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 %)

Map Notes

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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 *
	Oromo, Kereyu	Ethiopia	116,000	Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	2.52 %	2.02 %	0 Unspecified	-1 -
	Chokosi	Ghana	125,000	Anufo	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	2.50 %	2.50 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Jewish, Russian	United States	682,000	Russian	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.50 %	2.00 %	0 Unspecified	14
	Asheninka, Ucayali-Yurua	Peru	9,100	Asheninka, Ucayali-Yurua	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.50 %	0.30 %	4 New Testament	1
	Duoluo	China	2,800	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	2.50 %	2.50 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Hmong Shua, Sinicized	China	351,000	Sinicized Miao	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.50 %	1.80 %	3 Bible Portions	7
	Lami	China	132,000	Lalo, Dongshanba	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.50 %	1.99 %	0 Unspecified	3
	Nguon	Laos	900	Nguon	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	2.40 %	2.36 %	0 Unspecified	-1 -
	Yazidi	United States	4,300	Kurdish, Northern	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.40 %	1.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Maroy	Laos	1,300	So (Laos)	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	2.40 %	2.30 %	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Yora, Manu Park Panoan	Peru	400	Yura	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	2.30 %	2.30 %	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Orang Dalam	Indonesia	4,500	Kubu	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.21 %	0.83 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Baima	China	17,000	Baima	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.20 %	2.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Moklen	Thailand	4,600	Moklen	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.20 %	1.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Geungeu	Laos	500	Katu, Western	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.20 %	2.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Han Chinese, Hakka	Canada	11,000	Chinese, Hakka	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.10 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Han Chinese, Hakka	Taiwan	4,172,000	Chinese, Hakka	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.10 %	0.42 %	5 Complete Bible	83
	Wiwa	Colombia	19,000	Sanka	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.10 %	0.40 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Sanda	China	1,500	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	2.10 %	2.01 %	0 Unspecified	-1 -
	Deaf	Israel	19,000	Israeli Sign Language	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.04 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	1
	Watchi	Benin	75,000	Gbe, Waci	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.03 %	1.53 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Altai-Kizhi	Russia	83,000	Altai, Southern	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	0.33 %	4 New Testament	2
	Barke, Burkanawa	Nigeria	34,000	Burku	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Okinawan, Ryukyuan	Japan	1,151,000	Okinawan, Central	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	0.15 %	3 Bible Portions	23
	Okinawan, Ryukyuan	United States	4,600	Okinawan, Central	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	0.20 %	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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Prayer Cards

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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