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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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Total global population: 8,316,611,220

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12,384 people groups (page 2 of 248)

PGID	Name	Country	Population	SPI	Language	Religion	People Cluster (ROP2) ▲	Affinity Bloc (ROP1)	People across Country (ROP3)
PG008018	Ngalkbun	Australia	150	No Longer Unreached	English	Animism	Aboriginal Australians	Pacific Islander Peoples	Ngalkbun
PG008022	Ngarinman	Australia	650	No Longer Unreached	English	Animism	Aboriginal Australians	Pacific Islander Peoples	Ngarinman
PG008023	Ngarinyin	Australia	90	No Longer Unreached	Ngarinyin	Protestantism	Aboriginal Australians	Pacific Islander Peoples	Ngarinyin
PG008035	Northern Mabuiag	Australia	2,200	No Longer Unreached	Kala Lagaw Ya	Protestantism	Aboriginal Australians	Pacific Islander Peoples	Mabuiag, Northern
PG008036	Dhangu	Australia	2,200	No Longer Unreached	Dhangu-Djangu	Protestantism	Aboriginal Australians	Pacific Islander Peoples	Dhangu
PG008039	Nunggubuyu	Australia	650	No Longer Unreached	Nunggubuyu	Protestantism	Aboriginal Australians	Pacific Islander Peoples	Nunggubuyu
PG022477	Acehnese	Indonesia	4,880,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Achinese	Sunni Islam	Aceh of Sumatra	Malay Peoples	Acehnese
PG022478	Alas	Indonesia	270,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Batak Alas-Kluet	Sunni Islam	Aceh of Sumatra	Malay Peoples	Alas
PG022479	Aneuk Jamee	Indonesia	75,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Minangkabau	Sunni Islam	Aceh of Sumatra	Malay Peoples	Aneuk Jamee
PG022495	Gayo	Indonesia	415,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Gayo	Sunni Islam	Aceh of Sumatra	Malay Peoples	Gayo
PG022501	Kluet	Indonesia	56,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Batak Alas-Kluet	Sunni Islam	Aceh of Sumatra	Malay Peoples	Kluet
PG022538	Simeulue	Indonesia	56,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Simeulue	Sunni Islam	Aceh of Sumatra	Malay Peoples	Simeulue
PG022539	Singkil	Indonesia	76,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Batak Karo	Sunni Islam	Aceh of Sumatra	Malay Peoples	Singkil
PG022542	Tamiang	Indonesia	44,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Malay (individual language)	Sunni Islam	Aceh of Sumatra	Malay Peoples	Tamiang
PG047659	Achenese	United States	400	Unengaged and Unreached	Achinese	Sunni Islam	Aceh of Sumatra	Malay Peoples	Acehnese
PG047190	Central Africans	United States	1,400	No Longer Unreached	English	Protestantism	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Central African
PG039274	Northern Ngbandi	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	595,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Northern Ngbandi	Roman Catholicism	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Ngbandi
PG043068	Banda	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	162,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Togbo-Vara Banda	Roman Catholicism	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Banda, West Central
PG012991	Mbuku	Congo	57,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Mboko	Protestantism	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Mbuku
PG013003	Ngbaka	Congo	7,600	Unengaged and Unreached	Ngbaka	Protestantism	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Ngbaka
PG013004	Ngwili	Congo	3,200	Unengaged and Unreached	Southern Ngbandi	Roman Catholicism	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Ngwili
PG013016	Sango	Congo	139,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Sango	Protestantism	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sango
PG012572	Dek	Cameroon	6,200	Unengaged and Unreached		Folk Islam	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Dek
PG012578	Doyayo	Cameroon	56,000	No Longer Unreached	Doyayo	Animism	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Dowayayo
PG012580	Dugun	Cameroon	16,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Dugun	Protestantism	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Dugun
PG012584	Duupa	Cameroon	12,500	No Longer Unreached	Duupa	Folk Islam	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Duupa
PG012601	Gbaya	Cameroon	447,000	No Longer Unreached	Northwest Gbaya	Protestantism	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Baya, Gbaya
PG012607	Gimme	Cameroon	10,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Gimme	Folk Islam	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Gimme
PG012608	Gimnime	Cameroon	10,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Gimnime	Folk Islam	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Gimnime
PG012634	Karang	Cameroon	43,000	No Longer Unreached	Karang	Folk Islam	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Karang
PG012635	Karre	Cameroon	9,300	No Longer Unreached	Kare (Central African Republic)	Folk Islam	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Kari
PG012639	Koh	Cameroon	13,000	No Longer Unreached	Kuo	Animism	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Kuo
PG012641	Kolbila	Cameroon	5,700	No Longer Unreached	Kolbila	Folk Islam	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Kolbila
PG012642	Koma	Cameroon	10,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Koma	Protestantism	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Koma
PG012473	Amasi	Cameroon	10,500	No Longer Unreached	Manta	Protestantism	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Amasi
PG012825	Ali	Central African Republic	67,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Ali	Roman Catholicism	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Ali
PG012829	Banda-Banda	Central African Republic	196,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Banda-Banda	Protestantism	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Banda-Banda
PG012833	Northwest Gbaya	Central African Republic	354,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Northwest Gbaya	Ethnoreligion	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Baya, Gbaya
PG012849	Dakpa	Central African Republic	114,000	No Longer Unreached	West Central Banda	Ethnoreligion	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Banda, West Central
PG012859	Gbanu	Central African Republic	183,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Gbanu	Ethnoreligion	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Gbanu
PG012861	Southwest Gbaya	Central African Republic	338,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Southwest Gbaya	Roman Catholicism	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Gbaya, Southwest
PG012862	Gbaya-Bossangoa	Central African Republic	319,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Gbaya-Bossangoa	Ethnoreligion	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Gbaya-Bossangoa
PG012863	Gbaya-Bozoum	Central African Republic	63,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Gbaya-Bozoum	Roman Catholicism	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Gbaya-Bouzum
PG012866	Gubu	Central African Republic	2,700	No Longer Unreached	Gobu	Animism	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Gobu
PG012879	Kari	Central African Republic	179,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Kare (Central African Republic)	Ethnoreligion	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Kari
PG012881	Kpagua	Central African Republic	6,100	Engaged yet Unreached	Kpagua	Animism	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Kpagua
PG012882	Kpatili	Central African Republic	7,100	Engaged yet Unreached	Kpatili	Roman Catholicism	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Kpatili
PG012884	South Central Banda	Central African Republic	288,000	Engaged yet Unreached	South Central Banda	Neo-Pentecostalism	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Banda, South Central
PG012887	Banda Bambari	Central African Republic	352,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Banda-Bambari	Neo-Pentecostalism	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Banda Bambari
PG012889	Manja	Central African Republic	419,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Manza	Ethnoreligion	Adamawa-Ubangi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Manja

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

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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: 8,316,611,220

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