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 *
	Sabu, Havunese	Indonesia	159,000	Hawu	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Sabum	Malaysia	1,400	Malay, Ambonese	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Sadang Duan	Laos	1,000	Sedang	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Saek	Laos	6,800	Saek	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Safwa	Tanzania	518,000	Safwa	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Sagalla Taita	Kenya	376,000	Sagalla	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Sagara	Tanzania	259,000	Sagala	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Sahafatra	Madagascar	136,000	Malagasy, Merina	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Sajau Basap	Indonesia	11,000	Sajau Basap	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Sakalava	Madagascar	2,245,000	Malagasy, Sakalava	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Sakiriabar	Brazil	100	Portuguese	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Sala	Zambia	52,000	Sala	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Saluma	Brazil	300	Saluma	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Samadu, Eastern	China	800	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Samadu, Western	China	9,900	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Saman	China	3,300	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Samaritan	Israel	500	Samaritan Hebrew	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Samaritan	West Bank / Gaza	1,100	Hebrew	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Samatao	China	2,900	Samatao	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	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 -
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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Prayer Cards

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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