Ethnic Religions people group listing

Religion: Ethnic Religions What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

745,947,000

% of World Population

9.1 %

People Groups

2,695

Unreached Groups

958 (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 *
	Mah Meri, Besisi	Malaysia	4,300	Mah Meri	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.90 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Nguan	Laos	22,000	Khmu	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.85 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Mang	Vietnam	4,900	Mang	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	1.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Muong	Vietnam	1,516,000	Muong	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.02 %	5 Complete Bible	30
	Nung	Vietnam	1,131,000	Nung	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.03 %	4 New Testament	23
	Nyeu, Yeu	Thailand	200	Nyeu	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Papavo	Brazil	200	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Prai	Laos	32,000	Prai	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.90 %	4 New Testament	1
	Prai	Thailand	21,000	Prai	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.10 %	4 New Testament	1
	Phun, Hpon	Myanmar (Burma)	1,600	Burmese	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.40 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Jewish, Portuguese	Brazil	91,000	Portuguese	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Jewish, Spanish-speaking	Bolivia	500	Spanish	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Jewish, Spanish-speaking	Chile	16,000	Spanish	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Jewish, Spanish-speaking	Costa Rica	2,600	Spanish	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tai Dam	United States	4,500	Tai Dam	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.10 %	4 New Testament	1
	Tai Thanh	Vietnam	25,000	Tai Thanh	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.10 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Tay	Vietnam	1,926,000	Tay	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.03 %	5 Complete Bible	39
	Temoq	Malaysia	900	Malay	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tsun-Lao	Vietnam	14,000	Ts'un-Lao	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.08 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Tulishi	Sudan	3,200	Tulishi	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.20 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Asheninka, Ucayali-Yurua	Brazil	1,000	Asheninka, Ucayali-Yurua	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.30 %	4 New Testament	1
	Judeo-Japanese	Japan	49,000	Japanese	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.80 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Aoka	China	297,000	Chinese, Xiang	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.70 %	3 Bible Portions	6
	Azhe	China	64,000	Azhe	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.07 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Kado	Laos	5,400	Kaduo	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.50 %	3 Bible Portions	1
Totals:	2,695 Peoples		745,947,000			958 ●				3,480

* 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 >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 presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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