Ethnic Religions people group listing

Religion: Ethnic Religions What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

742,568,000

% of World Population

9.1 %

People Groups

2,651

Unreached Groups

933 (35.2 %)

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 *
	Kxoe, Xun	Zambia	300	Khwedam	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Kunda	Zambia	69,000	Kunda	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Leya	Zambia	22,000	Tonga (Zambia)	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Simaa-Makoma	Zambia	32,000	Simaa	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Masi	Zambia	41,000	Mashi (Zambia)	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Mbowe	Zambia	1,000	Mbowe	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Simaa-Mwenyi	Zambia	10,000	Simaa	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Nyiha, Tanzania	Zambia	901,000	Nyiha, Tanzania	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Simaa	Zambia	11,000	Simaa	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Sala	Zambia	52,000	Sala	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Subia	Zambia	3,000	Kuhane	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Toka	Zambia	33,000	Tonga (Zambia)	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Totela	Zambia	2,500	Totela	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Tambo	Zambia	28,000	Nyamwanga	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Silowana	Zambia	35,000	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	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 -
	Ndau	Zimbabwe	1,170,000	Ndau	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Makhuwa-Meetto	Zimbabwe	19,000	Makhuwa-Meetto	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Jewish, Marathi-speaking	Zimbabwe	7,500	Marathi	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	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 -
Totals:	2,651 Peoples		742,568,000				933 ◼︎ (440 ✸︎)			3,438

* 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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