Ethnic Religions people group listing

Religion: Ethnic Religions What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

741,712,000

% of World Population

9.1 %

People Groups

2,701

Unreached Groups

961 (35.6 %)

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 *
	Zhoa	Cameroon	4,200	Zhoa	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Zhuang, Central Hongshuihe	China	1,178,000	Zhuang, Central Hongshuihe	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	24
	Zhuang, Dai	China	109,000	Zhuang, Dai	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Zhuang, Eastern Hongshuihe	China	1,309,000	Zhuang, Eastern Hongshuihe	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	26
	Zhuang, Guibei	China	1,636,000	Zhuang, Guibei	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	33
	Zhuang, Guibian	China	1,091,000	Zhuang, Guibian	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	22
	Zhuang, Lianshan	China	47,000	Zhuang, Lianshan	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Zhuang, Liujiang	China	1,702,000	Zhuang, Liujiang	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	34
	Zhuang, Liuqian	China	407,000	Zhuang, Liuqian	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	8
	Zhuang, Minz	China	181,000	Zhuang, Minz	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	4
	Zhuang, Nong	China	543,000	Zhuang, Nong	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	11
	Zhuang, Qiubei	China	219,000	Zhuang, Qiubei	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	4
	Zhuang, Yang	China	821,000	Zhuang, Yang	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	16
	Zhuang, Yang	Vietnam	-1 Unknown	Zhuang, Yang	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	0
	Zhuang, Yongbei	China	2,160,000	Zhuang, Yongbei	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	43
	Zhuang, Yongnan	China	2,036,000	Zhuang, Yongnan	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	41
	Zhuang, Yongnan	Vietnam	13,000	Zhuang, Yongnan	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Zhuang, Youjiang	China	988,000	Zhuang, Youjiang	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	20
	Zhuang, Zuojiang	China	1,704,000	Zhuang, Zuojiang	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	34
	Zhuang, Zuojiang	Vietnam	442,000	Zhuang, Zuojiang	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	9
	Zinza	Tanzania	453,000	Zinza	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Ziriya	Nigeria	2,600	Hausa	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Zoe	Brazil	200	Zo'e	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Zokhuo	China	17,000	Zokhuo	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Zoro	Brazil	600	Gaviao, Para	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
Totals:	2,701 Peoples		741,712,000				961 ◼︎ (453 ✸︎)			3,476

* 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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