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 *
	Akha Jowhoi	Laos	600	Akha	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Akha Ker	Laos	3,300	Akha	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Akha Luma	Laos	6,700	Akha	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Akha Muji	Laos	5,400	Akha	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Akha Mutuen	Laos	1,500	Akha	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Akha Nuver	Laos	6,500	Akha	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Akha Pala	Laos	6,600	Akha	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Akha Piso	Laos	5,600	Akha	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Akpes, Ibarim-Efifa	Nigeria	23,000	Akpes	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Akuntsu	Brazil	-1 Unknown	Akuntsu	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Ake	Nigeria	4,500	Akye	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Alago, Idoma Nokwu	Nigeria	118,000	Alago	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Alak	Laos	15,000	Alak	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Harnae	Laos	9,100	Alak	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Sanak	Laos	5,200	Alak	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Alta, Northern	Philippines	600	Alta, Northern	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Kabulowan Dumagat	Philippines	1,000	Alta, Southern	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Teleut	China	-1 Unknown	Altai, Northern	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Kumandin	Russia	2,400	Altai, Northern	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Chelkan	Russia	1,200	Altai, Northern	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tubalar	Russia	2,000	Altai, Northern	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Altai-Kizhi	Russia	83,000	Altai, Southern	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Teleut, Altai	Russia	2,200	Altai, Southern	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Telengit	Russia	3,700	Altai, Southern	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Alugu	China	3,600	Alugu	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
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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