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 %)

Map Notes

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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 *
	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
	Luoluopo, Central	China	455,000	Lolopo	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.06 %	4 New Testament	9
	Miao, Guiyang Northern	China	143,000	Miao, Northern Guiyang	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.90 %	1 Translation Needed	3
	Miao, Huishui Central	China	67,000	Miao, Central Huishui	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.58 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Miao, Huishui Northern	China	119,000	Miao, Northern Huishui	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.06 %	3 Bible Portions	2
	Miao, Mashan Central	China	120,000	Miao, Central Mashan	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.25 %	1 Translation Needed	2
	Mongol, Khalka	Japan	20,000	Mongolian, Halh	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Nisu, Jianshui	China	229,000	Nisu, Eastern	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.20 %	1 Translation Needed	5
	Nisu, Xinping	China	255,000	Nisu, Northern	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.51 %	3 Bible Portions	5
	Qiang, Mianchi	China	26,000	Qiang, Southern	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.74 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Suodi	China	244,000	Nuosu	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.11 %	4 New Testament	5
	Tai Don, White Tai	Vietnam	349,000	Tai Don	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.25 %	4 New Testament	7
	Jewish, Chinese	Taiwan	100	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	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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