Joshua Project - Ethnic People Groups of Eritrea

Eritrea – People Groups

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People Groups (click people name for profile)	Population	Indig	% Evangel	% Adherent	Least Reached	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	Primary Language	Pho	Map	Txt
Afar	354,000	Y	0.00 %	0.20 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Afar	0P Afar	0M Afar of Eritrea	0T
Amhara	35,000		1.10 %	60.00 %		2.2	Christianity	Amharic	0P Amhara	0M Amhara of Eritrea	0T
Arab, Hadrami	103,000		0.00 %	0.01 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Arabic, Hadrami Spoken	0P Arab, Hadrami	1	0T
Arab, Palestinian	42,000		0.00 %	8.00 %		2.1	Islam	Arabic, South Levantin	0P Arab, Palestinian	0M Arab, Palestinian of Eritrea	0T
Arab, Sudanese	101,000		0.10 %	2.00 %	Y	1.2	Islam	Arabic, Sudanese Spoke	0P Arab, Sudanese	0M Arab, Sudanese of Eritrea	0T
Arab, Yemeni	111,000		0.00 %	0.05 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni S	0P Arab, Yemeni	0M Arab, Yemeni of Eritrea	0T
Beja, Hedareb	226,000	Y	0.00 %	0.00 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Bedawiyet	0P Beja, Hedareb	0M Beja, Hedareb of Eritrea	0T
Bilen	110,000	Y	1.00 %	31.00 %		2.2	Islam	Bilen	0P Bilen	0M Bilen of Eritrea	1
Deaf		Y	0.00 %	47.00 %		2.1	Islam	Language Unknown	1	1	1
Irob, Saho	230,000	Y	0.25 %	30.00 %		2.2	Islam	Saho	0P Irob, Saho	0M Irob, Saho of Eritrea	0T
Italian	2,800		1.00 %	82.00 %		2.2	Christianity	Italian	0P Italian	1	1
Kunama	225,000	Y	10.00 %	25.00 %		3.2	Ethnic Religions	Kunama	0P Kunama	0M Kunama of Eritrea	1
Nara, Nialetic	98,000	Y	1.80 %	4.50 %	Y	1.2	Islam	Nara	0P Nara, Nialetic	0M Nara, Nialetic of Eritrea	0T
Rashaida	46,000	Y	0.01 %	0.01 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Arabic, Hijazi Spoken	0P Rashaida	1	0T
Somali	4,900		0.00 %	0.33 %	Y	1.1	Islam	Somali	0P Somali	1	1
Tigrai, Tigrinya	2,537,000	Y	3.50 %	96.00 %		3.1	Christianity	Tigrigna	0P Tigrai, Tigrinya	0M Tigrai, Tigrinya of Eritrea	0T
Tigre	1,300,000	Y	0.05 %	0.09 %	Y	1.2	Islam	Tigre	0P Tigre	0M Tigre of Eritrea	0T
Total People Groups: 17	5,525,000	10			9	3.1			16	12	12
Unclassified / Other Individuals	56,000
UN Country Population (2012)	5,581,000

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Eritrea –

% of People Groups

% of Population in People Groups

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Progress Level		Peoples	% of Peoples	Population	% of Population

	Level 1 - Unreached / Least-Reached	9	52.9 %	2,344,000	42.4 %
	Level 2 - Nominal / Formative Church	6	35.3 %	419,000	7.6 %
	Level 3 - Established / Significant Church	2	11.8 %	2,762,000	50.0 %

Totals		17		5,525,000

Eritrea – People Photos * Note: Only people groups with photos available are displayed here.*

Afar 354,000	Amhara 35,000	Arab, Hadrami 103,000	© Copyrighted Photo Arab, Palestinian 42,000	Arab, Sudanese 101,000	Arab, Yemeni 111,000
Beja, Hedareb 226,000	Bilen 110,000	Irob, Saho 230,000	Italian 2,800	Kunama 225,000	Nara, Nialetic 98,000
Rashaida 46,000	Somali 4,900	Tigrai, Tigrinya 2,537,000	Tigre 1,300,000
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Eritrea – Languages

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Language (click Language name for details)	Language Code	# Peoples Primary Language	# Unreached Primary Language	Bible Status	Bible Locator	Audio NT Online	Jesus Film Online	Audio Recordings Online	Gospel Tract Online
Afar	aar	1	1	NT	0	1	0	0	1
Amharic	amh	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Arabic, Hadrami Spoken	ayh	1	1	None	1	1	1	1	0
Arabic, Hijazi Spoken	acw	1	1	None	1	1	1	1	0
Arabic, South Levantine Spoken	ajp	1	0	Portions	0	1	0	0	0
Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	apd	1	1	NT	0	1	0	0	0
Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken	acq	1	1	None	1	1	0	0	0
Bedawiyet	bej	1	1	Portions	0	1	1	0	1
Bilen	byn	1	0	Portions	0	1	1	1	1
Italian	ita	1	0	Complete	0	1	0	0	0
Kunama	kun	1	0	NT	0	1	1	0	1
Nara	nrb	1	1	None	1	1	1	1	1
Saho	ssy	1	0	Portions	0	1	1	0	1
Somali	som	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	1
Tigre	tig	1	1	Complete	0	1	0	0	1
Tigrigna	tir	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Totals:	16	16	9		12	3	9	12	8

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Eritrea – Religions

Major Religions
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Source: Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Major Religion percentages for that people group. The results are summed for each Religion for all Peoples within the country.

Christianity Segments
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Eritrea – Possible Ministry Involvement

Below are lists of ministries that may work in Eritrea. Ministries in the Eritrea section probably minister in this country. Ministries in the East and Southern Africa section only possibly minister in this country. The purpose of this information is to assist potential new missionaries connect with sending agencies and for general ministry networking. Click on the links below to visit ministry websites for further information. Visit the Power-Of-Connecting "Find a Network Tool" to find further networking information.
The lists below do not include all ministries at work in this country or region. There are likely many excellent ministries not listed here. Omissions are not intentional, but occur simply from lack of data. Please contact us to suggest other ministries to include here. Inclusion here is not an endorsement by Joshua Project.

Ministries in Eritrea

Ministries in East and Southern Africa

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Eritrea – Statistics, Prayer Cards, Maps and Links


Statistics

Population	5,525,000
Percent Urbanization	22 %
Total People Groups	17
Unreached People Groups	9
Region	East and Southern Africa
10/40 Window	Yes
Official National Language	Tigrigna
Secondary National Language	English
Primary Religion	Islam
Percent Christian Adherent	47.6% ^[1]
Percent Evangelical	2.1% ^[2]
Country Progress Level	3.1
Persecution Ranking	10 (1=High to 50=Low OD)
Human Development Index	0.351 (0=Low to 1=High UN)

Links

State Department Religious Freedom Report

Notes

[1] Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Major Religion percentages for that people group. The results are summed for each Religion for all Peoples within the country.

[2] Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Christianity Segments percentages for that people group. The results are summed for each Christianity Segment for all peoples within the country.