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 *
	Birwa	Zimbabwe	132,000	Birwa	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Tshara-Tshao	Zimbabwe	5,100	Tshuwau	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Makhuwa-Meetto	Zimbabwe	19,000	Makhuwa-Meetto	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Ndau	Zimbabwe	1,170,000	Ndau	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Nambya	Zimbabwe	129,000	Nambya	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Nyungwe	Zimbabwe	38,000	Nyungwe	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Tswa, Hlengwe	Zimbabwe	4,300	Tswa	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Lembaa	Zimbabwe	113,000	Venda	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Dombe	Zimbabwe	7,800	Dombe	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Doma, Vadoma	Zimbabwe	22,000	Shona	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	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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Prayer Cards

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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