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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The North Bolivian Quechua of Bolivia

The North Bolivian Quechua of Bolivia, numbering approximately 277,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic community of Bolivia They are an Indigenous people, with Quechua / Quichua as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Quechua people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion. They primarily speak North Bolivian Quechua.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Quechua, North Bolivian

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Bolivia
People Cluster: Quechua
Primary Language(s): North Bolivian Quechua (qul)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 277,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017415
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: North Bolivian Quechua
Language Family: Quechuan

100%
%
Quechua, North Bolivian Speakers

Media Resources in North Bolivian Quechua:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in North Bolivian Quechua:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2006 Bible Society of Bolivia✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the North Bolivian Quechua bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The North Bolivian Quechua are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the North Bolivian Quechua:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the North Bolivian Quechua of Bolivia

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRom 6:23

Pray that those who haven't heard yet will hear and believe that the wages of their sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

...I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
readPsalm 13:5

Ask God to bring many to trust in His unfailing love and cause their hearts to rejoice in His salvation.

For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
readRomans 10:13

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and sometimes have doubts, God will help them remember and trust the power of Jesus to save them from their sins.

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
readMatthew 9:37-38

Pray that the Lord of the harvest will raise up believers to send out into His harvest field, which is ripe and ready.

Quechua, North Bolivian Across Countries (ROP3 - 107398) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
North Bolivian QuechuaPG017415North Bolivian QuechuaBolivia277,000No Longer UnreachedNorth Bolivian QuechuaEthnoreligion

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