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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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Lawu	China	26,000	Lalo, Dongshanba	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.02 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Li, Ha	China	697,000	Hlai	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.11 %	3 Bible Portions	14
	Li, Jiamao	China	93,000	Jiamao	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.07 %	1 Translation Needed	2
	Li, Qi	China	318,000	Hlai	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.14 %	3 Bible Portions	6
	Limba, West	Guinea	2,200	Limba, West-Central	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	4.00 %	0.20 %	4 New Testament	1
	Limin	China	100,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.15 %	0.13 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Lipo, Western	China	183,000	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.50 %	1.00 %	0 Unspecified	4
	Lobi	Côte d'Ivoire	418,000	Lobi	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.60 %	1.40 %	4 New Testament	8
	Lobi	Burkina Faso	356,000	Lobi	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	4.00 %	1.50 %	4 New Testament	7
	Logorik	Sudan	8,600	Logorik	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	0.50 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Loko, Landogo	Sierra Leone	232,000	Loko	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	0.90 %	4 New Testament	5
	Loma	Côte d'Ivoire	4,600	Loma	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	0.20 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Lua	Thailand	7,200	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	4.00 %	1.67 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Luoluopo, Central	China	455,000	Lolopo	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.06 %	4 New Testament	9
	Luoluopo, Southern	China	250,000	Lolopo, Southern	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.05 %	1 Translation Needed	5
	Maan	Guinea	122,000	Maan	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	4.00 %	0.88 %	4 New Testament	2
	Magdhi, Widala	Nigeria	5,600	Maghdi	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.60 %	1.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Mah Meri, Besisi	Malaysia	4,300	Mah Meri	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.90 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Makua, Makhuwa-Meetto	Mozambique	1,618,000	Makhuwa-Meetto	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	2.00 %	4 New Testament	32
	Mal	Laos	39,000	Mal	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	1.80 %	4 New Testament	1
	Mamprusi	Ghana	434,000	Mampruli	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.84 %	0.20 %	4 New Testament	9
	Mandyak, Manjago	Guinea-Bissau	271,000	Mandjak	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	0.84 %	4 New Testament	5
	Mang	Vietnam	4,900	Mang	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	1.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Manobo, Cotabato	Philippines	37,000	Manobo, Cotabato	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	4.00 %	0.80 %	4 New Testament	1
	Manobo, Umayamnon	Philippines	7,600	Manobo, Agusan	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.35 %	0.86 %	4 New Testament	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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