Ethnic Religions people group listing

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People Groups
Total

2,509

Est. Population
of Adherents

732,518,000

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 *
	Dema	Mozambique	12,000	Dema	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bure	Nigeria	900	Hausa	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Asheninka, South Ucayali	Peru	18,000	Asheninka, South Ucayali	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Nindi	Tanzania	200	Nindi	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Wudu	Togo	3,100	Wudu	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Tay Sa Pa	Vietnam	400	Tay Sa Pa	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	En	Vietnam	300	En	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Pa Di	Vietnam	400	Pa Di	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	1	0-0.1% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Thu Lao	Vietnam	200	Thu Lao	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Na-Meo	Vietnam	1,400	Na-Meo	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Mantsi	Vietnam	4,900	Mantsi	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	1
	Coong	Vietnam	2,900	Coong	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Gbe, Eastern Xwla	Benin	179,000	Gbe, Eastern Xwla	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Burusa, Bulba	Benin	3,300	Notre	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Alutor	Russia	2,000	Russian	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tay Khang	Laos	1,500	Tai Khang	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Oromo, Gabra	Kenya	157,000	Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Mijikenda, Kauma	Kenya	11,000	Kigiryama	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Mijikenda, Jibana	Kenya	5,300	Kigiryama	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Mijikenda, Kambe	Kenya	35,000	Kigiryama	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Mijikenda, Rabai	Kenya	141,000	Kigiryama	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Mijikenda, Ribe	Kenya	12,000	Kigiryama	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bela	China	4,800	Pela	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Gao	China	3,600	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Phula	China	7,100	Phula	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
Totals:	2,509 Peoples		732,518,000				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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