Ethnic Religions people group listing

Religion: Ethnic Religions What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

745,947,000

% of World Population

9.1 %

People Groups

2,695

Unreached Groups

958 (35.5 %)

Map Notes

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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Samadu, Eastern	China	800	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	1.63 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Samadu, Western	China	9,900	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Saman	China	3,300	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sanda	China	1,500	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	2.10 %	2.01 %	0 Unspecified	-1 -
	Sani	China	137,000	Sani	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	0.15 %	0 Unspecified	3
	Sanie	China	8,700	Sanie	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.50 %	0.39 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Sanqiao	China	6,900	Dong, Southern	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Shenzhou	China	4,900	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	4.20 %	3.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Shui	China	327,000	Sui	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.28 %	0.25 %	3 Bible Portions	7
	Suan	China	300	Lalo, Central	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Suodi	China	244,000	Nuosu	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.11 %	4 New Testament	5
	Ta'er	China	1,400	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Tagu	China	4,600	Talu	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.45 %	0.45 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Tai Kao	China	15,000	Tai Don	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Tai Kao	Laos	112,000	Tai Don	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	2
	Tai Don, White Tai	United States	14,000	Tai Don	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Tai Don, White Tai	Vietnam	349,000	Tai Don	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.25 %	4 New Testament	7
	Tai Long	Laos	2,300	Tai Long	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Tai Pong	China	117,000	Tai Nua	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.50 %	0.22 %	3 Bible Portions	2
	Talu	China	15,000	Talu	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.14 %	0.14 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Tanglang	China	1,400	Tanglang	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Tibetan, Boyu	China	4,300	Tibetan, Central	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.60 %	0.60 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tujia	China	9,588,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.10 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	192
	Tulao	China	5,200	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Tushu	China	6,600	Nasu, Wusa	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	10.00 %	7.90 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
Totals:	2,695 Peoples		745,947,000			958 ●				3,480

* 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
0.3	Unreached Frontier - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
0.7	Unreached not 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 presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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