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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: 8,315,267,670

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12,384 people groups (page 245 of 248)

PGID	Name	Country	Population	SPI	Language ▼	Religion	People Cluster (ROP2)	Affinity Bloc (ROP1)	People across Country (ROP3)
PG050522	Akha Jaweuy	Laos	4,900	Engaged yet Unreached	Akha	Animism	Hani-Akha	Himalayan Peoples	Akha Jaweuy
PG050523	Akha Jijor	Laos	5,200	Unengaged and Unreached	Akha	Animism	Hani-Akha	Himalayan Peoples	Akha Jijor
PG050524	Akha Jipea	Laos	9,800	Unengaged and Unreached	Akha	Folk Buddhism	Hani-Akha	Himalayan Peoples	Akha Jipea
PG050525	Akha Jowhoi	Laos	550	Unengaged and Unreached	Akha	Animism	Hani-Akha	Himalayan Peoples	Akha Jowhoi
PG050526	Akha Ker	Laos	3,300	Unengaged and Unreached	Akha	Animism	Hani-Akha	Himalayan Peoples	Akha Ker
PG050527	Akha Nuver	Laos	6,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Akha	Animism	Hani-Akha	Himalayan Peoples	Akha Nuver
PG050528	Akha Pala	Laos	6,600	Unengaged and Unreached	Akha	Animism	Hani-Akha	Himalayan Peoples	Akha Pala
PG050529	Akha Piso	Laos	5,600	Unengaged and Unreached	Akha	Animism	Hani-Akha	Himalayan Peoples	Akha Piso
PG050543	Akha Muji	Laos	5,400	Unengaged and Unreached	Akha	Animism	Hani-Akha	Himalayan Peoples	Akha Muji
PG050544	Akha Mutuen	Laos	1,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Akha	Animism	Hani-Akha	Himalayan Peoples	Akha Mutuen
PG007334	Neisu	China	28,000	No Longer Unreached	Akha	Chinese Folk Religion	Other Tibeto-Burmese	Tibetan Peoples	Neisu
PG009402	Akha	Myanmar	230,000	No Longer Unreached	Akha	Animism	Hani-Akha	Himalayan Peoples	Akha
PG010820	Akha	Thailand	58,000	No Longer Unreached	Akha	Ethnoreligion	Hani-Akha	Himalayan Peoples	Akha
PG011106	Akha	Vietnam	1,700	Engaged yet Unreached	Akha	Animism	Hani-Akha	Himalayan Peoples	Akha
PG006658	Akeu	China	1,300	Unengaged and Unreached	Akeu	Chinese Folk Religion	Other Tibeto-Burmese	Tibetan Peoples	Akeu
PG018435	Tasiriki	Vanuatu	1,900	No Longer Unreached	Akei	Protestantism	Vanuatu	Pacific Islander Peoples	Akei
PG014308	Akebu	Togo	99,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Akebu	Animism	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Akebu
PG013633	Ake	Nigeria	4,400	Engaged yet Unreached	Ake	Ethnoreligion	Benue	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Ake
PG016454	Akawaio	Venezuela	900	Engaged yet Unreached	Akawaio	Ethnoreligion	South American Indigenous	Latin American and Caribbean Peoples	Akawaio
PG016352	Akawaio	Guyana	4,800	No Longer Unreached	Akawaio	Ethnoreligion	South American Indigenous	Latin American and Caribbean Peoples	Akawaio
PG016877	Akawaio	Brazil	1,300	No Longer Unreached	Akawaio	Ethnoreligion	South American Indigenous	Latin American and Caribbean Peoples	Akawaio
PG013255	Akaselem	Togo	83,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Akaselem	Folk Islam	Gur	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Tchamba, Akaselem
PG013252	Ahafo	Ghana	91,500	No Longer Unreached	Akan	Neo-Pentecostalism	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Ahafo
PG013258	Akwapim	Ghana	924,000	No Longer Unreached	Akan	Neo-Pentecostalism	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Akuapem (Akwapim)
PG013259	Akyem	Ghana	1,075,000	No Longer Unreached	Akan	Neo-Pentecostalism	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Akyem
PG013263	Anyimere	Ghana	4,400	No Longer Unreached	Akan	Ethnoreligion	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Anyimere
PG013267	Asen	Ghana	230,000	No Longer Unreached	Akan	Protestantism	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Asen
PG013268	Ashanti	Ghana	5,550,000	No Longer Unreached	Akan	Ethnoreligion	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Akan
PG013301	Dankyira	Ghana	176,000	No Longer Unreached	Akan	Neo-Pentecostalism	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Dankyira
PG013320	Fante	Ghana	4,105,000	No Longer Unreached	Akan	Ethnoreligion	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Fante
PG013349	Kwahu	Ghana	695,000	No Longer Unreached	Akan	Protestantism	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Kwawu
PG013477	Ashanti	Liberia	64,000	No Longer Unreached	Akan	Roman Catholicism	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Akan
PG013488	Fante	Liberia	59,500	No Longer Unreached	Akan	Roman Catholicism	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Fante
PG014306	Ashanti	Togo	96,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Akan	African Traditional Religion	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Akan
PG000609	Ashanti	United Kingdom	28,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Akan	Protestantism	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Akan
PG013038	Ashanti	Cote d’Ivoire	450,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Akan	Protestantism	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Akan
PG013075	Fante	Cote d’Ivoire	30,000	No Longer Unreached	Akan	Ethnoreligion	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Fante
PG050390	Akan	Canada	27,000	No Longer Unreached	Akan	Ethnoreligion	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Akan
PG033526	Apurucayali Ashéninka	Peru	4,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Ajyíninka Apurucayali	Ethnoreligion	Amazon	Latin American and Caribbean Peoples	Asheninca Apurucayali
PG018397	Ajie	New Caledonia	6,400	No Longer Unreached	Ajië	Roman Catholicism	New Caledonia	Pacific Islander Peoples	Ajie
PG009566	Ara	New Caledonia	200	Unengaged and Unreached	Ajië	Roman Catholicism	New Caledonia	Pacific Islander Peoples	Ara
PG009569	Aro	New Caledonia	425	Unengaged and Unreached	Ajië	Roman Catholicism	New Caledonia	Pacific Islander Peoples	Aro
PG014304	Adja	Togo	287,000	No Longer Unreached	Aja (Benin)	Animism	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Aja
PG043728	Adja	Benin	653,000	No Longer Unreached	Aja (Benin)	Ethnoreligion	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Aja
PG048881	Aiton	India	4,100	Unengaged and Unreached	Aiton	Theravada Buddhism	South Asian Buddhist	South Asian Peoples	Aiton
PG022440	Airoran	Indonesia	1,400	No Longer Unreached	Airoran	Protestantism	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Airoran
PG018257	Aiome	Papua New Guinea	1,900	No Longer Unreached	Aiome	Protestantism	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Aiome
PG020435	Ainu	China	11,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Ainu (China)	Sunni Islam	Ural-Siberian	Turkic Peoples	Aynu
PG048880	Aimol	India	3,800	No Longer Unreached	Aimol	Protestantism	South Asian Tribal	South Asian Peoples	Aimol
PG009663	Aimele	Papua New Guinea	350	Engaged yet Unreached	Aimele	Animism	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Aimele

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

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12,384 People Groups

7,299 UPGs

2,817 UUPGs

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

Total global population: 8,315,267,670

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