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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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12,384 people groups (page 247 of 248)

PGID	Name	Country	Population	SPI	Language	Religion	People Cluster (ROP2)	Affinity Bloc (ROP1)	People across Country (ROP3) ▼
PG047400	Afghans	Canada	90,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Dari	Sunni Islam	Pashtun	Persian-Median Peoples	Afghan, general
PG049341	Afghans	Greece	36,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Dari	Sunni Islam	Pashtun	Persian-Median Peoples	Afghan, general
PG042380	Afghans	Belgium	25,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Dari	Sunni Islam	Pashtun	Persian-Median Peoples	Afghan, general
PG042401	Afghans	United Kingdom	51,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Dari	Sunni Islam	Pashtun	Persian-Median Peoples	Afghan, general
PG042469	Afghans	France	40,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Dari	Sunni Islam	Pashtun	Persian-Median Peoples	Afghan, general
PG050313	Afghans	Tajikistan	6,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Dari	Sunni Islam	Pashtun	Persian-Median Peoples	Afghan, general
PG024198	Afghans	Iran	2,575,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Dari	Sunni Islam	Pashtun	Persian-Median Peoples	Afghan, general
PG033518	Afghans	Italy	2,200	Engaged yet Unreached	Dari	Sunni Islam	Pashtun	Persian-Median Peoples	Afghan, general
PG024582	Afghans	Turkiye	260,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Dari	Shia Islam	Pashtun	Persian-Median Peoples	Afghan, general
PG047406	Afar	Canada	2,600	Unengaged and Unreached	Afar	Sunni Islam	Afar-Saho	Horn of Africa Peoples	Afar
PG047244	Afar	United States	325	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
PG009564	Aeke	New Caledonia	350	No Longer Unreached	French	Roman Catholicism	New Caledonia	Pacific Islander Peoples	Aeke
PG018255	Aeka	Papua New Guinea	5,800	No Longer Unreached	Aeka	Protestantism	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Aeka
PG013029	Adyukru	Cote d’Ivoire	171,000	No Longer Unreached	Adioukrou	Ethnoreligion	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Adyukru
PG012175	Circassians	Syria	30,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Adyghe	Sunni Islam	Caucasus	Eurasian Peoples	Adyghe
PG011692	Circassians	Iraq	46,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Adyghe	Sunni Islam	Caucasus	Eurasian Peoples	Adyghe
PG011726	Circassians	Israel	3,600	Unengaged and Unreached	Adyghe	Sunni Islam	Caucasus	Eurasian Peoples	Adyghe
PG024434	Circassians - Adyghe	Russian Federation	129,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Adyghe	Sunni Islam	Caucasus	Eurasian Peoples	Adyghe
PG042747	Circassians	Jordan	194,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Adyghe	Sunni Islam	Caucasus	Eurasian Peoples	Adyghe
PG043509	Circassians	United States	6,900	Unengaged and Unreached	Adyghe	Sunni Islam	Caucasus	Eurasian Peoples	Adyghe
PG013624	Aduge	Nigeria	4,400	No Longer Unreached	Aduge	Animism	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Aduge
PG009655	Adjora	Papua New Guinea	9,200	No Longer Unreached	Abu	Protestantism	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Adjora
PG042151	Adiyan	India	21,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Ravula	Folk Hinduism	South Asian Tribal	South Asian Peoples	Adiyan
PG049102	Adibasi	Nepal	9,200	Engaged yet Unreached	Nepali (individual language)	Folk Hinduism	Other Tibeto-Burmese	Tibetan Peoples	Adibasi
PG041950	Adi Minyong	India	50,500	No Longer Unreached	Adi	Animism	Adi	Himalayan Peoples	Adi, Minyong
PG041851	Adi Gallong	India	71,500	No Longer Unreached	Galo	Ethnoreligion	Adi	Himalayan Peoples	Adi, Gallong
PG048367	Adi Karnataka	India	3,440,000	No Longer Unreached	Kannada	Hinduism	Kanarese	South Asian Peoples	Adi Karnataka, Hindu
PG049349	Adi Dravida	India	11,140,000	No Longer Unreached	Tamil	Hinduism	Tamil	South Asian Peoples	Adi Dravida, Hindu
PG049197	Adi Andhra	India	346,000	No Longer Unreached	Telugu	Hinduism	Telugu	South Asian Peoples	Adi Andhra, Hindu
PG041889	Adi	India	120,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hindi	Ethnoreligion	Adi	Himalayan Peoples	Adi
PG006655	Adi	China	1,400	Unengaged and Unreached	Adi	Ethnoreligion	Adi	Himalayan Peoples	Adi
PG013251	Adele	Ghana	18,500	No Longer Unreached	Adele	Folk Islam	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Adele
PG014303	Adele	Togo	32,000	No Longer Unreached	Adele	Animism	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Adele
PG013886	Adara	Nigeria	151,000	No Longer Unreached	Adara	Animism	Benue	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Adara
PG023117	Adabe	Timor-Leste	6,700	No Longer Unreached	Atauran	Roman Catholicism	Timor	Malay Peoples	Adabe
PG041357	Adi Dharmi	India	1,580,000	No Longer Unreached	Hindi	Folk Hinduism	Punjabi	South Asian Peoples	Ad Dharmi
PG043508	Achumawi	United States	1,200	No Longer Unreached	English	Protestantism	North American Indigenous	North American Peoples	Achumawi
PG017457	Achuar Jivaro	Ecuador	7,500	No Longer Unreached	Achuar-Shiwiar	Animism	South American Indigenous	Latin American and Caribbean Peoples	Achuar Jivaro
PG017490	Achuar Jivaro	Peru	11,000	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
PG014887	Acholi	South Sudan	70,500	No Longer Unreached	Acoli	Ethnoreligion	Nilotic	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Acholi
PG015068	Acholi	Uganda	2,660,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Acoli	Roman Catholicism	Nilotic	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Acholi
PG013622	Achipawa	Nigeria	12,000	No Longer Unreached	Cicipu	Animism	Benue	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Achipawa, Western
PG013621	Achipa	Nigeria	12,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Eastern Acipa	Animism	Benue	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Achipawa, Eastern
PG024702	Achi	Guatemala	176,000	No Longer Unreached	Achi	Folk Catholicism	Central American Indigenous	Latin American and Caribbean Peoples	Achi, Cubulco

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: 8,315,661,470

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