Ethnic Religions people group listing

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People Groups
Total

2,510

Est. Population
of Adherents

728,731,000

People Groups Unreached

798

Est. Adherents in
Unreached Groups

138,838,000

People Groups Frontier

354

Est. Adherents in
Frontier Groups

14,941,000

Map Notes

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Scripture Status	Progress Scale	% Evangelical Range	% Christian Adh Range	Est. Workers Needed *
	Mashi	Nigeria	1,700	Mashi (Nigeria)	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Kono	Sierra Leone	353,000	Kono (Sierra Leone)	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Dayak, Taman	Indonesia	37,000	Taman (Indonesia)	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Kofa	Nigeria	1,700	Kofa	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Jofotek-Bromnya	Indonesia	300	Jofotek-Bromnya	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Lembata, West	Indonesia	9,800	Labalekan-Mingar	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	2	0-0.1% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Yangum Dey	Papua New Guinea	400	Yangum Dey	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Ambrak	Papua New Guinea	600	Ambrak	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Dombe	Zimbabwe	7,800	Dombe	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Mel	Cambodia	3,600	Mel-Khaonh	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Kadazan, Central	Malaysia	38,000	Kadazan Dusun	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Zhoa	Cameroon	4,200	Zhoa	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Khmer Keh	Cambodia	6,200	Khmer	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Saramaccan, Matawari	Suriname	1,500	Saramaccan	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Takwane	Mozambique	406,000	Takwane	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Ura	Nigeria	2,000	Fungwa	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Konai, Mirapmin	Papua New Guinea	700	Konai	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Mongol	Papua New Guinea	1,800	Mwakai	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Challa	Ghana	5,300	Chala	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Nyahon	Laos	10,000	Nyaheun	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Ngundi	Central African Republic	17,000	Ngundi	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Wobe	Côte d'Ivoire	346,000	We Northern	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Loloda	Indonesia	3,200	Laba	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Ron	Nigeria	260,000	Ron	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Chara, Fachara	Nigeria	6,500	Cara	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
Totals:	2,510 Peoples		728,731,000				798 ◼︎ (354 ✸︎)			3,028

* 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
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-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 to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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