Ethnic Religions people group listing

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People Groups
Total

2,509

Est. Population
of Adherents

729,511,000

People Groups Unreached

796

Est. Adherents in
Unreached Groups

137,437,000

People Groups Frontier

353

Est. Adherents in
Frontier Groups

15,048,000

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 *
	Mossi	Senegal	55,000	Moore	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Murle	Ethiopia	2,800	Murle	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Murle	South Sudan	194,000	Murle	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Musgum, Mulwi	Chad	96,000	Musgu	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Huitoto, Nipode	Colombia	500	Witoto, Nipode	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Huitoto, Nipode	Peru	-1 Unknown	Witoto, Nipode	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Mumuye	Cameroon	16,000	Mumuye	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Mumuye	Nigeria	895,000	Mumuye	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Mundat	Nigeria	2,200	Mindat	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Mundu	South Sudan	22,000	Mundu	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Irantxe	Brazil	400	Portuguese	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Munggui	Indonesia	1,500	Munggui	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Mursi	Ethiopia	14,000	Mursi	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Siawi, Musan	Papua New Guinea	400	Siawi	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Miyak	Papua New Guinea	1,100	Kyenele	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Mvuba, Bambuba	Congo, Democratic Republic of	8,200	Mvuba	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Mvuba	Uganda	400	Mvuba	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Simaa-Mwenyi	Zambia	10,000	Simaa	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Mwimbi-Muthambi	Kenya	246,000	Mwimbi-Muthambi	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Kalinga, Northern	Philippines	16,000	Kalinga, Limos	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Nuer	United States	18,000	Nuer	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Nabi	Indonesia	900	Kuri	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Namnam	Ghana	68,000	Farefare	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Nagatman	Papua New Guinea	1,500	Yale	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Nakara	Australia	-1 Unknown	Na-kara	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
Totals:	2,509 Peoples		729,511,000				796 ◼︎ (353 ✸︎)			3,029

* 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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