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 *
	Tai Dam	Vietnam	876,000	Tai Dam	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	18
	Maasai, Baraguyu	Tanzania	875,000	Maasai	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Nyambo, Ragwe	Tanzania	870,000	Nyambo	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bai, Central	China	861,000	Bai, Central	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	17
	Masikoro	Madagascar	841,000	Malagasy, Masikoro	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Hmu, Southern	China	841,000	Miao, Southern Qiandong	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	17
	Sihanaka	Madagascar	834,000	Malagasy, Merina	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Mbangala	Angola	826,000	Mbangala	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Zhuang, Yang	China	819,000	Zhuang, Yang	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	16
	Gouro, Kweni	Côte d'Ivoire	807,000	Guro	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Sea Dayak, Iban	Malaysia	807,000	Iban	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Khmu	Laos	794,000	Khmu	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Miao, Hua	China	780,000	Miao, Chuanqiandian Cluster	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	16
	Ikwere	Nigeria	758,000	Ikwere	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Hani	China	752,000	Hani	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	15
	She	China	745,000	She	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	15
	Chinese, general	Canada	742,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Busanga	Burkina Faso	737,000	Bisa	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Eurasian	China	727,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Nyungwe	Mozambique	697,000	Nyungwe	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Li, Ha	China	696,000	Hlai	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	14
	Kissi	Guinea	684,000	Kissi, Northern	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Laluo, Mishaba	China	680,000	Lalo, Dongshanba	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	14
	Lingao	China	680,000	Lingao	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Miao, Enshi	China	674,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	13
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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