Ural-Siberian People Cluster

People Cluster: Ural-Siberian What is a People Cluster?

Population

10,470,000

-0.1% estimated
Annual Growth Rate

People Groups (Across Countries)

People Groups
(by Country)

109

Unreached Groups (by Country)

Affinity Bloc

Turkic Peoples

Cluster Progress

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

Map Notes

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Progress Scale: ☀︎●●●●● (
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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Photo	People Group ▲	Global 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 *
	Ainu (China)	12,000	1	1	100.0 %	12,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Ainu (Japan)	13,000	2	2	100.0 %	13,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	1.0 %	0.5 %	2
	Aleut, Eastern	2,800	2	1	50.0 %	400	14.3 %	4 ●	Christianity	55.9 %	3.5 %	1
	Altai	84,000	2	1	50.0 %	83,000	99.3 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	2.2 %	0.4 %	2
	Alutor	2,000	1	1	100.0 %	2,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Baraba Tatar, Siberian	20,000	1	1	100.0 %	20,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Bashkir	1,665,000	8	8	100.0 %	1,665,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	4.0 %	1.1 %	38
	Chelkans	1,200	1	1	100.0 %	1,200	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Chukchi	16,000	1	1	100.0 %	16,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	4.0 %	1.3 %	1
	Chuvan	1,600	3	2	66.7 %	1,100	68.8 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	30.5 %	0.8 %	2
	Chuvash	1,109,000	9	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Christianity	49.5 %	1.5 %	-1 -
	Dolgan	8,100	1	1	100.0 %	8,100	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.0 %	0.9 %	1
	Enets, Yenisei Samoyed	200	1	1	100.0 %	200	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	4.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Even	20,000	1	1	100.0 %	20,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	3.0 %	0.3 %	1
	Gilyak	4,300	2	1	50.0 %	3,800	88.4 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.1 %	0.4 %	1
	Itelmen	2,600	1	1	100.0 %	2,600	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.0 %	0.9 %	1
	Kamchadal	1,500	1	1	100.0 %	1,500	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	4.0 %	0.9 %	1
	Kereks	0 < 100	1	1	100.0 %	20	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Ket, Yenisei Ostyak	1,100	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	4.0 %	2.4 %	-1 -
	Koryak	7,500	1	1	100.0 %	7,500	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.0 %	0.9 %	1
	Kumandins	2,400	1	1	100.0 %	2,400	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Nagaibak	5,700	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	70.0 %	0.5 %	-1 -
	Negidal	500	1	1	100.0 %	500	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.0 %	0.3 %	1
	Orochi	1,200	2	2	100.0 %	1,200	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	1.6 %	0.2 %	2
	Orok	1,100	2	2	100.0 %	1,100	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	3.8 %	0.5 %	2
	Soyot	4,400	1	1	100.0 %	4,400	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Buddhism	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Tatar	5,723,000	21	21	100.0 %	5,723,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	2.6 %	0.4 %	127
	Tatar, Chulym	400	1	1	100.0 %	400	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Tatar, Crimean	621,000	10	10	100.0 %	621,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	18
	Tatar, Khakass	63,000	4	2	50.0 %	62,000	98.4 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	2.8 %	1.1 %	2
	Tatar, Kriashen	35,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	95.0 %	0.3 %	-1 -
	Tatar, Mishari	800	1	1	100.0 %	800	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	1.0 %	0.2 %	1
	Tatar, Nogai	111,000	2	2	100.0 %	111,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	3
	Tatar, Shorian	11,000	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	29.9 %	0.6 %	-1 -
	Telengit	3,700	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	8.0 %	5.7 %	-1 -
	Teleut	2,300	2	2	100.0 %	2,300	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	2.9 %	1.0 %	2
	Tobol-Irtysh Tatar, Siberian	74,000	1	1	100.0 %	74,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Tofalar	700	1	1	100.0 %	700	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.0 %	0.5 %	1
	Tomsk Tatar, Siberian	6,600	1	1	100.0 %	6,600	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Tsaatan	200	1	1	100.0 %	200	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Tubalars	2,000	1	1	100.0 %	2,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Tuvan	341,000	3	3	100.0 %	341,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Buddhism	1.4 %	0.3 %	8
	Tuvans-Todzhans	1,900	1	1	100.0 %	1,900	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Buddhism	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Udege	1,300	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	15.0 %	1.0 %	-1 -
	Ulchi	2,500	1	1	100.0 %	2,500	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	4.0 %	0.7 %	1
	Yakut	480,000	2	2	100.0 %	480,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	3.0 %	0.1 %	11
	Yukagir	1,800	1	1	100.0 %	1,800	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	3.0 %	0.6 %	1
Totals:	47 Peoples (across countries)	10,470,000	109	86	78.9 %	9,298,000	88.8 %	●	Islam	8.0%	0.6%	246

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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