Ethnic Religions people group listing

Religion: Ethnic Religions What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

742,600,000

% of World Population

9.1 %

People Groups

2,649

Unreached Groups

932 (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 *
	Mijikenda, Ribe	Kenya	12,000	Kigiryama	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bela	China	4,800	Pela	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Krymchaks	Ukraine	1,500	Ukrainian	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Gao	China	3,600	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Phula	China	7,100	Phula	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Phula	Vietnam	13,000	Phula	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Straits Chinese, Peranakan	Indonesia	39,000	Indonesian, Peranakan	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Alutor	Russia	2,000	Russian	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Kerek	Russia	-1 Unknown	Russian	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Enwan	Nigeria	23,000	Enwan (Nigeria, Edo State)	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Galoli	Indonesia	15,000	Galolen	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Oromo, Kereyu	Ethiopia	116,000	Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Oromo, Borana	Ethiopia	1,642,000	Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	33
	Metyktire	Brazil	100	Kayapo	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Sam	Laos	400	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Dogon, Ana Tinga	Mali	1,000	Dogon, Ana Tinga	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Hoia Hoia	Papua New Guinea	100	Hoia Hoia	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Hoyahoya	Papua New Guinea	200	Hoyahoya	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Foia Foia	Papua New Guinea	300	Foia Foia	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Katso	China	8,200	Katso	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Zhuang, Dai	China	109,000	Zhuang, Dai	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Zhuang, Nong	China	543,000	Zhuang, Nong	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	11
	Zhuang, Yang	China	821,000	Zhuang, Yang	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	16
	Zhuang, Yang	Vietnam	-1 Unknown	Zhuang, Yang	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	0
	Zhuang, Zuojiang	China	1,704,000	Zhuang, Zuojiang	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	34
Totals:	2,649 Peoples		742,600,000				932 ◼︎ (440 ✸︎)			3,437

* 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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