Ethnic Religions people group listing

Religion: Ethnic Religions What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

742,568,000

% of World Population

9.1 %

People Groups

2,651

Unreached Groups

933 (35.2 %)

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 *
	Muji, Northern	China	15,000	Muji, Northern	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Phala	China	13,000	Phala	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Phola, Alo	China	500	Phola, Alo	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Phowa, Labo	China	21,000	Phowa, Labo	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Phuma	China	8,700	Phuma	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Phupa	China	3,300	Phupa	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Phuza	China	6,500	Phuza	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Samatao	China	2,900	Samatao	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Thopho	China	500	Thopho	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Zokhuo	China	17,000	Zokhuo	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Muji, Qila	China	1,600	Muji, Qila	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Phowa, Ani	China	10,000	Phowa, Ani	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Phupha	China	1,600	Phupha	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Sangkong	China	2,100	Sangkong	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Doma, Vadoma	Zimbabwe	22,000	Shona	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Lahu Nyi	Thailand	3,300	Lahu	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Jewish, Cochin	Israel	13,000	Malayalam	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Jewish, Croatian-speaking	Croatia	1,600	Croatian	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Jewish, Slovak-speaking	Slovakia	2,500	Slovak	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Paleni	Burkina Faso	400	Paleni	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Yaroame	Brazil	500	Yaroame	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Katang, Southern	Laos	45,000	Katang, Southern	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Ngendelengo	Angola	9,000	Ngendelengo	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Toromono	Bolivia	300	Spanish	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Alugu	China	3,600	Alugu	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
Totals:	2,651 Peoples		742,568,000				933 ◼︎ (440 ✸︎)			3,438

* 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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