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 *
	Sanak	Laos	5,100	Alak	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.10 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Phola	China	14,000	Phola	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.15 %	0.10 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Ge	China	135,000	Ge	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.12 %	0.10 %	3 Bible Portions	3
	Nasu, Southern	China	136,000	Nisu, Northern	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.12 %	0.10 %	3 Bible Portions	3
	Phana	China	5,200	Phana'	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.09 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Lembata, West	Indonesia	9,800	Labalekan-Mingar	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	5.09 %	0.09 %	0 Unspecified	-1 -
	Wamei, Konyagi	Guinea	8,800	Wamey	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	0.09 %	4 New Testament	1
	Bai, Central	China	863,000	Bai, Central	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.08 %	0.08 %	3 Bible Portions	17
	Tsun-Lao	Vietnam	14,000	Ts'un-Lao	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.08 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Bua	Chad	30,000	Bua	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.10 %	0.08 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Jewish, Israeli	West Bank / Gaza	477,000	Hebrew	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.08 %	4 New Testament	10
	Axi	China	118,000	Axi	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	0.08 %	0 Unspecified	2
	Azha	China	58,000	Azha	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.08 %	0.08 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Pumi	China	45,000	Pumi, Southern	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.08 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Biao Mien	China	34,000	Biao Mon	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.08 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Katang, Northern	Laos	73,000	Katang, Northern	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.08 %	0.08 %	4 New Testament	1
	Katang, Southern	Laos	45,000	Katang, Southern	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.08 %	0.08 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Naxi	China	335,000	Naxi	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.80 %	0.07 %	4 New Testament	7
	Xiqi	China	18,000	Sani	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.15 %	0.07 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Mandyak, Manjago	Senegal	179,000	Mandjak	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	7.00 %	0.07 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Azhe	China	64,000	Azhe	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.07 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Muji, Northern	China	15,000	Muji, Northern	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.07 %	0.07 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Li, Jiamao	China	93,000	Jiamao	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.07 %	1 Translation Needed	2
	Laluo, Jiantou	China	40,000	Lalo, Dongshanba	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	0.07 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Hmu, Southern	China	843,000	Miao, Southern Qiandong	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.06 %	0 Unspecified	17
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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