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Population
1,360,800,000
0.1% estimated
Annual Growth Rate
People Groups (Across Countries)
45
People Groups
(by Country)
266
Unreached Groups (by Country)
39
Affinity Bloc
Cluster Progress
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Population
Peoples
by Country
Unreached
by Country
% Unreached
Peoples
Popl in
Unreached
% Popl in
Unreached
Progress
Scale
Primary
Religion
% Christian
Adherent
%
Evangelical
Est. Workers
Needed * 
 Aoka 299,000 1 1 100.0 % 299,000 100.0 %    Ethnic Religions 1.0 % 0.7 % 6
 Chinese, general 15,879,000 64 7 10.9 % 168,000 1.1 %    Non-Religious 9.1 % 4.6 % 7
Chinese-Tahitian Creole 300 1 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %    Christianity 55.0 % 7.0 % -
 Chuanqing 1,004,000 1 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %    Buddhism 7.5 % 6.8 % -
 Diao 2,800 1 1 100.0 % 2,800 100.0 %    Ethnic Religions 0.0 % 0.0 % 1
 Filipino-Chinese, Mestizo 587,000 1 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %    Christianity 96.0 % 11.0 % -
 Hakka, Hainan Island 2,400 1 1 100.0 % 2,400 100.0 %    Ethnic Religions 0.0 % 0.0 % 1
 Han Chinese, Cantonese 79,810,000 36 4 11.1 % 691,000 0.9 %    Non-Religious 9.7 % 7.6 % 14
 Han Chinese, Dan 4,997,000 1 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %    Ethnic Religions 8.8 % 6.7 % -
 Han Chinese, Gan 22,169,000 1 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %    Ethnic Religions 8.5 % 6.5 % -
 Han Chinese, Hainanese 6,396,000 5 1 20.0 % 14,000 0.2 %    Non-Religious 8.9 % 8.6 % 1
 Han Chinese, Hakka 44,228,000 23 6 26.1 % 4,726,000 10.7 %    Ethnic Religions 8.8 % 7.0 % 97
 Han Chinese, Hui'an 181,000 1 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %    Ethnic Religions 5.0 % 4.2 % -
 Han Chinese, Huizhou 5,344,000 1 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %    Ethnic Religions 9.0 % 7.0 % -
 Han Chinese, Jin 47,035,000 1 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %    Non-Religious 9.5 % 7.6 % -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 931,685,000 53 3 5.7 % 1,026,000 0.1 %    Non-Religious 9.9 % 8.3 % 22
 Han Chinese, Min Bei 8,809,000 6 2 33.3 % 25,000 0.3 %    Non-Religious 9.9 % 8.6 % 2
 Han Chinese, Min Dong 10,626,000 7 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %    Non-Religious 9.9 % 8.9 % -
 Han Chinese, Min Nan 44,045,000 18 2 11.1 % 154,000 0.3 %    Ethnic Religions 10.7 % 6.8 % 4
 Han Chinese, Min Zhong 3,601,000 1 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %    Non-Religious 7.0 % 5.8 % -
 Han Chinese, Putian 3,124,000 3 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %    Non-Religious 8.0 % 5.5 % -
 Han Chinese, Shaojiang 2,812,000 1 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %    Non-Religious 4.3 % 3.7 % -
 Han Chinese, Shaozhou 676,000 2 1 50.0 % 670,000 99.1 %    Non-Religious 1.2 % 1.1 % 13
 Han Chinese, Teochew 1,911,000 3 1 33.3 % 185,000 9.7 %    Ethnic Religions 10.3 % 5.7 % 4
 Han Chinese, Waxiang 372,000 1 1 100.0 % 372,000 100.0 %    Ethnic Religions 0.3 % 0.2 % 7
Han Chinese, Wenchow 19,000 1 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %    Non-Religious 7.0 % 6.0 % -
 Han Chinese, Wu 81,722,000 10 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %    Ethnic Religions 13.4 % 10.0 % -
 Han Chinese, Xiang 35,763,000 3 1 33.3 % 35,647,000 99.7 %    Ethnic Religions 3.0 % 2.0 % 713
 Han Chinese, Xunpu 700 1 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %    Ethnic Religions 4.0 % 3.0 % -
Laomian 5,400 1 1 100.0 % 5,400 100.0 %    Ethnic Religions 0.3 % 0.3 % 1
 Linghua 27,000 1 1 100.0 % 27,000 100.0 %    Ethnic Religions 0.0 % 0.0 % 1
 Liujia 4,900 1 1 100.0 % 4,900 100.0 %    Ethnic Religions 0.0 % 0.0 % 1
 Longjia 4,100 1 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %    Ethnic Religions 4.5 % 3.8 % -
 Manchu 149,000 1 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %    Non-Religious 6.8 % 5.5 % -
 Ngai 1,700 1 1 100.0 % 1,700 100.0 %    Ethnic Religions 3.0 % 0.8 % 1
 Pinghua, Northern 1,750,000 1 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %    Non-Religious 5.0 % 3.6 % -
 Pinghua, Southern 2,357,000 1 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %    Non-Religious 5.0 % 3.6 % -
 Shenzhou 4,900 1 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %    Ethnic Religions 4.2 % 3.8 % -
Sino-Burmese 17,000 1 1 100.0 % 17,000 100.0 %    Buddhism 1.0 % 0.7 % 1
 Sino-Native 32,000 1 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %    Ethnic Religions 8.0 % 0.5 % -
 Straits Chinese, Baba Creole 291,000 2 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %    Ethnic Religions 5.1 % 3.0 % -
 Straits Chinese, Peranakan 38,000 1 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %    Ethnic Religions 35.0 % 1.0 % -
 Subei 3,011,000 1 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %    Non-Religious 6.5 % 6.0 % -
 Xialusi 4,000 1 1 100.0 % 4,000 100.0 %    Ethnic Religions 0.0 % 0.0 % 1
 Yizi 2,900 1 1 100.0 % 2,900 100.0 %    Ethnic Religions 0.0 % 0.0 % 1
Totals: 45 Peoples (across countries) 1,360,800,000 266 39 14.7 % 44,044,000 3.2 %    Non-Religious 9.8% 7.9% 899 
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