Romani People Cluster | Joshua Project

People Cluster: Romani What is a People Cluster?

Population

6,838,000

0.2% estimated
Annual Growth Rate

People Groups (Across Countries)

People Groups
(by Country)

124

Unreached Groups (by Country)

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Eurasian 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 *
	Anglo-Romani	202,000	4	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	71.9 %	11.3 %	-1 -
	Danish Traveller	3,500	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	90.0 %	1.0 %	-1 -
	Fanter	1,100	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	90.0 %	3.0 %	-1 -
	Irish Traveller, Shelta	53,000	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	84.8 %	2.2 %	-1 -
	Lyuli	24,000	4	3	75.0 %	23,000	97.9 %	1 ●	Islam	0.4 %	0.4 %	3
	Mexican Creole, Tirilone	169,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	99.0 %	1.0 %	-1 -
	Romani, Armenian Bosha	0 < 100	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	50.0 %	4.0 %	-1 -
	Romani, Austrian	3,200	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	80.0 %	0.5 %	-1 -
	Romani, Balkan	949,000	16	3	18.8 %	118,000	12.4 %	3 ●	Christianity	59.3 %	1.9 %	4
	Romani, Baltic	30,000	6	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	62.0 %	2.0 %	-1 -
	Romani, Brazilian	435,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	90.0 %	7.0 %	-1 -
	Romani, Bulgarian	264,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	51.0 %	3.0 %	-1 -
	Romani, Calo	951,000	7	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	93.7 %	9.1 %	-1 -
	Romani, Carpathian	214,000	8	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	81.5 %	2.6 %	-1 -
	Romani, Dutch	24,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	60.0 %	3.0 %	-1 -
	Romani, French	168,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	60.0 %	1.0 %	-1 -
	Romani, German	66,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	65.0 %	2.0 %	-1 -
	Romani, Greek	47,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	85.0 %	1.0 %	-1 -
	Romani, Hungarian	309,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	93.0 %	2.0 %	-1 -
	Romani, Irish Traveller	23,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	90.0 %	1.5 %	-1 -
	Romani, Italian	24,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	70.0 %	0.3 %	-1 -
	Romani, Kalo Finnish	26,000	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	75.7 %	11.3 %	-1 -
	Romani, Portuguese	73,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	90.0 %	1.0 %	-1 -
	Romani, Romanichal	183,000	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	65.3 %	8.7 %	-1 -
	Romani, Ruska Roma	173,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	60.0 %	2.0 %	-1 -
	Romani, Scottish Traveller	4,800	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	60.3 %	3.8 %	-1 -
	Romani, Sinte	225,000	13	1	7.7 %	4,700	2.1 %	4 ●	Christianity	68.0 %	2.1 %	1
	Romani, Slovak	56,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	62.5 %	0.8 %	-1 -
	Romani, Spanish	758,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	82.0 %	1.5 %	-1 -
	Romani, Swedish	5,200	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	65.0 %	2.0 %	-1 -
	Romani, Swiss	24,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	90.0 %	1.0 %	-1 -
	Romani, Tottare	36,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	61.2 %	3.0 %	-1 -
	Romani, Vlax	1,169,000	30	1	3.3 %	25,000	2.1 %	4 ●	Christianity	71.4 %	6.0 %	1
	Romani, Welsh	68,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	65.0 %	8.0 %	-1 -
	Romano-Serbian	77,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	65.0 %	0.4 %	-1 -
Totals:	35 Peoples (across countries)	6,838,000	124	8	6.5 %	171,000	2.5 %	●	Christianity	75.4%	4.4%	9

* 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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