People Group Strategic Needs
The following pie charts reflect real-time current status of people groups. Hover over the charts/graphs and click on the pop-up window links to learn more about a specific people group.
PG* (People Group) is the largest group through which the gospel can flow without encountering significant barriers of understanding and acceptance.
UPG* (Unreached People Group) is when the percentage of evangelical Christians in the people group is less than 2 percent.
UUPG* (Unengaged Unreached People Group) is Unreached plus there is no intentional church planting strategy being implemented.
Status | PG Name | Country Of Birth | IMB Affinity Group | Affinity Bloc | Primary Religion | Population Total |
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![]() | Tibetan | China | East Asian Peoples | Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples | Buddhism - Lamaism | 10,500 |
![]() | Hmong, Njua | Laos | East Asian Peoples | Southeast Asian Peoples | Ethnic Religions | 110,000 |
![]() | Hmong, White | Laos | East Asian Peoples | Southeast Asian Peoples | Ethnic Religions | 180,000 |
![]() | Chinese, Teochew | Malaysia | East Asian Peoples | East Asian Peoples | Ethnic Religions - Chinese Universalism / Folk | 32,000 |
![]() | Mongolian | Mongolia | East Asian Peoples | East Asian Peoples | Buddhism | 13,000 |
![]() | Oirat, Western Mongol | Mongolia | East Asian Peoples | East Asian Peoples | Buddhism | 1,700 |
![]() | Okinawan | Japan | East Asian Peoples | East Asian Peoples | Buddhism | 14,000 |
![]() | Sino-Vietnamese | Vietnam | East Asian Peoples | East Asian Peoples | Buddhism | 3,700 |
![]() | Chinese, Hakka | Taiwan | East Asian Peoples | East Asian Peoples | Ethnic Religions - Chinese Universalism / Folk | 4,700 |
![]() | Chinese, Cantonese | Hong Kong | East Asian Peoples | East Asian Peoples | Ethnic Religions - Chinese Universalism / Folk | 471,000 |
![]() | Chinese, Mandarin | China | East Asian Peoples | East Asian Peoples | Buddhism | 2,391,070 |
![]() | Chinese, Fuzhou Min Dong | China | East Asian Peoples | East Asian Peoples | Buddhism - Mahayana | 19,000 |
![]() | Chinese, Hokkien | Taiwan | East Asian Peoples | East Asian Peoples | Buddhism - Mahayana | 203,000 |
![]() | Chinese, Shanghainese Wu | China | East Asian Peoples | East Asian Peoples | Non-Religious | 6,400 |
![]() | Chinese, Hui | China | East Asian Peoples | East Asian Peoples | Islam | 2,100 |
![]() | Japanese | Japan | East Asian Peoples | East Asian Peoples | Ethnic Religions - Shintoism | 799,267 |
![]() | Korean | South Korea | East Asian Peoples | East Asian Peoples | Christianity - Protestant | 1,475,000 |