Timor People Cluster | Joshua Project

People Cluster: Timor What is a People Cluster?

Population

2,959,000

0.9% estimated
Annual Growth Rate

People Groups (Across Countries)

People Groups
(by Country)

Unreached Groups (by Country)

Affinity Bloc

Malay 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 *
	Adabe	6,200	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	64.0 %	2.5 %	-1 -
	Amarasi	81,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	90.0 %	6.0 %	-1 -
	Baikeno	86,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	98.0 %	2.0 %	-1 -
	Banda, Eli-Elat	5,000	1	1	100.0 %	5,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	0.5 %	0.1 %	1
	Bilba	9,400	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	85.0 %	3.0 %	-1 -
	Bunak	93,000	2	1	50.0 %	25,000	26.9 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	18.2 %	2.3 %	1
	Dagoda	46,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	88.0 %	2.0 %	-1 -
	Dela-Oenale	9,200	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	55.0 %	4.0 %	-1 -
	Dengka	26,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	80.0 %	6.0 %	-1 -
	Galoli	31,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	55.3 %	3.7 %	-1 -
	Habu	3,300	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	56.0 %	3.0 %	-1 -
	Helong	19,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	55.0 %	5.0 %	-1 -
	Idate	17,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	58.0 %	0.8 %	-1 -
	Kaera	5,900	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	40.0 %	7.0 %	-1 -
	Kairui-Midik	18,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	92.0 %	2.0 %	-1 -
	Kemak	88,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	93.5 %	2.2 %	-1 -
	Lakalei	4,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	83.0 %	1.0 %	-1 -
	Lole	27,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	85.0 %	7.0 %	-1 -
	Makalero	8,200	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	90.0 %	5.0 %	-1 -
	Makasai	126,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	92.0 %	2.5 %	-1 -
	Maku'a	0 < 100	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	23.0 %	2.0 %	-1 -
	Mambai	161,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	99.0 %	2.3 %	-1 -
	Naueti	18,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	77.0 %	2.0 %	-1 -
	Ndaonese	3,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	90.0 %	7.0 %	-1 -
	Ringgou	14,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	80.0 %	5.0 %	-1 -
	Rotinese, Tii	26,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	80.0 %	6.0 %	-1 -
	Termanu, Rotti	39,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	80.0 %	6.0 %	-1 -
	Tetun	540,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	96.4 %	10.7 %	-1 -
	Tetun Dili	536,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	98.0 %	2.9 %	-1 -
	Timorese	835,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	95.0 %	15.0 %	-1 -
	Tokode	49,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	94.0 %	2.0 %	-1 -
	Waima'a	21,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	89.0 %	1.5 %	-1 -
	Welaun	7,600	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	67.9 %	4.2 %	-1 -
Totals:	33 Peoples (across countries)	2,959,000	39	2	5.1 %	30,000	1.0 %	●	Christianity	91.0%	7.8%	2

* 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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