Ethnic People Groups of Korea, North

Korea, North – People Groups

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People Groups (click people name for profile)	Population	Indig	% Evangel	% Adherent	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	Primary Language	Pho	Map	Txt
Deaf	261,000	Y●		1.48 %	1	Non-Religious	Language unknown	0P Deaf	0M Deaf of Korea, North	0T
French	500		1.00 %	61.14 %	3	Christianity	French	0P French	1	0T
Han Chinese, Mandarin	184,000		5.70 %	7.92 %	4	Non-Religious	Chinese, Mandarin	0P Han Chinese, Mandarin	0M Han Chinese, Mandarin of Korea, North	0T
Korean	25,492,000	Y●	1.56 %	1.60 %	1	Non-Religious	Korean	0P Korean	0M Korean of Korea, North	0T
Russian	5,300		1.20 %	66.90 %	3	Christianity	Russian	0P Russian	1	1
Total People Groups: 5	25,943,000	2			2			5	3	4
Unclassified / Other Individuals	126,000
UN Country Population (2022)	26,069,000
Other reported groups: 1

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Korea, North –

% of People Groups ^[1]

% of Population in People Group ^{[1] [2]}

Progress Level		Peoples	% of Peoples	Population	% of Population ^[2]
	1 - Unreached	2	40.0 %	25,753,000	99.3 %
	2 - Minimally reached	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %
	3 - Superficially reached	2	40.0 %	5,800	0.0 %
	4 - Partially reached	1	20.0 %	184,000	0.7 %
	5 - Significantly reached	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %
Totals		5		25,943,000

NOTES:

Small Values: Values less than .3% are not shown on pie charts for labeling clarity.
% of Population in People Group: The percentage of the population that lives in a people group at each progress level. Not every person living in an unreached people group is necessarily unreached.

Korea, North – People Photos * Note: Only people groups with photos available are displayed here.*

Deaf 261,000	French 500	Han Chinese, Mandarin 184,000	Korean 25,492,000	Russian 5,300
Korea, North People Photos * Note: Only people groups with photos available are displayed here.*

Korea, North – Languages

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Language (click Language name for details)	Language Code	# Peoples Primary Language	# Unreached Primary Language	Bible Status	Bible Locator	Audio NT Online	Jesus Film Online	Audio Recordings Online	Gospel Tract Online
Chinese, Mandarin	cmn	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
French	fra	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Korean	kor	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Language unknown	xxx	1	1	Unspecified	1	1	1	1	1
Russian	rus	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Totals:	5	5	2		4	4	4	4	4

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Major Religions ^{[1] [3]}

Evangelicals: 1.6 %
(subset of Christianity)

NOTES:

Major Religions: Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Major Religion percentages for that people group. Results are summed for each Religion for all Peoples within the country.
Christianity Segments: Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Christianity Segments percentages for that people group. Results are summed for each Christianity Segment for all peoples within the country.
Small Values: Values less than .3% are not shown on pie charts for labeling clarity.
% Evangelical and % Professing Christian Trends: Source Operation World Editions 1986, 1993, 2001, 2010.
Zero percent data values may mean unknown or unavailable.

Korea, North – Possible Ministry Involvement

Below are lists of ministries that may work in Korea, North. Ministries in the Korea, North section probably minister in this country. Ministries in the Asia, Northeast section only possibly minister in this country. The purpose of this information is to assist potential new missionaries connect with sending agencies and for general ministry networking. Click on the links below to visit ministry websites for further information. Visit the Power-Of-Connecting "Find a Network Tool" to find further networking information.
The lists below do not include all ministries at work in this country or region. There are likely many excellent ministries not listed here. Omissions are not intentional, but occur simply from lack of data. Please contact us to suggest other ministries to include here. Inclusion here is not an endorsement by Joshua Project.

Ministries in Korea, North

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Korea, North – Statistics, Prayer Cards, Maps and Links


Statistics

Population	25,943,000
Percent Urbanization	62 %
Total People Groups	5
Unreached People Groups	2
Region	Asia, Northeast
10/40 Window	Yes
Official National Language	Korean
Primary Religion	Non-Religious
Percent Professing Christian	1.7% ^[1]
Percent Evangelical	1.6% ^[2]
Country Progress Level	1
Persecution Ranking	1 (1=High to 50=Low OD)
Human Development Index	Not reported (0=Low to 1=High UN)