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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: 8,317,650,245

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12,386 people groups (page 4 of 248)

PGID	Name	Country	Population	SPI	Language	Religion	People Cluster (ROP2)	Affinity Bloc (ROP1)	People across Country (ROP3) ▼
PG014047	Nyikuben	Nigeria	33,500	No Longer Unreached	Yukuben	Animism	Benue	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Yukuben
PG043187	Yukpa	United States	900	No Longer Unreached	Yukpa	Roman Catholicism	South American Indigenous	Latin American and Caribbean Peoples	Yukpa
PG016463	Yukpa	Venezuela	9,000	No Longer Unreached	Yukpa	Ethnoreligion	South American Indigenous	Latin American and Caribbean Peoples	Yukpa
PG016296	Yukpa	Colombia	4,200	Unengaged and Unreached	Yukpa	Ethnoreligion	South American Indigenous	Latin American and Caribbean Peoples	Yukpa
PG050465	Yuki	United States	1,200	Unengaged and Unreached	English	Native American religions	North American Indigenous	North American Peoples	Yuki
PG017201	Yahupdeh	Brazil	1,100	No Longer Unreached	Yuhup	Animism	Amazon	Latin American and Caribbean Peoples	Yuhup
PG007450	Saragh Yugur	China	10,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Tibetan Buddhism	Uyghur	Turkic Peoples	Yugur, Saragh
PG007449	Enger Yugur	China	5,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Tibetan Buddhism	Uyghur	Turkic Peoples	Yugur, Enger
PG016295	Yucuna	Colombia	750	No Longer Unreached	Yucuna	Ethnoreligion	South American Indigenous	Latin American and Caribbean Peoples	Yucuna
PG043700	Yuchi	United States	2,300	No Longer Unreached	English	Native American religions	North American Indigenous	North American Peoples	Yuchi
PG010674	Yubanakor	Papua New Guinea	12,500	No Longer Unreached	Kwanga	Protestantism	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Yubanakor
PG016510	Yuana	Venezuela	1,400	No Longer Unreached	Yuwana	Animism	South American Indigenous	Latin American and Caribbean Peoples	Yuana
PG010940	Yoy	Thailand	6,300	No Longer Unreached	Yoy	Animism	Tai	Southeast Asian Peoples	Yoy
PG009191	Yoy	Laos	1,800	Unengaged and Unreached	Yoy	Animism	Tai	Southeast Asian Peoples	Yoy
PG023114	Younuo Bunu	China	30,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Younuo Bunu	Ethnoreligion	Yao-Mien	Southeast Asian Peoples	Younuo
PG022128	Youmai	China	2,800	Unengaged and Unreached	Iu Mien	Animism	Yao-Mien	Southeast Asian Peoples	Youmai
PG022683	Kisar	Indonesia	28,500	No Longer Unreached	Kisar	Protestantism	Maluku-Southern	Malay Peoples	Yotowawa
PG023109	Yotafa	Indonesia	475	No Longer Unreached	Indonesian	Protestantism	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Yotafa
PG024597	Yoruk	Turkiye	321,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Balkan Gagauz Turkish	Sunni Islam	Turkic	Turkic Peoples	Yoruk (Balkan Turkish)
PG047644	Yoruba	United States	152,000	No Longer Unreached	Yoruba	African Traditional Religion	Yoruba	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Yoruba
PG050477	Yoruba	Canada	10,500	No Longer Unreached	Yoruba	Neo-Pentecostalism	Yoruba	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Yoruba
PG012463	Yoruba	Burkina Faso	85,000	No Longer Unreached	Yoruba	Folk Islam	Yoruba	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Yoruba
PG012364	Yoruba	Benin	266,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Yoruba	African Traditional Religion	Yoruba	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Yoruba
PG013151	Yoruba	Cote d’Ivoire	150,000	No Longer Unreached	Yoruba	Neo-Pentecostalism	Yoruba	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Yoruba
PG013173	Yoruba	Equatorial Guinea	130,000	No Longer Unreached	Yoruba	Protestantism	Yoruba	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Yoruba
PG014193	Yoruba	Nigeria	48,930,000	No Longer Unreached	Yoruba	Neo-Pentecostalism	Yoruba	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Yoruba
PG013615	Yoruba	Niger	90,000	No Longer Unreached	Yoruba	Folk Islam	Yoruba	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Yoruba
PG013390	Yoruba	Ghana	532,000	No Longer Unreached	Yoruba	Folk Islam	Yoruba	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Yoruba
PG014300	Yoruba	Sierra Leone	7,400	No Longer Unreached	Yoruba	Protestantism	Yoruba	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Yoruba
PG014462	Yoruba	Togo	144,000	No Longer Unreached	Yoruba	Neo-Pentecostalism	Yoruba	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Yoruba
PG007581	Yoron	Japan	7,300	Unengaged and Unreached	Yoron	Shinbutsu-Shugo	Japanese	East Asian Peoples	Yoron
PG010673	Yongom	Papua New Guinea	13,000	No Longer Unreached	Yongkom	Protestantism	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Yonggom
PG010901	Nyong	Thailand	14,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Yong	Tibetan Buddhism	Tai	Southeast Asian Peoples	Yong
PG007580	Yonaguni	Japan	1,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Yonaguni	Shinbutsu-Shugo	Japanese	East Asian Peoples	Yonaguni
PG014753	Yombe	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	1,510,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Yombe	Roman Catholicism	Bantu, Central-South	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Yombe, Bayombe
PG015211	Yombe	Angola	97,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Yombe	Ethnoreligion	Bantu, Central-South	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Yombe, Bayombe
PG013025	Yombe	Congo	727,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Yombe	Protestantism	Bantu, Central-South	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Yombe, Bayombe
PG015644	Yombe	Zambia	6,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Tumbuka	Ethnoreligion	Bantu, Central-South	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Yombe
PG043698	Chuckchansi Yokuts	United States	3,000	No Longer Unreached	English	Protestantism	North American Indigenous	North American Peoples	Yokuts
PG010672	Yoidik	Papua New Guinea	1,600	No Longer Unreached	Yoidik	Roman Catholicism	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Yoidik
PG007814	Yogad	Philippines	30,500	No Longer Unreached	Yogad	Ethnoreligion	Filipino Tribal	Malay Peoples	Yogad
PG022127	Yizi	China	3,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Mandarin Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion	Chinese	East Asian Peoples	Yizi
PG014192	Yiwom	Nigeria	29,000	No Longer Unreached	Ywom	Animism	Chadic	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Yiwom
PG049864	Yite	India	325	Unengaged and Unreached	Telugu	Hinduism	Telugu	South Asian Peoples	Yite
PG010669	Yis	Papua New Guinea	1,800	No Longer Unreached	Yis	Ethnoreligion	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Yis
PG017577	Yine	Peru	3,300	No Longer Unreached	Yine	Ethnoreligion	South American Indigenous	Latin American and Caribbean Peoples	Yine
PG008141	Yindjibarndi	Australia	800	No Longer Unreached	Yindjibarndi	Animism	Aboriginal Australians	Pacific Islander Peoples	Yindjibarndi
PG013422	Limba	Guinea	9,800	Unengaged and Unreached	West-Central Limba	Animism	Atlantic	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Yimba, Limba
PG014287	Limba	Sierra Leone	534,000	Engaged yet Unreached	West-Central Limba	Sunni Islam	Atlantic	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Yimba, Limba
PG010668	Yimas	Papua New Guinea	1,300	No Longer Unreached	Yimas	Roman Catholicism	New Guinea	Pacific Islander Peoples	Yimas

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

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12,386 People Groups

7,304 UPGs

2,816 UUPGs

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

Total global population: 8,317,650,245

About Peoplegroups.org