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Lists: All Religions What is Primary Religion?

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Religion ▲	Estimated Adherents	% of World Population	Peoples with this Primary Religion	Unreached with this Primary Religion	% Unreached	Est. Workers Needed *
Buddhism	502,889,000	6.2 %	694	525	75.6 %	5,813
Christianity	2,528,632,000	31.0 %	7,063	0	0.0 %	0
Ethnic Religions	741,712,000	9.1 %	2,701	961	35.6 %	3,476
Hinduism	1,228,750,000	15.0 %	2,414	2,214	91.7 %	25,001
Islam	2,067,338,000	25.3 %	4,053	3,493	86.2 %	38,798
Non-Religious	1,000,492,000	12.3 %	262	14	5.3 %	552
Other / Small	61,913,000	0.8 %	129	123	95.3 %	665
Unknown	35,379,000	0.4 %	243	211	86.8 %	388
Totals: 8	8,167,107,000	100 %	17,559	7,541	42.9 %	74,693

* 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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