Ethnic Religions people group listing

Religion: Ethnic Religions What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

743,356,000

% of World Population

9.1 %

People Groups

2,693

Unreached Groups

957 (35.5 %)

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Progress Scale: ☀︎●●●●● (
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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Stieng, Bulo	Cambodia	8,200	Stieng, Bulo	Ethnic Religions	5 ●	16.00 %	14.00 %	0 Unspecified	-1 -
	Sou	Laos	3,500	Sou	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	7.00 %	5.50 %	0 Unspecified	-1 -
	Sonsogon	Malaysia	5,400	Kimaragang	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	0.50 %	4 New Testament	1
	Sok	Laos	2,800	Oy	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	So Tri	Laos	12,000	Bru, Eastern	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.05 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sissala	Burkina Faso	34,000	Sissala	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	16.00 %	10.00 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Sisaala, Western	Ghana	53,000	Sisaala, Western	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	10.00 %	1.00 %	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Sisaala, Tumulung	Ghana	187,000	Sisaala, Tumulung	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	12.00 %	5.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Siriano	Brazil	-1 Unknown	Portuguese	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	20.00 %	5.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sino-Native	Malaysia	33,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	8.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sin	Laos	300	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	10.00 %	10.00 %	0 Unspecified	-1 -
	Silur	Laos	5,500	Phu Thai	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.16 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Sila	Laos	3,500	Sila	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.12 %	0.12 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Sila	Vietnam	900	Sila	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	1.90 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Sihanaka	Madagascar	814,000	Malagasy, Merina	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	30.00 %	1.94 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sida	Laos	2,700	Sila	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Siang	Indonesia	20,000	Siang	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	0.20 %	4 New Testament	1
	Siamou, Seme	Burkina Faso	28,000	Siamou	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	6.00 %	1.00 %	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Siamou	Mali	40,000	Siamou	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	4.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Shui, Yunnan	China	12,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.30 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Shui	China	327,000	Sui	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.28 %	0.25 %	3 Bible Portions	7
	Shuar, Jivaro	Ecuador	73,000	Shuar	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	10.00 %	0.50 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Shilluk, Dhocolo	South Sudan	554,000	Shilluk	Ethnic Religions	5 ●	40.00 %	11.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Shilluk	United States	6,200	Shilluk	Ethnic Religions	5 ●	45.00 %	12.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sherbro, Southern Bullom	Sierra Leone	232,000	Sherbro	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	8.00 %	5.70 %	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
Totals:	2,693 Peoples		743,356,000			957 ●				3,472

* 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
0.3	Unreached Frontier - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
0.7	Unreached not Frontier - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >.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 presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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