan | 4,134,000 | Chinese, Hakka | Ethnic Religions | 5 Complete Bible |
1
|
0.1-2% ● | 2-5% ● | 83 |
|
Betsimisaraka, South | Madagascar | 3,770,000 | Malagasy, Southern Betsimisaraka | Ethnic Religions | 3 Bible Portions |
4
|
5-10% ● | 10-50% ● | -1 - |
|
Lingayat | India | 3,635,000 | Kannada | Ethnic Religions | 5 Complete Bible |
0
|
-1 Unknown | 0-0.1% ● | 73 |
|
Bouyei | China | 3,569,000 | Bouyei | Ethnic Religions | 3 Bible Portions |
1
|
0.1-2% ● | 0.1-2% ● | 71 |
|
Tsimihety | Madagascar | 2,672,000 | Malagasy, Tsimihety | Ethnic Religions | 3 Bible Portions |
2
|
0.1-2% ● | 10-50% ● | -1 - |
|
Sakalava | Madagascar | 2,298,000 | Malagasy, Sakalava | Ethnic Religions | 3 Bible Portions |
2
|
0.1-2% ● | 10-50% ● | -1 - |
|
|
Han Chinese, Hokkien | Malaysia | 2,239,000 | Chinese, Min Nan | Ethnic Religions | 5 Complete Bible |
4
|
5-10% ● | 10-50% ● | -1 - |
|
Senoufo, Southern | Côte d'Ivoire | 2,168,000 | Senoufo, Cebaara | Ethnic Religions | 5 Complete Bible |
4
|
2-5% ● | 5-10% ● | -1 - |
|
Ngambay | Chad | 2,157,000 | Ngambay | Ethnic Religions | 5 Complete Bible |
5
|
10-50% ● | 10-50% ● | -1 - |
|
Zhuang, Yongbei | China | 2,155,000 | Zhuang, Yongbei | Ethnic Religions | 4 New Testament |
1
|
0.1-2% ● | 0.1-2% ● | 43 |
|
Antesaka | Madagascar | 2,125,000 | Malagasy, Tesaka | Ethnic Religions | 3 Bible Portions |
4
|
2-5% ● | 10-50% ● | -1 - |
|
Hmu, Northern | China | 2,076,000 | Miao, Northern Qiandong | Ethnic Religions | 4 New Testament |
1
|
0.1-2% ● | 0.1-2% ● | 42 |
|
|
Han Chinese, Hakka | Malaysia | 2,035,000 | Chinese, Hakka | Ethnic Religions | 5 Complete Bible |
4
|
5-10% ● | 10-50% ● | -1 - |
| Totals: | 2,508 Peoples | 732,444,000 | 796 ◼︎ (353 ✸︎) | 3,030 |
