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 *
	Manyika	Mozambique	161,000	Manyika	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	42.00 %	0.30 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Mumuye	Cameroon	16,000	Mumuye	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	15.00 %	0.30 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Penan	Malaysia	12,000	Penan, Eastern	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	0.30 %	4 New Testament	1
	Jewish, Portuguese	Brazil	91,000	Portuguese	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Semoq Beri	Malaysia	2,600	Semaq Beri	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	0.30 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Chuvan	Russia	900	Russian	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Nganasan, Tavgi Samoyed	Russia	700	Russian	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Todrah	Vietnam	6,800	Todrah	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	26.00 %	0.30 %	0 Unspecified	-1 -
	Asheninka, Ucayali-Yurua	Brazil	1,000	Asheninka, Ucayali-Yurua	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.30 %	4 New Testament	1
	Asheninka, Ucayali-Yurua	Peru	9,100	Asheninka, Ucayali-Yurua	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.50 %	0.30 %	4 New Testament	1
	Wala	Ghana	117,000	Wali (Ghana)	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.30 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Wayampi, Oiapoque	French Guiana	800	Wayampi	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	20.00 %	0.30 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Bunun	China	1,500	Bunun	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.30 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Dong, Northern	China	585,000	Dong, Northern	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.40 %	0.30 %	3 Bible Portions	12
	Lalu, Xinping	China	51,000	Lalu, Eastern	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.50 %	0.30 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Qiang, Jiaochang	China	32,000	Qiang, Southern	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.70 %	0.30 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Kalapalo	Brazil	700	Kuikuro-Kalapalo	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.30 %	0.30 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Bora	Peru	800	Bora	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	40.00 %	0.30 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Laomian	China	5,300	Laomian	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.30 %	0.30 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Retuara	Colombia	700	Tanimuca-Letuama	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	10.00 %	0.30 %	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Phala	China	13,000	Phala	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.50 %	0.30 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Doma, Vadoma	Zimbabwe	22,000	Shona	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.30 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Teng	Laos	1,300	Tai Daeng	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.30 %	0.30 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Trui	Laos	2,600	So (Laos)	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.30 %	0.30 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Akha	China	257,000	Akha	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.35 %	0.31 %	5 Complete Bible	5
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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