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 *
	Zhuang, Zuojiang	Vietnam	442,000	Zhuang, Zuojiang	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	9
	Kumandin	Russia	2,400	Altai, Northern	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Chelkan	Russia	1,200	Altai, Northern	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tubalar	Russia	2,000	Altai, Northern	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Bainouk, Samik	Senegal	3,200	Bainouk-Samik	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Zhuang, Guibian	China	1,091,000	Zhuang, Guibian	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	22
	Ganang	Nigeria	4,800	Ganang	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Berawan, East	Malaysia	1,400	Berawan, East	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Lembata, South	Indonesia	8,600	Painara	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Nanubae	Papua New Guinea	1,500	Nanubae	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Tapei	Papua New Guinea	300	Tapei	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Laomian	China	5,300	Laomian	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Buyang, Langnian	China	400	Buyang, Langnian	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Buyang, E'ma	China	700	Buyang, E'ma	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Zhuang, Lianshan	China	47,000	Zhuang, Lianshan	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Zhuang, Yongbei	China	2,160,000	Zhuang, Yongbei	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	43
	Zhuang, Liuqian	China	407,000	Zhuang, Liuqian	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	8
	Zhuang, Eastern Hongshuihe	China	1,309,000	Zhuang, Eastern Hongshuihe	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	26
	Zhuang, Youjiang	China	988,000	Zhuang, Youjiang	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	20
	Zhuang, Guibei	China	1,636,000	Zhuang, Guibei	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	33
	Zhuang, Qiubei	China	219,000	Zhuang, Qiubei	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	4
	Zhuang, Liujiang	China	1,702,000	Zhuang, Liujiang	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	34
	Sakalava	Madagascar	2,245,000	Malagasy, Sakalava	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	San Diu	Vietnam	191,000	Chinese, Yue	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	4
	Balanta, Nyakra	Guinea-Bissau	17,000	Balanta	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
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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