People Group (polygons) contains a polygon for every people group in IMB's peoplegroups.org database. A people group is an ethno-linguistic group with a common self-identity that is shared by the various members. For strategic purposes, it is the largest group within which the Gospel can spread without encountering barriers of understanding or acceptance.Each people group is categorized based on the presence and strength of an indigenous community of believing Christians able to engage the group with church planting.59% of the world today is considered unreached — meaning Jesus is largely unknown among 4.6 billion people.Today, hundreds of thousands of people will die without the hope of Jesus. IMB exists to address this problem, the world’s greatest problem — lostness. We send missionaries to the nations to share the good news of JesusPeopleGroups is produced by the GIS Team at IMB (International Mission Board) to support measuring access to gospel resources and evaluating church planting progress among all the people groups of the world