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 *
	Samburu	Kenya	364,000	Samburu	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Samei	China	22,000	Samei	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Samo, Kalemse	Mali	3,700	Kalamse	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Samo, Kalemse	Burkina Faso	29,000	Kalamse	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Samo, Maya	Burkina Faso	78,000	Samo, Maya	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Samo, Samo Matya	Mali	1,600	Samo, Matya	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Samo, Samo Matya	Burkina Faso	243,000	Samo, Matya	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Samo, Southern	Burkina Faso	180,000	Samo, Southern	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Samre	Cambodia	300	Khmer	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	San Chay	China	50,000	Cao Lan	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	San Chay	Vietnam	210,000	Cao Lan	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	4
	San Diu	Vietnam	191,000	Chinese, Yue	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	4
	Sanak	Laos	5,100	Alak	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Sanapana	Paraguay	2,900	Sanapana	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Sanda	China	1,500	Language unknown	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Sandawe	Tanzania	90,000	Sandawe	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Sanga, Asanga	Nigeria	41,000	Sanga (Nigeria)	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Sangkong	China	2,100	Sangkong	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Sangu	Tanzania	246,000	Sangu (Tanzania)	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Sani	China	137,000	Sani	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	3
	Sanie	China	8,700	Sanie	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Sanqiao	China	6,900	Dong, Southern	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Sansu	China	17,000	Hani	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Sanuma, Xamatari	Venezuela	1,300	Sanuma	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Sapo, Bush Kru	Liberia	74,000	Sapo	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	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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