People Cluster - Jews | Joshua Project

People Cluster: Jews What is a People Cluster?

Population

16,328,000

1.2% estimated
Annual Growth Rate

People Groups (Across Countries)

People Groups
(by Country)

150

Unreached Groups (by Country)

142

Affinity Bloc

Jews

Cluster Progress

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - 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%

Map Notes

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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
Photo	People Group ▲	Global Population	Peoples by Country	Unreached by Country	% Unreached Peoples	Popl in Unreached	% Popl in Unreached	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	Anusim, Crypto-Jew	257,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	75.0%	0.5%	-1 -
	Jew, Arabic-speaking	0 < 100	1	1	100.0 %	90	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Jew, Bukharic-speaking	139,000	3	3	100.0 %	139,000	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	3
	Jew, Bulgarian-speaking	1,100	1	1	100.0 %	1,100	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.5%	0.1%	1
	Jew, Chinese	100	1	1	100.0 %	100	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	1.0%	0.0%	1
	Jew, Cochin	12,000	1	1	100.0 %	12,000	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.1%	0.1%	1
	Jew, Croatian-speaking	500	1	1	100.0 %	500	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	1.0%	0.0%	1
	Jew, Czech-speaking	4,000	1	1	100.0 %	4,000	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Jew, Danish-speaking	6,500	1	1	100.0 %	6,500	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Jew, Dutch	33,000	4	4	100.0 %	33,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.5%	0.1%	4
	Jew, Eastern Yiddish-speaking	650,000	12	11	91.7 %	602,000	92.6 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.5%	0.4%	20
	Jew, Egyptian-speaking	100	1	1	100.0 %	100	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Jew, English-speaking	5,876,000	13	12	92.3 %	5,780,000	98.4 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	2.5%	1.4%	122
	Jew, Ethiopian	83,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	3.3%	2.7%	-1 -
	Jew, Finnish-speaking	1,300	1	1	100.0 %	1,300	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Jew, French-speaking	526,000	6	6	100.0 %	526,000	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.1%	0.0%	14
	Jew, Georgian	62,000	2	2	100.0 %	62,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	1.0%	0.9%	2
	Jew, German-speaking	96,000	4	4	100.0 %	96,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.4%	0.1%	4
	Jew, Greek-speaking	3,200	2	2	100.0 %	3,200	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	2
	Jew, Hungarian-speaking	71,000	2	2	100.0 %	71,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.1%	0.1%	2
	Jew, Indonesian-speaking	200	1	1	100.0 %	200	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Jew, Israeli	5,353,000	4	4	100.0 %	5,353,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.2%	0.2%	108
	Jew, Italian-speaking	28,000	1	1	100.0 %	28,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.5%	0.1%	1
	Jew, Judeo-Berber	2,900	1	1	100.0 %	2,900	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Jew, Judeo-Morrocan	64,000	4	4	100.0 %	64,000	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	4
	Jew, Judeo-Persian	132,000	3	3	100.0 %	132,000	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	3
	Jew, Karaite	1,800	4	4	100.0 %	1,800	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	4
	Jew, Kurdistani	5,500	2	2	100.0 %	5,500	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	2
	Jew, Kurdit	9,200	1	1	100.0 %	9,200	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Jew, Latvian-speaking	5,200	1	1	100.0 %	5,200	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Jew, Lishanan	4,100	1	1	100.0 %	4,100	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Jew, Maltese-speaking	0 < 100	1	1	100.0 %	60	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Jew, Norwegian-speaking	1,300	1	1	100.0 %	1,300	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.4%	0.2%	1
	Jew, Polish-speaking	132,000	2	2	100.0 %	132,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.6%	0.4%	4
	Jew, Portuguese-speaking	97,000	3	3	100.0 %	97,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	1.0%	0.3%	4
	Jew, Romanian	208,000	2	2	100.0 %	208,000	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	5
	Jew, Russian-speaking	1,600,000	5	5	100.0 %	1,600,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	1.3%	1.0%	33
	Jew, Serbian-speaking	2,200	3	3	100.0 %	2,200	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	3
	Jew, Slovak-speaking	2,600	1	1	100.0 %	2,600	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Jew, South Asian	7,100	2	2	100.0 %	7,100	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	2
	Jew, Spanish	63,000	4	4	100.0 %	63,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.2%	0.1%	4
	Jew, Spanish-speaking	301,000	16	16	100.0 %	301,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.3%	0.2%	19
	Jew, Swahili-speaking	500	1	1	100.0 %	500	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Jew, Swedish-speaking	15,000	1	1	100.0 %	15,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.3%	0.1%	1
	Jew, Swiss-speaking	20,000	1	1	100.0 %	20,000	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Jew, Syrian	77,000	2	2	100.0 %	77,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	2.0%	1.0%	3
	Jew, Tagalog-speaking	100	1	1	100.0 %	100	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Jew, Thai-speaking	200	1	1	100.0 %	200	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Jew, Tunisian	13,000	2	2	100.0 %	13,000	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	2
	Jew, Turkish	53,000	2	2	100.0 %	53,000	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	2
	Jew, Yahudic	104,000	2	2	100.0 %	104,000	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	3
	Jew, Yemeni	41,000	3	3	100.0 %	41,000	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	3
	Jewish Tat, Mountain Jews	102,000	5	5	100.0 %	102,000	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	5
	Tatar, Judeo-Crimean	1,700	1	1	100.0 %	1,700	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Yeniche	19,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	60.0%	1.4%	-1 -
	Yevanic	0 < 100	1	1	100.0 %	90	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	1
	You Tai, Chinese Jew	2,700	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Non-Religious	30.0%	25.0%	-1 -
	Yudi, Tripolita'it	39,000	1	1	100.0 %	39,000	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	1
Totals:	58 Peoples (across countries)	16,328,000	150	142	94.7 %	15,823,000	96.9 %	●	Ethnic Religions	2.4%	0.7%	412

* 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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