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Afar of Eritrea

The Afar of Eritrea, numbering 359,000 are Unengaged and Unreached with < 0.1% Evangelical believers. They are a Cushitic ethnic group indigenous to the Horn of Africa, living primarily in Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Eritrea. They speak the Afar language, an East Cushitic language within the Afroasiatic family, and are predominantly Sunni Muslim. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Afar is their primary language.

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PEOPLE GROUP OF THE WEEK

Afar of Eritrea

The Afar of Eritrea, numbering 359,000 are Unengaged and Unreached with < 0.1% Evangelical believers. They are a Cushitic ethnic group indigenous to the Horn of Africa, living primarily in Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Eritrea. They speak the Afar language, an East Cushitic language within the Afroasiatic family, and are predominantly Sunni Muslim who primarily adhere to Sunni Islam and speak Afar.

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People Groups of the World (SPI) - Grouped by Strategic Progress Indicator, this map shows all the people groups of the world.

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Total global population: 8,315,933,320

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12,384 people groups (page 1 of 248)

PGID	Name	Country	Population	SPI	Language ▲	Religion	People Cluster (ROP2)	Affinity Bloc (ROP1)	People across Country (ROP3)
PG012572	Dek	Cameroon	6,200	Unengaged and Unreached		Folk Islam	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Dek
PG010471	Som	Papua New Guinea	600	No Longer Unreached		Protestantism	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Som
PG006315	Western Magar	Nepal	408,000	Engaged yet Unreached		Animism	South Himalayan	Himalayan Peoples	Magar, Western
PG001204	Mara	Bangladesh	2,000	No Longer Unreached		Animism	Kuki-Chin (Zo)	Southeast Asian Peoples	Mara
PG015525	Nusan	South Africa	500	Engaged yet Unreached	!Xóõ	Animism	Khoisan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Nusan, Ngamani
PG010727	Areare	Solomon Islands	34,500	No Longer Unreached	'Are'are	Protestantism	Solomons	Pacific Islander Peoples	Areare
PG010105	Kurada	Papua New Guinea	3,100	No Longer Unreached	'Auhelawa	Protestantism	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Kurada
PG011548	Aari	Ethiopia	480,000	No Longer Unreached	Aari	Ethnoreligion	Omotic	Horn of Africa Peoples	Aari
PG009906	Gabadi	Papua New Guinea	4,400	No Longer Unreached	Abadi	Protestantism	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Gabadi
PG009650	Abaga	Papua New Guinea	1,200	No Longer Unreached	Abaga	Protestantism	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Abaga
PG018464	Abai Sungai	Malaysia	1,200	Unengaged and Unreached	Abai Sungai	Sunni Islam	Borneo-Kalimantan	Malay Peoples	Abai Sungai
PG013617	Abanyom	Nigeria	37,500	No Longer Unreached	Abanyom	Protestantism	Benue	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Abanyom
PG012703	Mijong	Cameroon	4,000	No Longer Unreached	Abar	Roman Catholicism	Benue	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Mijong
PG009652	Abau	Papua New Guinea	16,500	No Longer Unreached	Abau	Protestantism	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Abau
PG048739	Abaza	Russian Federation	43,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Abaza	Sunni Islam	Caucasus	Eurasian Peoples	Abaza
PG013026	Abe	Cote d’Ivoire	358,000	No Longer Unreached	Abé	Protestantism	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Abe
PG007607	Aburlin Negrito	Philippines	6,400	No Longer Unreached	Abellen Ayta	Animism	Filipino Tribal	Malay Peoples	Negrito, Aburlin
PG013027	Abidji	Cote d’Ivoire	104,000	No Longer Unreached	Abidji	Protestantism	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Abidji
PG022475	Foya	Indonesia	350	No Longer Unreached	Abinomn	Ethnoreligion	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Foya
PG014302	Abong	Nigeria	2,400	No Longer Unreached	Abon	Protestantism	Benue	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Abong
PG013281	Brong	Ghana	1,780,000	No Longer Unreached	Abron	Protestantism	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Brong
PG013062	Brong	Cote d’Ivoire	273,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Abron	Protestantism	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Brong
PG009655	Adjora	Papua New Guinea	9,200	No Longer Unreached	Abu	Protestantism	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Adjora
PG013620	Abua	Nigeria	58,000	No Longer Unreached	Abua	Protestantism	Benue	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Abua
PG022738	Abui	Indonesia	29,500	No Longer Unreached	Abui	Protestantism	Flores-Sumba-Alor	Malay Peoples	Abui
PG022437	Abun	Indonesia	4,300	No Longer Unreached	Abun	Protestantism	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Abun
PG013028	Abure	Cote d’Ivoire	114,000	No Longer Unreached	Abure	Ethnoreligion	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Abure
PG013999	Mini	Nigeria	6,600	No Longer Unreached	Abureni	Protestantism	Benue	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Mini
PG049289	Northern Tlapanec	United States	18,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Acatepec Me'phaa	Roman Catholicism	Central American Indigenous	Latin American and Caribbean Peoples	Tlapanec, Acatepec
PG046980	Northern Tlapanec	Mexico	186,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Acatepec Me'phaa	Folk Catholicism	Central American Indigenous	Latin American and Caribbean Peoples	Tlapanec, Acatepec
PG016217	Achagua	Colombia	650	No Longer Unreached	Achagua	Ethnoreligion	South American Indigenous	Latin American and Caribbean Peoples	Achagua
PG022125	Xiandao	China	200	No Longer Unreached	Achang	Protestantism	Other Tibeto-Burmese	Tibetan Peoples	Xiandao
PG009475	Achang	Myanmar	40,500	No Longer Unreached	Achang	Polytheism	Other Tibeto-Burmese	Tibetan Peoples	Achang
PG006654	Husa Achang	China	8,500	No Longer Unreached	Achang	Mahayana Buddhism	Other Tibeto-Burmese	Tibetan Peoples	Achang, Husa
PG006653	Achang	China	38,500	No Longer Unreached	Achang	Theravada Buddhism	Other Tibeto-Burmese	Tibetan Peoples	Achang
PG006651	A Che	China	43,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Ache	Chinese Folk Religion	Other Tibeto-Burmese	Tibetan Peoples	A Che
PG017242	Ache	Paraguay	1,200	No Longer Unreached	Aché	Animism	South American Indigenous	Latin American and Caribbean Peoples	Ache
PG011958	Acheron	Sudan	29,500	No Longer Unreached	Acheron	Sunni Islam	Nuba Mountains	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Acheron
PG024702	Achi	Guatemala	176,000	No Longer Unreached	Achi	Folk Catholicism	Central American Indigenous	Latin American and Caribbean Peoples	Achi, Cubulco
PG022477	Acehnese	Indonesia	4,880,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Achinese	Sunni Islam	Aceh of Sumatra	Malay Peoples	Acehnese
PG047659	Achenese	United States	400	Unengaged and Unreached	Achinese	Sunni Islam	Aceh of Sumatra	Malay Peoples	Acehnese
PG017490	Achuar Jivaro	Peru	11,000	No Longer Unreached	Achuar-Shiwiar	Animism	South American Indigenous	Latin American and Caribbean Peoples	Achuar Jivaro
PG017457	Achuar Jivaro	Ecuador	7,500	No Longer Unreached	Achuar-Shiwiar	Animism	South American Indigenous	Latin American and Caribbean Peoples	Achuar Jivaro
PG050331	Acholi	United States	500	No Longer Unreached	Acoli	Animism	Nilotic	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Acholi
PG015068	Acholi	Uganda	2,660,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Acoli	Roman Catholicism	Nilotic	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Acholi
PG014887	Acholi	South Sudan	70,500	No Longer Unreached	Acoli	Ethnoreligion	Nilotic	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Acholi
PG012023	Fulani	Sudan	281,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Adamawa Fulfulde	Sunni Islam	Fulani / Fulbe	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Fulbe, Fulani
PG011346	Fulani Fulbe	Chad	325,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Adamawa Fulfulde	Folk Islam	Fulani / Fulbe	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Fulbe, Fulani
PG011337	Dama	Chad	1,200	Engaged yet Unreached	Adamawa Fulfulde	Ethnoreligion	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Dama
PG012612	Gewe	Cameroon	6,400	Engaged yet Unreached	Adamawa Fulfulde	Folk Islam	Fulani / Fulbe	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Gey

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12,384 People Groups

7,301 UPGs

2,815 UUPGs

What are people groups and why do they matter to God?

Total global population: 8,315,933,320

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