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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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Muda	China	3,000	Muda	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Muji, Southern	China	29,000	Muji, Southern	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.04 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Mulao	China	226,000	Mulam	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.80 %	0.78 %	1 Translation Needed	5
	Mulao Jia	China	40,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Muzi	China	11,000	Muzi	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Naheng	China	1,500	Naxi	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Naisu	China	64,000	Yi, Wuding-Luquan	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	5.00 %	4.07 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Naluo	China	49,000	Naluo	Ethnic Religions	5 ●	32.00 %	26.00 %	2 Translation Started	-1 -
	Nanjingren	China	162,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	7.50 %	6.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Naru	China	15,000	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Naruo	China	16,000	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Nasu, Eastern	China	273,000	Yi, Wuding-Luquan	Ethnic Religions	5 ●	35.00 %	29.02 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Nasu, Jinghong	China	24,000	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.70 %	0.54 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Nasu, Panxian	China	373,000	Nasu, Wusa	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	1.72 %	4 New Testament	7
	Nasu, Southern	China	136,000	Nisu, Northern	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.12 %	0.10 %	3 Bible Portions	3
	Nasu, Wusa	China	320,000	Nasu, Wumeng	Ethnic Religions	5 ●	30.00 %	24.14 %	1 Translation Needed	-1 -
	Naxi	China	335,000	Naxi	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.80 %	0.07 %	4 New Testament	7
	Nisu, Southwestern	China	16,000	Nisu, Southwestern	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	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
	Nisu, Yuanyang	China	264,000	Nisu, Southern	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.50 %	0.72 %	3 Bible Portions	5
	Nosu, Butuo	China	272,000	Nuosu	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.50 %	0.05 %	4 New Testament	5
	Nosu, Mangbu	China	85,000	Nasu, Wusa	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	1.50 %	4 New Testament	2
	Nosu, Shengzha	China	1,319,000	Nuosu	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	1.40 %	4 New Testament	26
	Nosu, Shuixi	China	304,000	Nasu, Wusa	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	3.00 %	2.40 %	4 New Testament	-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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