Ethnic Religions people group listing

Religion: Ethnic Religions What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

743,652,000

% of World Population

9.1 %

People Groups

2,701

Unreached Groups

963 (35.7 %)

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 *
	Lembaa	Zimbabwe	113,000	Venda	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Lembata, South	Indonesia	8,600	Painara	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Lembata, West	Indonesia	9,800	Labalekan-Mingar	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	2	0-0.1% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Lere	Nigeria	31,000	Lere	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Lesu	China	19,000	Hlersu	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Letemboi, Small Nambas	Vanuatu	1,400	Letemboi	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Lewotobi	Indonesia	6,500	Lewotobi	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Leya	Zambia	22,000	Tonga (Zambia)	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Lhaovo	Myanmar (Burma)	145,000	Lhao Vo	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Lhoba, Bokar	China	4,300	Adi	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Lhoba, Idu	China	10,000	Idu-Mishmi	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Li, Bendi	China	80,000	Hlai	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	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	3,493,000	Kannada	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	-1 Unknown	0-0.1% ●	70
	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 -
Totals:	2,701 Peoples		743,652,000				963 ◼︎ (455 ✸︎)			3,469

* 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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