Finno-Ugric People Cluster

People Cluster: Finno-Ugric What is a People Cluster?

Population

9,455,000

0.3% estimated
Annual Growth Rate

People Groups (Across Countries)

People Groups
(by Country)

Unreached Groups (by Country)

Affinity Bloc

Eurasian Peoples

Cluster Progress

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - 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%

Map Notes

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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
Photo	People Group ▲	Global Population	Peoples by Country	Unreached by Country	% Unreached Peoples	Popl in Unreached	% Popl in Unreached	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	Besermyan	2,300	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	55.0 %	0.0 %	-1 -
	Estonian	1,131,000	23	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Non-Religious	41.0 %	5.8 %	-1 -
	Finnish	5,677,000	17	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	84.0 %	11.0 %	-1 -
	Finnish, Kven	1,600	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	70.0 %	5.0 %	-1 -
	Izhor, Ingrian	1,100	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	73.0 %	0.8 %	-1 -
	Karelian	76,000	5	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	62.3 %	5.1 %	-1 -
	Khanty	32,000	1	1	100.0 %	32,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	4.0 %	0.9 %	1
	Komi-Permyat	99,000	4	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Christianity	43.0 %	1.2 %	-1 -
	Komi-Yazva	4,400	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	40.0 %	1.0 %	-1 -
	Komi-Zyrian	235,000	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Non-Religious	32.2 %	1.1 %	-1 -
	Livonian	200	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	70.0 %	7.0 %	-1 -
	Ludian	13,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	65.0 %	1.1 %	-1 -
	Mansi	13,000	1	1	100.0 %	13,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	4.0 %	0.6 %	1
	Mari, Eastern	157,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	45.3 %	0.5 %	-1 -
	Mari, High	24,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	90.0 %	0.0 %	-1 -
	Mari, Low	415,000	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	60.1 %	1.1 %	-1 -
	Mordvin-Moksha	759,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	65.0 %	1.6 %	-1 -
	Mordvinian	106,000	10	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	61.9 %	1.4 %	-1 -
	Nenets, Yurak Samoyed	46,000	1	1	100.0 %	46,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	4.0 %	0.7 %	1
	Nganasan, Tavgi Samoyed	900	1	1	100.0 %	900	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.0 %	0.3 %	1
	Olonetsian	19,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	64.5 %	5.2 %	-1 -
	Selkup, Ostyak Samoyed	3,700	1	1	100.0 %	3,700	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.0 %	0.7 %	1
	Seto, Voro	50,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	85.0 %	1.0 %	-1 -
	Taz	300	1	1	100.0 %	300	100.0 %	1 ●	Non-Religious	5.0 %	0.7 %	1
	Udmurt	581,000	7	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	58.0 %	0.0 %	-1 -
	Vepsian	8,800	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	65.0 %	0.8 %	-1 -
	Vod	0 < 100	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	70.0 %	1.0 %	-1 -
Totals:	27 Peoples (across countries)	9,455,000	97	6	6.2 %	96,000	1.0 %	●	Christianity	71.0%	7.6%	6

* 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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