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 *
	Papel	Guinea-Bissau	204,000	Papel	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Papel	Senegal	9,400	Papel	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Papi	Papua New Guinea	200	Baiyamo	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Parakana	Brazil	1,000	Parakana	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Paranawat	Brazil	100	Portuguese	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Parkateje	Brazil	400	Gaviao, Para	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Passam, Kpasam	Nigeria	35,000	Kpasham	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Passe	Colombia	-1 Unknown	Spanish	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Pasto, Quillasinga	Colombia	80,000	Spanish	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Pataxo-Hahahae	Brazil	2,200	Portuguese	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Paumelenho	Brazil	-1 Unknown	Portuguese	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	0
	Pay	Papua New Guinea	2,700	Mala (Bogia district)	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Payung	Nigeria	3,900	Piapung	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Pazeh	Taiwan	5,800	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Pe	Nigeria	9,400	Pye	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Pear	Cambodia	2,100	Pear	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Peere	Nigeria	11,000	Pere	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Pei	Papua New Guinea	300	Pefiyahe	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	2	0-0.1% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Pemon, Arekuna	Guyana	600	Pemon	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Penan	Brunei	-1 Unknown	Penan, Eastern	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Penan	Malaysia	12,000	Penan, Eastern	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Penan-Nibong	Malaysia	4,600	Penan, Western	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Pengzi	China	300	Lalo, Dongshanba	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Penihing, Aoheng	Indonesia	5,000	Aoheng	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Perai	Indonesia	400	Perai	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-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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