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People Cluster: Jewish What is a People Cluster?

Population

16,230,000

1.2% estimated
Annual Growth Rate

People Groups (Across Countries)

People Groups
(by Country)

145

Unreached Groups (by Country)

137

Affinity Bloc

Jewish

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 *
	Anusim, Crypto-Jewish	40,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	75.0 %	0.5 %	-1 -
	Jewish Tat, Mountain Jewish	105,000	4	4	100.0 %	105,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	5
	Jewish, Arabic-speaking	0 < 100	1	1	100.0 %	80	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Jewish, Bukharan	142,000	3	3	100.0 %	142,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	3
	Jewish, Bulgarian-speaking	1,100	1	1	100.0 %	1,100	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.5 %	0.1 %	1
	Jewish, Cochin	12,000	1	1	100.0 %	12,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.1 %	0.1 %	1
	Jewish, Croatian-speaking	1,700	1	1	100.0 %	1,700	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	1.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Jewish, Czech-speaking	3,900	1	1	100.0 %	3,900	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Jewish, Danish-speaking	6,500	1	1	100.0 %	6,500	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Jewish, Dutch	33,000	4	4	100.0 %	33,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.5 %	0.1 %	4
	Jewish, Eastern Yiddish-speaking	794,000	12	11	91.7 %	619,000	78.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	1.1 %	1.0 %	20
	Jewish, Egyptian-speaking	0 < 100	1	1	100.0 %	-1 Unknown	-1 Unknown	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	-1 Unknown	-1 Unknown	-1 -
	Jewish, English-speaking	5,431,000	13	12	92.3 %	5,330,000	98.1 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	2.5 %	1.4 %	113
	Jewish, Ethiopian	84,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	3.0 %	2.7 %	-1 -
	Jewish, Finnish-speaking	1,300	1	1	100.0 %	1,300	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Jewish, French-speaking	514,000	5	5	100.0 %	514,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.1 %	0.0 %	13
	Jewish, Georgian	65,000	2	2	100.0 %	65,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	1.0 %	0.9 %	2
	Jewish, German-speaking	145,000	4	4	100.0 %	145,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.4 %	0.1 %	5
	Jewish, Greek-speaking	3,400	2	2	100.0 %	3,400	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	2
	Jewish, Hungarian-speaking	72,000	2	2	100.0 %	72,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.1 %	0.1 %	2
	Jewish, Indonesian-speaking	200	1	1	100.0 %	200	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Jewish, Israeli	5,710,000	4	4	100.0 %	5,710,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.2 %	0.2 %	115
	Jewish, Italian-speaking	27,000	1	1	100.0 %	27,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.5 %	0.1 %	1
	Jewish, Judeo-Berber	3,100	1	1	100.0 %	3,100	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Jewish, Judeo-Moroccan	68,000	4	4	100.0 %	68,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	4
	Jewish, Judeo-Persian	137,000	3	3	100.0 %	137,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	3
	Jewish, Kurdistani	5,800	2	2	100.0 %	5,800	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	2
	Jewish, Kurdit	9,700	1	1	100.0 %	9,700	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Jewish, Latvian-speaking	2,300	1	1	100.0 %	2,300	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Jewish, Lishanan	4,400	1	1	100.0 %	4,400	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Jewish, Maltese-speaking	100	1	1	100.0 %	100	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Jewish, Norwegian-speaking	1,300	1	1	100.0 %	1,300	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.4 %	0.2 %	1
	Jewish, Polish-speaking	144,000	2	2	100.0 %	144,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.6 %	0.4 %	4
	Jewish, Portuguese-speaking	99,000	3	3	100.0 %	99,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	1.0 %	0.3 %	4
	Jewish, Romanian	219,000	2	2	100.0 %	219,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	5
	Jewish, Russian-speaking	1,590,000	6	6	100.0 %	1,590,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	2.1 %	1.8 %	34
	Jewish, Serbian-speaking	2,000	3	3	100.0 %	2,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	3
	Jewish, Slovak-speaking	2,600	1	1	100.0 %	2,600	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Jewish, South Asian	6,600	1	1	100.0 %	6,600	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Jewish, Spanish	61,000	3	3	100.0 %	61,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.2 %	0.1 %	3
	Jewish, Spanish-speaking	290,000	16	16	100.0 %	290,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.3 %	0.2 %	19
	Jewish, Swahili-speaking	500	1	1	100.0 %	500	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Jewish, Swedish-speaking	15,000	1	1	100.0 %	15,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.3 %	0.1 %	1
	Jewish, Swiss-speaking	19,000	1	1	100.0 %	19,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Jewish, Syrian / Lebanese	77,000	1	1	100.0 %	77,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	2.0 %	1.0 %	2
	Jewish, Tagalog-speaking	100	1	1	100.0 %	100	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Jewish, Thai-speaking	200	1	1	100.0 %	200	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Jewish, Tunisian	12,000	2	2	100.0 %	12,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	2
	Jewish, Turkish	51,000	2	2	100.0 %	51,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	2
	Jewish, Yahudic	110,000	2	2	100.0 %	110,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	3
	Jewish, Yemeni	43,000	2	2	100.0 %	43,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	2
	Karaite	1,600	4	4	100.0 %	1,600	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	4
	Krymchaks	1,400	1	1	100.0 %	1,400	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Yeniche	18,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	60.0 %	1.4 %	-1 -
	Yevanic	0 < 100	1	1	100.0 %	90	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	You Tai, Chinese Jewish	3,100	2	1	50.0 %	100	3.2 %	5 ●	Non-Religious	29.0 %	24.2 %	1
	Yudi, Tripolita'it	42,000	1	1	100.0 %	42,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
Totals:	57 Peoples (across countries)	16,230,000	145	137	94.5 %	15,809,000	97.4 %	●	Ethnic Religions	1.5%	0.8%	406

* 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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