Ethnic Religions people group listing

Religion: What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

728,731,000

% of World Population

8.9 %

People Groups

2,510

Unreached Groups

798 (31.8 %)

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 *
	Zhuang, Liujiang	China	1,702,000	Zhuang, Liujiang	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	34
	Tay	Vietnam	1,926,000	Tay	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	39
	Zhuang, Yongnan	China	2,036,000	Zhuang, Yongnan	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	41
	Hmu, Northern	China	2,080,000	Miao, Northern Qiandong	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	42
	Zhuang, Yongbei	China	2,160,000	Zhuang, Yongbei	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	43
	Lingayat	India	3,466,000	Kannada	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	69
	Bouyei	China	3,577,000	Bouyei	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	72
	Han Chinese, Hakka	Taiwan	4,152,000	Chinese, Hakka	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	83
	Tujia	China	9,588,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	192
	Han Chinese, Xiang	China	35,408,000	Chinese, Xiang	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	708
Totals:	2,510 Peoples		728,731,000				798 ◼︎ (354 ✸︎)			3,028

* 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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Prayer Cards

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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