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Bengali - বাংলা | Chinese (Simplified) - 中文（简体）
Chinese (Traditional) - 中文（繁體) | French - Français
German - Deutsch | Gujarati - ગુજરાતી
Hindi - हिन्दी | Indonesian - Bahasa Indonesia
Korean - 한국어 | Nepali - नेपाली
Portugese - Português | Russian - Русский
Spanish - Espanol | Tagalong / Filipino
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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. 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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12,384 People Groups

8,315,493,170 population

7,299 UPGs

4,906,123,965 population

2,817 UUPGs

266,968,245 population

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

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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: 8,315,493,170
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12,384 people groups (page 248 of 248)

PhotoPGIDNameCountryPopulation ▲SPILanguageReligionPeople Cluster (ROP2)Affinity Bloc (ROP1)People across Country (ROP3)
ArgentinesPG017324ArgentinesArgentina36,410,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishFolk CatholicismHispanicLatin American and Caribbean PeoplesArgentine
PolesPG000883PolesPoland36,640,000Engaged yet UnreachedPolishRoman CatholicismSlav, WesternEurasian PeoplesPoles
Brahmin (Hindi)PG045927Brahmin (Hindi)India36,880,000Engaged yet UnreachedHindiHinduismBrahminSouth Asian PeoplesBrahmin
TagalogPG007783TagalogPhilippines36,950,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman CatholicismFilipino, CentralMalay PeoplesFilipino, Tagalog
Pesisir LorPG022428Pesisir LorIndonesia37,960,000Engaged yet UnreachedJavaneseSunni IslamJawaMalay PeoplesJava Pesisir Lor
HausaPG013828HausaNigeria40,600,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk IslamHausaSub-Saharan African PeoplesHausa
African AmericansPG048741African AmericansUnited States40,640,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantismAfro-AmericanNorth American PeoplesAmerican, Black
Han Chinese (Gan)PG006798Han Chinese (Gan)China41,280,000No Longer UnreachedGan ChineseAgnosticismChineseEast Asian PeoplesHan Chinese, Gan
Han Chinese (Xiang)PG006807Han Chinese (Xiang)China42,440,000No Longer UnreachedXiang ChineseAgnosticismChineseEast Asian PeoplesHan Chinese, Xiang
Chamar (Hindi)PG046008Chamar (Hindi)India42,790,000Engaged yet UnreachedHindiFolk HinduismChamarSouth Asian PeoplesChamar
BritishPG022231BritishUnited Kingdom46,470,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliatedAnglo-CeltEurasian PeoplesBritish
SundaPG022435SundaIndonesia46,990,000Engaged yet UnreachedSundaneseSunni IslamSunda-Betawi of JavaMalay PeoplesSunda
ColombiansPG016234ColombiansColombia48,480,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishFolk CatholicismHispanicLatin American and Caribbean PeoplesColombian, Mestizo
YorubaPG014193YorubaNigeria48,900,000No Longer UnreachedYorubaNeo-PentecostalismYorubaSub-Saharan African PeoplesYoruba
FrenchPG000151FrenchFrance49,460,000Engaged yet UnreachedFrenchUnaffiliatedFrenchEurasian PeoplesFrench
KoreansPG048088KoreansSouth Korea50,290,000No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheismKoreanEast Asian PeoplesKorean
ItaliansPG000331ItaliansItaly53,220,000Engaged yet UnreachedItalianRoman CatholicismItalianEurasian PeoplesItalian
RajputPG046084RajputIndia55,550,000Engaged yet UnreachedHindiHinduismRajputSouth Asian PeoplesRajput
Han Chinese (Jinyu)PG006801Han Chinese (Jinyu)China60,310,000No Longer UnreachedJinyu ChineseAgnosticismChineseEast Asian PeoplesHan Chinese, Jin
Shaikh (Urdu)PG046159Shaikh (Urdu)India62,010,000Engaged yet UnreachedUrduSunni IslamShaikhSouth Asian PeoplesShaikh, Urdu
TurksPG024593TurksTurkiye64,280,000Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni IslamTurkicTurkic PeoplesTurk
Han Chinese (Cantonese)PG006808Han Chinese (Cantonese)China64,770,000No Longer UnreachedYue ChineseChinese Folk ReligionChineseEast Asian PeoplesHan Chinese, Cantonese
Egyptian ArabsPG011496Egyptian ArabsEgypt68,910,000Engaged yet UnreachedEgyptian ArabicSunni IslamArab, EgyptianArab PeoplesArab, Egyptian
GermansPG000239GermansGermany69,070,000Engaged yet UnreachedGermanRoman CatholicismGermanicEurasian PeoplesGerman
VietnamesePG033474VietnameseVietnam85,750,000Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseMahayana BuddhismVietnameseSoutheast Asian PeoplesKinh
Han Chinese (Wu)PG006806Han Chinese (Wu)China92,530,000No Longer UnreachedWu ChineseChinese Folk ReligionChineseEast Asian PeoplesHan Chinese, Wu
Bengali Sunni MuslimsPG001156Bengali Sunni MuslimsBangladesh92,550,000Engaged yet UnreachedBengaliSunni IslamBengaliSouth Asian PeoplesBengali, Muslim
Western PunjabisPG006420Western PunjabisPakistan97,500,000Engaged yet UnreachedWestern PanjabiSunni IslamPunjabiSouth Asian PeoplesPunjabi, Western
RussiansPG039316RussiansRussian Federation108,250,000Engaged yet UnreachedRussianUnaffiliatedSlav, EasternEurasian PeoplesRussian
JapanesePG007559JapaneseJapan119,550,000Engaged yet UnreachedJapaneseShinbutsu-ShugoJapaneseEast Asian PeoplesJapanese
MexicansPG024878MexicansMexico126,560,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishFolk CatholicismHispanicLatin American and Caribbean PeoplesMexican, Mestizo
White AmericansPG043515White AmericansUnited States195,070,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantismAnglo-AmericanNorth American PeoplesAmerican, White
BraziliansPG016600BraziliansBrazil206,570,000No Longer UnreachedPortugueseFolk CatholicismPortuguese, BrazilianLatin American and Caribbean PeoplesBrazilian
Han Chinese (Mandarin)PG006802Han Chinese (Mandarin)China901,450,000No Longer UnreachedMandarin ChineseAgnosticismChineseEast Asian PeoplesHan Chinese, Mandarin

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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