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 *
	Muji, Northern	China	15,000	Muji, Northern	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.07 %	0.07 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Harnae	Laos	9,000	Alak	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.07 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Khom Khae	Laos	13,000	Khmer	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.07 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Liude	China	1,900	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.05 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Jewish, Romanian	Israel	222,000	Hebrew	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.05 %	4 New Testament	4
	Bei	China	23,000	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.04 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Nosu, Yinuo	China	663,000	Nuosu	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	13
	Katso	China	8,200	Katso	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.05 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Tusu	China	42,000	Lalo, Central	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.05 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Xinh Mun	Laos	11,000	Puoc	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.05 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Jewish, Bukharan	United States	73,000	English	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.04 %	0.04 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Laha	Vietnam	11,000	Laha (Viet Nam)	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.04 %	0.04 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Baduy	Indonesia	28,000	Baduy	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.03 %	0.03 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Awu, Northern	China	4,600	Awu	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.02 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Pong	Laos	30,000	Phong-Kniang	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.02 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Jiasou	China	40,000	Sani	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Lingayat	India	3,926,000	Kannada	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	79
	Beidalao	China	25,000	Pa-Hng	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	0 Unspecified	1
	San Chay	Vietnam	210,000	Cao Lan	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	3 Bible Portions	4
	Deng, Geman	China	14,000	Miju-Mishmi	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Jewish, Eastern Yiddish-speaking	United States	367,000	Yiddish, Eastern	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	7
	Laven	Laos	62,000	Laven	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Chut	Vietnam	7,900	Chut	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Ainu (Japan)	Russia	300	Ainu (Japan)	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Ami	China	2,000	Amis	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	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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