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 *
	Buriat, Russian	Russia	459,000	Buriat, Russia	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.04 %	0 Unspecified	9
	Luoluopo, Central	China	455,000	Lolopo	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.06 %	4 New Testament	9
	Bunu	China	425,000	Bunu, Bu-Nao	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	9
	Mamprusi	Ghana	434,000	Mampruli	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.84 %	0.20 %	4 New Testament	9
	Kuranko	Sierra Leone	465,000	Kuranko	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	9
	Jewish, French	France	454,000	French	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	9
	Zhuang, Liuqian	China	407,000	Zhuang, Liuqian	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.20 %	0.90 %	1 Translation Needed	8
	Lobi	Côte d'Ivoire	418,000	Lobi	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.60 %	1.40 %	4 New Testament	8
	Tai Don, White Tai	Vietnam	349,000	Tai Don	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.25 %	0 Unspecified	7
	Shui	China	327,000	Sui	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.28 %	0.25 %	3 Bible Portions	7
	Naxi	China	335,000	Naxi	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.80 %	0.07 %	4 New Testament	7
	Nasu, Panxian	China	373,000	Nasu, Wusa	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	1.72 %	4 New Testament	7
	Han Chinese, Waxiang	China	369,000	Waxianghua	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.30 %	0.22 %	1 Translation Needed	7
	Hmong Shua, Sinicized	China	351,000	Sinicized Miao	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.50 %	1.80 %	3 Bible Portions	7
	Lobi	Burkina Faso	356,000	Lobi	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	4.00 %	1.50 %	4 New Testament	7
	Kim Mun	China	333,000	Kim Mun	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.12 %	3 Bible Portions	7
	Jewish, Eastern Yiddish-speaking	United States	367,000	Yiddish, Eastern	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	7
	Kulango, Bouna	Côte d'Ivoire	327,000	Kulango, Bouna	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	4.00 %	0.80 %	3 Bible Portions	7
	Li, Qi	China	318,000	Hlai	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.14 %	3 Bible Portions	6
	Hmong Leng	China	324,000	Hmong Daw	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	6
	Aoka	China	297,000	Chinese, Xiang	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.70 %	3 Bible Portions	6
	Laba	China	299,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.30 %	0.22 %	5 Complete Bible	6
	Jewish, English-speaking	United Kingdom	295,000	English	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.50 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	6
	Hmong Daw	China	304,000	Hmong Daw	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.80 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	6
	Han Chinese, Hakka	China, Hong Kong	288,000	Chinese, Hakka	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	1.50 %	5 Complete Bible	6
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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