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 %)

Map Notes

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Progress Scale: ☀︎●●●●● (
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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 *
	Punan Merap	Indonesia	300	Punan Merap	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	0.50 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Punan Tubu	Indonesia	3,900	Punan Tubu	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	4.00 %	1.50 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Penan-Nibong	Malaysia	4,600	Penan, Western	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Xinh Mun	Laos	11,000	Puoc	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.05 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Xinh Mun	Vietnam	31,000	Puoc	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Daasanach	Kenya	20,000	Daasanach	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	2.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Daasanach	South Sudan	5,100	Daasanach	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.19 %	1.21 %	4 New Testament	1
	Riang Lang	Myanmar (Burma)	15,000	Riang Lang	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	0.67 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Riang Lang	China	2,000	Riang Lang	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Romam	Vietnam	700	Romam	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	0.63 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Chut-Ruc	Laos	300	Chut	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Jewish, Russian	Azerbaijan	7,000	Russian	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Jewish, Russian	Turkmenistan	800	Russian	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sabum	Malaysia	1,400	Malay, Ambonese	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.60 %	0.56 %	4 New Testament	1
	Saek	Laos	6,800	Saek	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.20 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Samaritan	Israel	1,000	Hebrew	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Samaritan	West Bank / Gaza	1,100	Hebrew	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Samei	China	22,000	Samei	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.20 %	1.10 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Sapuan	Laos	5,800	Sapuan	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Saramaccan	Suriname	33,000	Saramaccan	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	4.00 %	0.80 %	4 New Testament	1
	Tofalar	Russia	700	Russian	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Kensiu	Malaysia	400	Kensiu	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.30 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Kensiu	Thailand	300	Kensiu	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	4.00 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Semoq Beri	Malaysia	2,600	Semaq Beri	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	0.30 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Semelai	Malaysia	8,100	Semelai	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	0.10 %	3 Bible Portions	1
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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Prayer Cards

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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