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 *
	Me'en	Sudan	3,100	Me'en	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Mebu	Papua New Guinea	1,100	Ma	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Media Lengua	Ecuador	3,300	Media Lengua	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Mefele	Cameroon	21,000	Mefele	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Megili	Nigeria	122,000	Migili	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Mehinaku	Brazil	300	Mehinaku	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Mekem	Brazil	-1 Unknown	Portuguese	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Mel	Cambodia	3,600	Mel-Khaonh	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Mendriq	Malaysia	200	Minriq	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Meneng	Uganda	2,300	Ateso	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Meng	China	5,200	Hani	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Mengwu	China	24,000	Sani	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Meoswar	Indonesia	1,100	Meoswar	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Meratus, Bukit	Indonesia	73,000	Malay, Bukit	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Merei, Lamenten	Vanuatu	1,100	Merei	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Metyktire	Brazil	100	Kayapo	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Miami	United States	3,100	English	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Miao, Baishi	China	17,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Miao, Changshu	China	21,000	Miao, Chuanqiandian Cluster	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Miao, Chuan	China	199,000	Hmong Daw	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Miao, Enshi	China	676,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	14
	Miao, Guiyang Northern	China	143,000	Miao, Northern Guiyang	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	3
	Miao, Guiyang Northwestern	China	10,000	Miao, Northern Guiyang	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Miao, Guiyang South Central	China	5,900	Miao, Southern Guiyang	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Miao, Guiyang Southern	China	47,000	Miao, Southern Guiyang	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-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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