Finno-Ugric People Cluster

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Population

8,228,000

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: ☀︎●●●●● (
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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
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	2,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	55.0 %	0.0 %	-1 -
	Estonian	1,116,000	22	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Non-Religious	40.9 %	5.8 %	-1 -
	Finnish	5,064,000	17	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	84.0 %	10.9 %	-1 -
	Finnish, Kven	1,700	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	70.0 %	5.0 %	-1 -
	Izhor, Ingrian	1,500	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	71.9 %	0.8 %	-1 -
	Karelian	46,000	5	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	63.8 %	5.1 %	-1 -
	Khanty	31,000	1	1	100.0 %	31,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	4.0 %	0.9 %	1
	Komi-Permyat	59,000	4	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Christianity	43.0 %	1.2 %	-1 -
	Komi-Yazva	4,300	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	40.0 %	1.0 %	-1 -
	Komi-Zyrian	150,000	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Non-Religious	32.3 %	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	12,000	1	1	100.0 %	12,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	4.0 %	0.6 %	1
	Mari, Eastern	155,000	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	431,000	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	60.1 %	1.1 %	-1 -
	Mordvin-Moksha	483,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	65.0 %	1.6 %	-1 -
	Mordvinian	105,000	9	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	61.9 %	1.4 %	-1 -
	Nenets, Yurak Samoyed	49,000	1	1	100.0 %	49,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	4.0 %	0.7 %	1
	Nganasan, Tavgi Samoyed	700	1	1	100.0 %	700	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	3,400	1	1	100.0 %	3,400	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	200	1	1	100.0 %	200	100.0 %	1 ●	Non-Religious	5.0 %	0.7 %	1
	Udmurt	403,000	6	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	58.0 %	0.0 %	-1 -
	Vepsian	4,800	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	65.0 %	0.8 %	-1 -
	Vod	100	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	70.0 %	1.0 %	-1 -
Totals:	27 Peoples (across countries)	8,228,000	94	6	6.4 %	96,000	1.2 %	●	Christianity	71.1%	7.8%	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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