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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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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)

PGID	Name	Country	Population	SPI	Language	Religion	People Cluster (ROP2)	Affinity Bloc (ROP1)	People across Country (ROP3) ▼
PG011958	Acheron	Sudan	29,500	No Longer Unreached	Acheron	Sunni Islam	Nuba Mountains	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Acheron
PG017242	Ache	Paraguay	1,200	No Longer Unreached	Aché	Animism	South American Indigenous	Latin American and Caribbean Peoples	Ache
PG006654	Husa Achang	China	8,500	No Longer Unreached	Achang	Mahayana Buddhism	Other Tibeto-Burmese	Tibetan Peoples	Achang, Husa
PG006653	Achang	China	38,500	No Longer Unreached	Achang	Theravada Buddhism	Other Tibeto-Burmese	Tibetan Peoples	Achang
PG009475	Achang	Myanmar	40,500	No Longer Unreached	Achang	Polytheism	Other Tibeto-Burmese	Tibetan Peoples	Achang
PG016217	Achagua	Colombia	650	No Longer Unreached	Achagua	Ethnoreligion	South American Indigenous	Latin American and Caribbean Peoples	Achagua
PG047659	Achenese	United States	400	Unengaged and Unreached	Achinese	Sunni Islam	Aceh of Sumatra	Malay Peoples	Acehnese
PG022477	Acehnese	Indonesia	4,880,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Achinese	Sunni Islam	Aceh of Sumatra	Malay Peoples	Acehnese
PG049413	Accukattavandlu	India	12,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Telugu	Shaivaism	Telugu	South Asian Peoples	Accukattavandlu
PG043349	Acadians	Canada	128,000	Engaged yet Unreached	French	Roman Catholicism	French	Eurasian Peoples	Acadian
PG043186	Cajuns	United States	79,000	Engaged yet Unreached	English	Roman Catholicism	French	Eurasian Peoples	Acadian
PG013028	Abure	Cote d’Ivoire	114,000	No Longer Unreached	Abure	Ethnoreligion	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Abure
PG022437	Abun	Indonesia	4,300	No Longer Unreached	Abun	Protestantism	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Abun
PG022738	Abui	Indonesia	29,500	No Longer Unreached	Abui	Protestantism	Flores-Sumba-Alor	Malay Peoples	Abui
PG013620	Abua	Nigeria	58,000	No Longer Unreached	Abua	Protestantism	Benue	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Abua
PG050433	Abu-Junuk	Sudan	9,800	Unengaged and Unreached	Sudanese Arabic	Sunni Islam	Nuba Mountains	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Abu-Junuk
PG014302	Abong	Nigeria	2,400	No Longer Unreached	Abon	Protestantism	Benue	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Abong
PG012465	Abo	Cameroon	24,000	No Longer Unreached	Bankon	Protestantism	Bantu, Northwest	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Abo
PG009653	Abie	Papua New Guinea	1,900	No Longer Unreached	Aneme Wake	Protestantism	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Abie
PG013027	Abidji	Cote d’Ivoire	104,000	No Longer Unreached	Abidji	Protestantism	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Abidji
PG050676	Abenaki	United States	1,300	No Longer Unreached	English	Native American religions	North American Indigenous	North American Peoples	Abenaki
PG013026	Abe	Cote d’Ivoire	358,000	No Longer Unreached	Abé	Protestantism	Guinean	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Abe
PG049345	Abdal	India	34,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Urdu	Sunni Islam	Urdu	South Asian Peoples	Abdal
PG048739	Abaza	Russian Federation	43,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Abaza	Sunni Islam	Caucasus	Eurasian Peoples	Abaza
PG009652	Abau	Papua New Guinea	16,500	No Longer Unreached	Abau	Protestantism	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Abau
PG009651	Abasakur	Papua New Guinea	2,500	No Longer Unreached	Pal	Protestantism	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Abasakur
PG013617	Abanyom	Nigeria	37,500	No Longer Unreached	Abanyom	Protestantism	Benue	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Abanyom
PG007605	Abaknon Sama	Philippines	33,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Inabaknon	Roman Catholicism	Filipino, Central	Malay Peoples	Abaknon Sama
PG018464	Abai Sungai	Malaysia	1,200	Unengaged and Unreached	Abai Sungai	Sunni Islam	Borneo-Kalimantan	Malay Peoples	Abai Sungai
PG009650	Abaga	Papua New Guinea	1,200	No Longer Unreached	Abaga	Protestantism	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Abaga
PG011548	Aari	Ethiopia	480,000	No Longer Unreached	Aari	Ethnoreligion	Omotic	Horn of Africa Peoples	Aari
PG022147	A'ou	China	2,700	Unengaged and Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion	Miao / Hmong	Southeast Asian Peoples	A'ou
PG006652	A-Hmao	China	651,000	No Longer Unreached	Large Flowery Miao	Animism	Miao / Hmong	Southeast Asian Peoples	A-Hmao
PG006651	A Che	China	43,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Ache	Chinese Folk Religion	Other Tibeto-Burmese	Tibetan Peoples	A Che

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

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People Groups of the World

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Religions of the World

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What are People Groups?

Using Peoplegroups.org

People Group Research

Definitions and FAQs

About Us

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People Groups of the World

Countries of the World

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Religions of the World

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What are People Groups?

Using Peoplegroups.org

People Group Research

Definitions and FAQs

About Us

Maps

Research Data

Resource Links

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

About Peoplegroups.org