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 *
	Bezanozano	Madagascar	271,000	Malagasy, Merina	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Biali	Benin	198,000	Biali	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Biali	Nigeria	3,400	Biali	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Biali	Togo	3,600	Biali	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Biali	Burkina Faso	3,900	Biali	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Biao	China	132,000	Biao	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	3
	Biao Mien	China	34,000	Biao Mon	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Biao Mien, Shikou	China	13,000	Biao-Jiao Mien	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Biao-Jiao Mien	China	67,000	Biao-Jiao Mien	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Bijogo	Guinea-Bissau	43,000	Bidyogo	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Bile, Billanchi	Nigeria	54,000	Bille	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bimoba, Moba	Ghana	275,000	Bimoba	Ethnic Religions	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bintulu	Malaysia	13,000	Vaie	Ethnic Religions	0 Unspecified	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bira, Forest	Congo, Democratic Republic of	108,000	Bila	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Birale	Ethiopia	22,000	Tsamai	Ethnic Religions	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Birifor, Northern	Burkina Faso	264,000	Birifor, Malba	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Birifor, Southern	Ghana	222,000	Birifor, Southern	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Birifor, Southern	Côte d'Ivoire	9,900	Birifor, Southern	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Birwa	Botswana	21,000	Birwa	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Birwa	South Africa	12,000	Birwa	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Birwa	Zimbabwe	132,000	Birwa	Ethnic Religions	1 Translation Needed	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bisis, Yambiyambi	Papua New Guinea	6,000	Bisis	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bisu	Thailand	800	Bisu	Ethnic Religions	4 New Testament	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Bit	China	900	Bit	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Bit	Laos	2,600	Bit	Ethnic Religions	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	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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