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Lists: All Religions What is Primary Religion?

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Religion ▲	Estimated Adherents	% of World Population	Peoples with this Primary Religion	Unreached with this Primary Religion	% Unreached	Est. Workers Needed *
Buddhism	504,371,000	6.2 %	702	530	75.5 %	5,825
Christianity	2,534,933,000	31.0 %	7,191	0	0.0 %	0
Ethnic Religions	744,250,000	9.1 %	2,700	963	35.7 %	3,484
Hinduism	1,234,259,000	15.1 %	2,412	2,212	91.7 %	24,998
Islam	2,074,503,000	25.4 %	4,090	3,508	85.8 %	38,871
Non-Religious	1,003,251,000	12.3 %	268	15	5.6 %	552
Other / Small	62,241,000	0.8 %	129	123	95.3 %	665
Unknown	8,800,000	0.1 %	25	6	24.0 %	30
Totals: 8	8,166,608,000	100 %	17,517	7,357	42.0 %	74,425

* 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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