Ethnic Religions people group listing

Religion: Ethnic Religions What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

742,743,000

% of World Population

9.1 %

People Groups

2,652

Unreached Groups

934 (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 *
	Li, Ha	China	697,000	Hlai	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	14
	Li, Jiamao	China	93,000	Jiamao	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Li, Meifu	China	54,000	Hlai	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Li, Qi	China	318,000	Hlai	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	6
	Libo, Kaan	Nigeria	23,000	Kaan	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Limba, West	Guinea	2,200	Limba, West-Central	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Limi	China	38,000	Limi	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Limin	China	100,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Lingao	China	682,000	Lingao	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Lingayat	India	3,466,000	Kannada	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	69
	Linghua	China	27,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Lipo, Western	China	183,000	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	4
	Lisu	Thailand	43,000	Lisu	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Liude	China	1,900	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Liujia	China	4,900	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Liwu	China	5,500	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Lobi	Ghana	11,000	Lobi	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Lobi	Côte d'Ivoire	250,000	Lobi	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Lobi	Burkina Faso	356,000	Lobi	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	7
	Logba	Ghana	13,000	Logba	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Logorik	Sudan	8,600	Logorik	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Loh	Nigeria	18,000	Loo	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Loko, Landogo	Sierra Leone	232,000	Loko	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	5
	Lokoya, Owoi	South Sudan	84,000	Lokoya	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Lolo	Mozambique	364,000	Lolo	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
Totals:	2,652 Peoples		742,743,000				934 ◼︎ (440 ✸︎)			3,439

* 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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