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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: 8,315,493,170

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12,384 people groups (page 246 of 248)

PGID	Name	Country	Population	SPI	Language ▼	Religion	People Cluster (ROP2)	Affinity Bloc (ROP1)	People across Country (ROP3)
PG010232	Moewehafen	Papua New Guinea	10,500	No Longer Unreached	Aiklep	Protestantism	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Moewehafen
PG017145	Aikana	Brazil	300	No Longer Unreached	Aikanã	Ethnoreligion	South American Indigenous	Latin American and Caribbean Peoples	Tubarao
PG019308	Bao	Papua New Guinea	4,400	No Longer Unreached	Aighon	Protestantism	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Aighon
PG006657	Ai-Cham	China	4,400	Unengaged and Unreached	Ai-Cham	Chinese Folk Religion	Bouyei	Southeast Asian Peoples	Ai-Cham
PG014011	Nandu-Tari	Nigeria	28,500	No Longer Unreached	Ahwai	Neo-Pentecostalism	Benue	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Nandu-Tari
PG020882	Aheu	Laos	2,700	Unengaged and Unreached	Aheu	Animism	Mon-Khmer	Southeast Asian Peoples	Aheu
PG013253	Ahanta	Ghana	234,000	No Longer Unreached	Ahanta	Ethnoreligion	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Ahanta
PG013631	Agwagwune	Nigeria	47,000	No Longer Unreached	Agwagwune	Protestantism	Benue	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Agwagwune
PG007611	Agutaynon	Philippines	18,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Agutaynen	Roman Catholicism	Filipino Tribal	Malay Peoples	Agutaynon
PG007730	Agusan Manobo	Philippines	167,000	No Longer Unreached	Agusan Manobo	Animism	Filipino Tribal	Malay Peoples	Manobo, Agusan
PG046607	Banwaon	Philippines	14,000	No Longer Unreached	Agusan Manobo	Ethnoreligion	Filipino Tribal	Malay Peoples	Banwaon
PG012296	Aguna	Benin	10,500	No Longer Unreached	Aguna	Animism	Yoruba	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Aguna
PG017492	Aguaruna	Peru	55,500	No Longer Unreached	Aguaruna	Animism	Amazon	Latin American and Caribbean Peoples	Aguaruna
PG050375	Aguacatec	United States	1,300	No Longer Unreached	Aguacateco	Roman Catholicism	Central American Indigenous	Latin American and Caribbean Peoples	Aguacatec
PG024703	Aguacatec	Guatemala	13,500	No Longer Unreached	Aguacateco	Folk Catholicism	Central American Indigenous	Latin American and Caribbean Peoples	Aguacatec
PG013630	Agoi	Nigeria	26,500	No Longer Unreached	Agoi	Protestantism	Benue	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Agoi (Ibami)
PG009661	Agob	Papua New Guinea	5,400	No Longer Unreached	Agob	Protestantism	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Agob
PG009660	Agi	Papua New Guinea	1,800	No Longer Unreached	Agi	Protestantism	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Agi
PG024403	Agul	Russian Federation	29,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Aghul	Sunni Islam	Caucasus	Eurasian Peoples	Agul
PG022438	Awyu Aghu	Indonesia	4,900	No Longer Unreached	Aghu	Protestantism	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Aghu
PG012469	Aghem	Cameroon	55,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Aghem	Protestantism	Bantu, Cameroon-Bamileke	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Aghem
PG013628	Agatu	Nigeria	197,000	No Longer Unreached	Agatu	Protestantism	Benue	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Agatu
PG009658	Agarabi	Papua New Guinea	59,500	No Longer Unreached	Agarabi	Protestantism	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Agarabi
PG000608	Afrikaners	United Kingdom	67,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Afrikaans	Protestantism	Germanic	Eurasian Peoples	Afrikaner
PG015148	Afrikaners	Angola	4,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Afrikaans	Neo-Pentecostalism	Germanic	Eurasian Peoples	Afrikaner
PG015212	Afrikaners	Botswana	27,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Afrikaans	Neo-Pentecostalism	Germanic	Eurasian Peoples	Afrikaner
PG015280	Afrikaners	Lesotho	2,500	No Longer Unreached	Afrikaans	Neo-Pentecostalism	Germanic	Eurasian Peoples	Afrikaner
PG015430	Afrikaners	Namibia	122,000	No Longer Unreached	Afrikaans	Neo-Pentecostalism	Germanic	Eurasian Peoples	Afrikaner
PG015484	Afrikaners	South Africa	2,710,000	No Longer Unreached	Afrikaans	Neo-Pentecostalism	Germanic	Eurasian Peoples	Afrikaner
PG015492	Coloureds	South Africa	3,120,000	No Longer Unreached	Afrikaans	Protestantism	Other Sub-Saharan African	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Coloured
PG050454	Cape Malays	South Africa	249,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Afrikaans	Sunni Islam	Other Sub-Saharan African	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Cape Malay
PG050474	Afrikaners	Canada	30,500	No Longer Unreached	Afrikaans	Protestantism	Germanic	Eurasian Peoples	Afrikaner
PG047591	Eurafricans	Namibia	269,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Afrikaans	Protestantism	Other Sub-Saharan African	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Coloured
PG047272	Afrikaners	United States	22,000	No Longer Unreached	Afrikaans	Neo-Pentecostalism	Germanic	Eurasian Peoples	Afrikaner
PG015548	Xegwi	South Africa	300	Engaged yet Unreached	Afrikaans	Ethnoreligion	Khoisan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Xegwi
PG015552	Afrikaners	Eswatini	17,000	No Longer Unreached	Afrikaans	Neo-Pentecostalism	Germanic	Eurasian Peoples	Afrikaner
PG015562	Afrikaners	Zambia	87,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Afrikaans	Neo-Pentecostalism	Germanic	Eurasian Peoples	Afrikaner
PG015642	Xegwi	Zambia	350	Engaged yet Unreached	Afrikaans	Animism	Khoisan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Xegwi
PG015646	Afrikaners	Zimbabwe	44,500	No Longer Unreached	Afrikaans	Neo-Pentecostalism	Germanic	Eurasian Peoples	Afrikaner
PG011961	Afitti	Sudan	5,700	Unengaged and Unreached	Afitti	Sunni Islam	Nuba Mountains	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Afitti
PG046988	Deaf Afghans	Afghanistan	425,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Afghan Sign Language	Sunni Islam	Deaf	Deaf Peoples	Deaf Afghan
PG047244	Afar	United States	325	Unengaged and Unreached	Afar	Sunni Islam	Afar-Saho	Horn of Africa Peoples	Afar
PG047406	Afar	Canada	2,600	Unengaged and Unreached	Afar	Sunni Islam	Afar-Saho	Horn of Africa Peoples	Afar
PG011480	Afar	Djibouti	365,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Afar	Sunni Islam	Afar-Saho	Horn of Africa Peoples	Afar
PG011517	Afar	Eritrea	359,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Afar	Sunni Islam	Afar-Saho	Horn of Africa Peoples	Afar
PG011536	Afar	Ethiopia	2,280,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Afar	Sunni Islam	Afar-Saho	Horn of Africa Peoples	Afar
PG013626	Afade	Nigeria	52,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Afade	Folk Islam	Chadic	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Afade
PG012467	Afade	Cameroon	9,300	Engaged yet Unreached	Afade	Folk Islam	Chadic	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Afade
PG019302	Awin	Papua New Guinea	24,500	No Longer Unreached	Aekyom	Protestantism	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Awin
PG018255	Aeka	Papua New Guinea	5,800	No Longer Unreached	Aeka	Protestantism	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Aeka

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: 8,315,493,170

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