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Sample People Clusters in sub-Saharan Africa.   Map source:  Future of the Global Church
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People Cluster ▲ Population Peoples
(By Country)		 Unreached
(By Country)		 % Groups
Unreached		 Popl in
Unreached		 % Popl in
Unreached		 Progress
Scale		 Primary
Religion		 % Christian
Adherent		 %
Evangelical		 Est. Workers
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Aceh of Sumatra 4,891,000 9 9 100.0 % 4,891,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.1 % 0.0 % 98
Adamawa-Ubangi 14,662,000 162 7 4.3 % 127,000 0.9 % ● Christianity 70.3 % 22.0 % 3
Adi 150,000 9 3 33.3 % 4,200 2.8 % ● Unknown 24.0 % 9.1 % 1
Afar 3,058,000 5 3 60.0 % 2,850,000 93.2 % ● Islam 3.8 % 0.0 % 57
Afro-American, Hispanic 20,130,000 37 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 89.6 % 9.3 % -
Afro-American, Northern 48,570,000 76 1 1.3 % 32,000 0.1 % ● Christianity 85.3 % 34.0 % 1
Afro-Caribbean, Anglophone 441,000 10 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 93.7 % 17.9 % -
Afro-Caribbean, Dutch 848,000 11 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 79.2 % 8.0 % -
Afro-Caribbean, Francophone 19,159,000 22 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 93.7 % 13.7 % -
Albanian 6,533,000 36 10 27.8 % 2,048,000 31.3 % ● Islam 24.2 % 0.4 % 41
Altaic 976,000 18 18 100.0 % 976,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.5 % 0.1 % 20
Amazon 408,000 134 25 18.7 % 16,000 3.9 % ● Ethnic Religions 34.2 % 6.9 % 1
Anglo-American 198,024,000 114 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 81.0 % 32.9 % -
Anglo-Celt 112,426,000 240 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 67.6 % 10.0 % -
Arab World, general 85,000 9 7 77.8 % 79,000 93.4 % ● Islam 1.1 % 0.2 % 2
Arab, Arabian 45,964,000 100 81 81.0 % 44,943,000 97.8 % ● Islam 0.9 % 0.2 % 899
Arab, Hassaniya 5,618,000 30 30 100.0 % 5,618,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 112
Arab, Levant 83,126,000 163 75 46.0 % 58,854,000 70.8 % ● Islam 6.0 % 0.4 % 1,177
Arab, Libyan 4,360,000 16 16 100.0 % 4,360,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.6 % 0.1 % 87
Arab, Maghreb 81,560,000 56 56 100.0 % 81,560,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.1 % 0.0 % 1,631
Arab, Shuwa 5,986,000 17 17 100.0 % 5,986,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.3 % 0.3 % 120
Arab, Sudan 36,916,000 54 52 96.3 % 36,877,000 99.9 % ● Islam 1.3 % 0.3 % 738
Arab, Yemeni 33,251,000 25 25 100.0 % 33,251,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 665
Armenian 5,982,000 58 2 3.4 % 151,000 2.5 % ● Christianity 92.2 % 9.0 % 3
Assyrian / Aramaic 1,233,000 53 9 17.0 % 86,000 7.0 % ● Christianity 85.5 % 1.2 % 2
Atlantic 8,495,000 65 24 36.9 % 946,000 11.1 % ● Islam 14.2 % 2.9 % 19
Atlantic-Jola 855,000 20 9 45.0 % 83,000 9.7 % ● Islam 16.8 % 0.9 % 2
Atlantic-Wolof 7,003,000 15 15 100.0 % 7,003,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.1 % 0.0 % 140
Australian Aboriginal 623,000 87 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 78.8 % 22.1 % -
Aymara 2,109,000 6 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 92.4 % 19.9 % -
Azerbaijani 30,885,000 40 39 97.5 % 30,884,000 100.0 % ● Islam 1.2 % 1.0 % 618
Aztec 2,981,000 50 2 4.0 % 67,000 2.3 % ● Christianity 93.1 % 4.5 % 1
Bali-Sasak 9,067,000 7 7 100.0 % 9,067,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.6 % 0.1 % 181
Baloch 12,359,000 66 66 100.0 % 12,359,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 247
Baltic 4,181,000 47 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 76.0 % 4.4 % -
Banjar of Kalimantan 5,718,000 10 6 60.0 % 4,920,000 86.0 % ● Islam 2.9 % 0.7 % 98
Bantu, Cameroon-Bamileke 7,355,000 67 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 67.3 % 7.8 % -
Bantu, Central-Congo 35,791,000 160 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 89.0 % 17.4 % -
Bantu, Central-East 5,566,000 10 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 70.2 % 14.8 % -
Bantu, Central-Lakes 79,205,000 107 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 89.1 % 31.0 % -
Bantu, Central-Luba 22,729,000 18 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 87.0 % 18.7 % -
Bantu, Central-South 40,024,000 139 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 88.5 % 22.3 % -
Bantu, Central-Southeast 12,579,000 11 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 64.7 % 19.3 % -
Bantu, Central-Southwest 13,657,000 20 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 94.7 % 20.8 % -
Bantu, Central-Tanzania 33,974,000 59 1 1.7 % 313,000 0.9 % ● Christianity 58.2 % 12.4 % 6
Bantu, Chewa-Sena 24,931,000 29 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 84.8 % 21.6 % -
Bantu, East-Coastal 6,976,000 26 9 34.6 % 923,000 13.2 % ● Christianity 43.6 % 17.1 % 18
Bantu, Gikuyu-Kamba 23,448,000 19 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 94.1 % 63.7 % -
Bantu, Kongo 20,873,000 12 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 88.7 % 23.2 % -
Bantu, Makua-Yao 35,446,000 49 13 26.5 % 6,833,000 19.3 % ● Christianity 39.8 % 17.1 % 137
Bantu, Nguni 32,758,000 25 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 79.2 % 24.3 % -
Bantu, Northwest 13,813,000 102 1 1.0 % 6,100 0.0 % ● Christianity 90.5 % 18.3 % 1
Bantu, Shona 14,339,000 27 1 3.7 % 22,000 0.2 % ● Christianity 72.7 % 23.5 % 1
Bantu, Sotho-Tswana 20,841,000 44 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 79.0 % 15.5 % -
Bantu, Southeastern 1,524,000 2 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Ethnic Religions 40.1 % 16.8 % -
Bantu, Swahili 7,059,000 56 52 92.9 % 6,937,000 98.3 % ● Islam 1.3 % 0.6 % 139
Barito of Kalimantan 418,000 9 3 33.3 % 228,000 54.5 % ● Ethnic Religions 9.7 % 2.8 % 5
Basque 2,359,000 12 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 84.0 % 0.8 % -
Batak-Nias of Sumatra 11,609,000 16 4 25.0 % 1,358,000 11.7 % ● Christianity 65.3 % 13.1 % 27
Bedouin, Arabian 4,920,000 9 9 100.0 % 4,920,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 98
Bedouin, Saharan 1,503,000 16 16 100.0 % 1,503,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 30
Beja 3,000,000 7 7 100.0 % 3,000,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 60
Benue 43,074,000 342 13 3.8 % 575,000 1.3 % ● Christianity 76.3 % 28.1 % 12
Berber-Kabyle 7,460,000 6 6 100.0 % 7,460,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.5 % 0.4 % 149
Berber-Rif 2,030,000 6 6 100.0 % 2,030,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.1 % 0.0 % 41
Berber-Saharan 1,090,000 25 25 100.0 % 1,090,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 22
Berber-Shawiya 2,731,000 6 6 100.0 % 2,731,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 55
Berber-Shilha 10,899,000 20 19 95.0 % 9,936,000 91.2 % ● Islam 7.6 % 0.2 % 199
Borneo-Kalimantan 5,613,000 159 37 23.3 % 286,000 5.1 % ● Ethnic Religions 49.3 % 9.5 % 6
Bouyei 3,402,000 6 6 100.0 % 3,402,000 100.0 % ● Ethnic Religions 0.7 % 0.2 % 68
Brahui 3,238,000 10 10 100.0 % 3,238,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 65
Bugi-Makassar of Sulawesi 10,570,000 30 24 80.0 % 10,386,000 98.3 % ● Islam 1.3 % 0.1 % 208
Bungku-Bajau 625,000 17 14 82.4 % 573,000 91.7 % ● Islam 8.7 % 1.1 % 11
Burmese 35,618,000 26 26 100.0 % 35,618,000 100.0 % ● Buddhism 0.3 % 0.1 % 712
Caucasus 13,897,000 177 124 70.1 % 9,653,000 69.5 % ● Islam 24.7 % 0.4 % 193
Central American Indigenous, other 4,080,000 96 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 85.1 % 10.4 % -
Chadic 16,375,000 224 52 23.2 % 2,235,000 13.6 % ● Christianity 38.8 % 10.0 % 45
Cham 1,651,000 19 10 52.6 % 512,000 31.0 % ● Ethnic Religions 33.4 % 18.5 % 10
Chinese 1,360,911,000 267 40 15.0 % 44,232,000 3.3 % ● Non-Religious 9.8 % 7.9 % 885
Deaf 50,266,000 216 39 18.1 % Unknown Unknown ● Christianity 29.6 % Unknown 182
Domari 2,911,000 16 16 100.0 % 2,911,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.1 % 0.0 % 58
Egyptian 105,374,000 38 2 5.3 % 66,052,000 62.7 % ● Islam 10.7 % 2.8 % 1,321
Ethio-Semitic 51,243,000 69 16 23.2 % 9,859,000 19.2 % ● Christianity 76.4 % 1.1 % 197
Fiji 830,000 21 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 77.3 % 32.7 % -
Filipino, Central 108,773,000 102 1 1.0 % 33,000 0.0 % ● Christianity 96.1 % 12.2 % 1
Filipino, Muslim 5,957,000 22 22 100.0 % 5,957,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.1 % 0.1 % 119
Filipino, Tribal 8,937,000 139 9 6.5 % 189,000 2.1 % ● Christianity 64.1 % 10.5 % 4
Finno-Ugric 8,225,000 93 6 6.5 % 96,000 1.2 % ● Christianity 71.1 % 7.9 % 2
Finno-Ugric, Saami 132,000 17 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 91.8 % 9.9 % -
Flores-Sumba-Alor 3,026,000 56 6 10.7 % 16,000 0.5 % ● Christianity 62.0 % 7.2 % 1
French 70,803,000 138 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 68.0 % 1.1 % -
Fulani / Fulbe 42,650,000 47 47 100.0 % 42,650,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.2 % 0.2 % 853
Germanic 114,992,000 194 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 66.3 % 3.3 % -
Gorontalo of Sulawesi 1,270,000 6 6 100.0 % 1,270,000 100.0 % ● Islam 1.9 % 0.1 % 25
Greek 11,676,000 82 1 1.2 % 5,100 0.0 % ● Christianity 94.2 % 0.4 % 1
Guarani 7,195,000 53 3 5.7 % 3,200 0.0 % ● Christianity 93.8 % 9.2 % 1
Guera-Naba of Chad 616,000 6 6 100.0 % 616,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.1 % 0.0 % 12
Guinean 54,270,000 171 7 4.1 % 716,000 1.3 % ● Christianity 67.5 % 25.6 % 14
Gur 42,849,000 187 44 23.5 % 5,812,000 13.6 % ● Islam 24.0 % 10.0 % 116
Hani 2,704,000 43 27 62.8 % 1,396,000 51.6 % ● Ethnic Religions 10.7 % 6.7 % 28
Hausa 58,957,000 17 17 100.0 % 58,957,000 100.0 % ● Islam 1.7 % 1.4 % 1,179
Hispanic 366,968,000 147 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 92.2 % 15.9 % -
Hispanic American, other 17,396,000 29 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 93.9 % 11.2 % -
Hui, Dungan 14,826,000 19 19 100.0 % 14,826,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 297
Hungarian 11,921,000 30 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 88.3 % 3.1 % -
Igbo 37,985,000 18 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 96.7 % 44.8 % -
Ijaw 6,511,000 11 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 97.5 % 40.4 % -
Inuit 201,000 14 2 14.3 % 2,200 1.1 % ● Christianity 76.0 % 8.3 % 1
Italian 59,289,000 83 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 84.9 % 1.3 % -
Japanese 121,710,000 64 59 92.2 % 120,164,000 98.7 % ● Buddhism 1.8 % 0.5 % 2,403
Java 118,718,000 22 10 45.5 % 75,177,000 63.3 % ● Islam 8.5 % 3.9 % 1,504
Jewish 16,232,000 147 139 94.6 % 15,812,000 97.4 % ● Ethnic Religions 1.5 % 0.8 % 316
Kadai 122,000 8 7 87.5 % 25,000 20.7 % ● Ethnic Religions 3.3 % 3.3 % 1
Kaili-Tomini of Sulawesi 782,000 25 17 68.0 % 667,000 85.3 % ● Islam 8.9 % 0.5 % 13
Kanuri-Saharan 13,379,000 28 27 96.4 % 13,332,000 99.6 % ● Islam 0.8 % 0.6 % 267
Karen 5,239,000 34 4 11.8 % 894,000 17.1 % ● Buddhism 35.6 % 21.0 % 18
Kazakh 18,463,000 33 31 93.9 % 18,460,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.4 % 0.2 % 369
Khoisan 910,000 56 4 7.1 % 33,000 3.6 % ● Christianity 50.1 % 7.8 % 1
Korean 81,875,000 51 1 2.0 % 25,664,000 31.3 % ● Non-Religious 22.4 % 12.4 % 513
Kru 4,908,000 55 3 5.5 % 82,000 1.7 % ● Ethnic Religions 49.5 % 9.8 % 2
Kuki-Chin-Mizo (Zo) 1,715,000 44 2 4.5 % 27,000 1.6 % ● Christianity 56.0 % 31.8 % 1
Kurd 34,028,000 67 67 100.0 % 34,028,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.1 % 0.1 % 681
Kyrgyz 5,991,000 15 15 100.0 % 5,991,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.3 % 0.1 % 120
Lampung of Sumatra 1,860,000 9 9 100.0 % 1,860,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.1 % 0.0 % 37
Lao 4,198,000 17 14 82.4 % 528,000 12.6 % ● Buddhism 3.4 % 1.8 % 11
Li 1,936,000 6 5 83.3 % 1,250,000 64.6 % ● Ethnic Religions 1.6 % 1.5 % 25
Lisu 1,322,000 6 1 16.7 % 2,700 0.2 % ● Christianity 79.5 % 45.5 % 1
Luri-Bakhtiari 6,219,000 8 8 100.0 % 6,219,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 124
Madura of Java 8,029,000 5 5 100.0 % 8,029,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.1 % 0.1 % 161
Malagasy 30,156,000 35 3 8.6 % 311,000 1.0 % ● Ethnic Religions 49.8 % 6.2 % 6
Malay 34,801,000 91 50 54.9 % 22,701,000 65.2 % ● Islam 7.7 % 3.7 % 454
Maltese 674,000 8 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 97.7 % 1.4 % -
Maluku-Central 938,000 46 10 21.7 % 277,000 29.5 % ● Christianity 40.5 % 18.1 % 6
Maluku-Northern 648,000 25 7 28.0 % 362,000 55.9 % ● Islam 19.4 % 2.6 % 7
Maluku-Southern 549,000 44 2 4.5 % 900 0.2 % ● Christianity 68.0 % 5.9 % 1
Mande 11,817,000 65 19 29.2 % 1,251,000 10.6 % ● Ethnic Religions 21.2 % 8.9 % 25
Manding 27,390,000 77 67 87.0 % 26,415,000 96.4 % ● Islam 2.1 % 0.5 % 528
Maya 7,248,000 71 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 96.4 % 21.7 % -
Melayu of Sumatra 6,625,000 15 13 86.7 % 6,624,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.1 % 0.0 % 132
Miao / Hmong 12,559,000 71 43 60.6 % 8,343,000 66.4 % ● Ethnic Religions 11.3 % 6.2 % 167
Micronesian 576,000 58 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 97.3 % 19.4 % -
Minahasa-Sangir of Sulawesi 1,680,000 16 2 12.5 % 21,000 1.2 % ● Christianity 76.6 % 13.4 % 1
Minangkabau-Rejang of Sumatra 7,877,000 8 8 100.0 % 7,877,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.3 % 0.0 % 158
Miri-Kachin 1,333,000 8 2 25.0 % 156,000 11.7 % ● Christianity 55.6 % 37.0 % 3
Mixe 180,000 12 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 93.3 % 9.8 % -
Mixteco 670,000 69 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 94.8 % 5.4 % -
Mon-Khmer 27,861,000 253 167 66.0 % 22,845,000 82.0 % ● Buddhism 5.4 % 2.7 % 457
Mongolian 10,434,000 54 45 83.3 % 10,265,000 98.4 % ● Buddhism 0.8 % 0.5 % 205
Musi of Sumatra 5,253,000 8 8 100.0 % 5,253,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.1 % 0.0 % 105
New Caledonia 80,000 31 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 95.6 % 9.6 % -
New Guinea 12,520,000 1,139 13 1.1 % 127,000 1.0 % ● Christianity 90.1 % 20.5 % 3
Nilotic 45,373,000 135 15 11.1 % 1,010,000 2.2 % ● Christianity 74.6 % 24.5 % 20
North American Indigenous 3,383,000 242 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 73.0 % 8.6 % -
Nosu 3,316,000 7 6 85.7 % 3,010,000 90.8 % ● Ethnic Religions 1.2 % 0.8 % 60
Nuba Mountains 2,571,000 84 75 89.3 % 1,870,000 72.7 % ● Islam 10.4 % 3.0 % 37
Nubian 2,974,000 22 21 95.5 % 2,944,000 99.0 % ● Islam 0.3 % 0.1 % 59
Nupe 4,570,000 11 6 54.5 % 337,000 7.4 % ● Islam 18.2 % 3.3 % 7
Nuristan 356,000 9 9 100.0 % 356,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 7
Ogan of Sumatra 578,000 3 3 100.0 % 578,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.3 % 0.1 % 12
Omotic 24,822,000 59 11 18.6 % 813,000 3.3 % ● Christianity 78.4 % 61.3 % 16
Oromo 45,661,000 25 11 44.0 % 9,390,000 20.6 % ● Islam 39.8 % 15.0 % 188
Otomi 482,000 11 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 93.5 % 11.8 % -
Ouaddai-Fur 4,386,000 37 36 97.3 % 4,365,000 99.5 % ● Islam 1.3 % 0.3 % 87
Pacific Islanders, other 124,000 11 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 95.6 % 18.9 % -
Pasemah of Sumatra 1,712,000 6 6 100.0 % 1,712,000 100.0 % ● Islam 1.3 % 0.1 % 34
Persian 59,446,000 95 92 96.8 % 59,015,000 99.3 % ● Islam 1.5 % 1.3 % 1,180
Polynesian 2,415,000 77 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 80.4 % 16.0 % -
Portuguese, Brazilian 204,507,000 28 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 91.0 % 26.4 % -
Portuguese, European 17,353,000 49 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 94.6 % 2.9 % -
Pygmy 763,000 27 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Ethnic Religions 41.4 % 10.1 % -
Quechua 12,764,000 54 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 94.4 % 7.0 % -
Romani 6,836,000 124 8 6.5 % 171,000 2.5 % ● Christianity 75.4 % 4.4 % 3
Romanian 24,712,000 71 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 92.5 % 6.1 % -
Sara-Bagirmi 5,067,000 34 3 8.8 % 172,000 3.4 % ● Christianity 54.7 % 12.2 % 3
Scandinavian 20,463,000 67 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 74.9 % 6.2 % -
Shan 4,679,000 5 4 80.0 % 4,673,000 99.9 % ● Buddhism 0.9 % 0.8 % 93
Slav, Eastern 177,117,000 159 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 67.1 % 2.0 % -
Slav, Southern 28,327,000 203 33 16.3 % 3,700,000 13.1 % ● Christianity 73.7 % 0.8 % 74
Slav, Western 61,823,000 109 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 79.3 % 0.5 % -
Solomons 644,000 63 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 96.5 % 31.5 % -
Somali 30,752,000 36 35 97.2 % 30,637,000 99.6 % ● Islam 1.0 % 0.6 % 613
Songhai 7,828,000 19 18 94.7 % 7,827,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.3 % 0.1 % 157
Soninke 4,345,000 18 18 100.0 % 4,345,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.2 % 0.0 % 87
South American Indigenous 22,030,000 448 49 10.9 % 131,000 0.6 % ● Christianity 82.2 % 13.3 % 3
South Asia - other 27,395,000 167 122 73.1 % 22,218,000 81.1 % ● Hinduism 5.5 % 1.7 % 444
South Asia Buddhist 21,217,000 130 87 66.9 % 2,533,000 11.9 % ● Buddhism 6.3 % 1.6 % 51
South Asia Christian 19,706,000 69 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 99.9 % 36.1 % -
South Asia Dalit - Chamar (Bhambi) 5,447,000 5 5 100.0 % 5,447,000 100.0 % ● Hinduism 1.0 % 0.4 % 109
South Asia Dalit - Dusadh 7,359,000 5 5 100.0 % 7,359,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 147
South Asia Dalit - Madiga 8,914,000 3 3 100.0 % 8,914,000 100.0 % ● Hinduism 0.1 % 0.1 % 178
South Asia Dalit - Namassej 8,853,000 6 6 100.0 % 8,853,000 100.0 % ● Hinduism 0.5 % 0.2 % 177
South Asia Dalit - other 163,711,000 366 359 98.1 % 163,659,000 100.0 % ● Hinduism 0.5 % 0.3 % 3,273
South Asia Dalit - Pasi 9,923,000 8 8 100.0 % 9,923,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.1 % 0.0 % 198
South Asia Dalit - Rajbansi 7,425,000 4 3 75.0 % 7,292,000 98.2 % ● Hinduism 0.6 % 0.3 % 146
South Asia Dalit - Valmiki 1,127,000 9 9 100.0 % 1,127,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 23
South Asia Forward Caste - Bania 36,585,000 76 76 100.0 % 36,585,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 732
South Asia Forward Caste - Brahmin 77,043,000 129 128 99.2 % 77,038,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 1,541
South Asia Forward Caste - Nair 7,738,000 3 3 100.0 % 7,738,000 100.0 % ● Hinduism 0.2 % 0.1 % 155
South Asia Forward Caste - other 12,292,000 23 20 87.0 % 11,938,000 97.1 % ● Hinduism 1.6 % 0.6 % 239
South Asia Forward Caste - Rajput 56,718,000 99 99 100.0 % 56,718,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 1,134
South Asia Hindu - Badhai 8,384,000 10 10 100.0 % 8,384,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 168
South Asia Hindu - Bhoi 8,589,000 15 15 100.0 % 8,589,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 172
South Asia Hindu - Jat 24,858,000 79 79 100.0 % 24,858,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 497
South Asia Hindu - Kahar 9,741,000 4 4 100.0 % 9,741,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 195
South Asia Hindu - Kapu 19,967,000 6 6 100.0 % 19,967,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 399
South Asia Hindu - Kayastha 12,207,000 10 10 100.0 % 12,207,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 244
South Asia Hindu - Kumhar 20,149,000 13 12 92.3 % 20,142,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 403
South Asia Hindu - Kunbi 24,068,000 17 17 100.0 % 24,068,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 481
South Asia Hindu - Kurmi 22,229,000 5 5 100.0 % 22,229,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 445
South Asia Hindu - Mahishya 12,442,000 2 2 100.0 % 12,442,000 100.0 % ● Hinduism 0.4 % Unknown 249
South Asia Hindu - Mahratta 49,620,000 10 10 100.0 % 49,620,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 992
South Asia Hindu - Mali 13,784,000 6 6 100.0 % 13,784,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 276
South Asia Hindu - Nai 14,028,000 8 8 100.0 % 14,028,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 281
South Asia Hindu - other 309,169,000 944 880 93.2 % 302,250,000 97.8 % ● Hinduism 0.5 % 0.2 % 6,045
South Asia Hindu - Sonar 10,505,000 22 22 100.0 % 10,505,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 210
South Asia Hindu - Teli 23,251,000 11 10 90.9 % 23,246,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 465
South Asia Hindu - Vakkaliga 8,464,000 4 4 100.0 % 8,464,000 100.0 % ● Hinduism 0.2 % 0.1 % 169
South Asia Hindu - Vanniyan 908,000 6 6 100.0 % 908,000 100.0 % ● Hinduism 1.1 % 0.4 % 18
South Asia Hindu - Viswakarma 10,076,000 9 9 100.0 % 10,076,000 100.0 % ● Hinduism 0.1 % 0.0 % 202
South Asia Hindu - Yadav 75,206,000 32 32 100.0 % 75,206,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 1,504
South Asia Muslim - Ansari 17,148,000 6 6 100.0 % 17,148,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 343
South Asia Muslim - Arain 11,818,000 2 2 100.0 % 11,818,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 236
South Asia Muslim - Jat 37,891,000 142 142 100.0 % 37,891,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 758
South Asia Muslim - other 279,659,000 579 573 99.0 % 279,552,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.1 % 0.0 % 5,591
South Asia Muslim - Pashtun 97,313,000 283 283 100.0 % 97,313,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 1,946
South Asia Muslim - Rajput 22,929,000 116 116 100.0 % 22,929,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 459
South Asia Muslim - Sayyid 18,687,000 7 7 100.0 % 18,687,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 374
South Asia Muslim - Shaikh 116,367,000 17 17 100.0 % 116,367,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 2,327
South Asia Sikh - Jat 12,290,000 20 19 95.0 % 12,287,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Other / Small 0.0 % 0.0 % 246
South Asia Sikh - other 11,843,000 45 45 100.0 % 11,843,000 100.0 % ● Other / Small 0.4 % 0.1 % 237
South Asia Tribal - Banjara 7,980,000 9 9 100.0 % 7,980,000 100.0 % ● Hinduism 1.5 % 0.7 % 160
South Asia Tribal - Bhil 22,642,000 18 18 100.0 % 22,642,000 100.0 % ● Hinduism 0.8 % 0.3 % 453
South Asia Tribal - Gond 16,370,000 17 17 100.0 % 16,370,000 100.0 % ● Hinduism 0.8 % 0.3 % 327
South Asia Tribal - Kuki Chin 182,000 13 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 83.2 % 60.9 % -
South Asia Tribal - Naga 3,017,000 69 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 96.3 % 36.5 % -
South Asia Tribal - other 112,658,000 453 316 69.8 % 76,203,000 67.6 % ● Hinduism 8.6 % 3.4 % 1,524
Southeast Asian, other 1,807,000 26 8 30.8 % 129,000 7.1 % ● Christianity 38.4 % 6.5 % 3
Spanish 41,843,000 75 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 79.2 % 1.2 % -
Sub-Saharan African, general 1,140,000 10 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 62.3 % 11.5 % -
Sub-Saharan African, other 14,887,000 67 2 3.0 % 80,000 0.5 % ● Christianity 72.2 % 19.2 % 2
Sudanic 15,765,000 81 3 3.7 % 1,084,000 6.9 % ● Christianity 83.2 % 23.5 % 22
Sunda-Betawi of Java 47,865,000 4 4 100.0 % 47,865,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.7 % 0.1 % 957
Susu 2,981,000 9 8 88.9 % 2,928,000 98.2 % ● Islam 0.3 % 0.1 % 59
Swiss 6,897,000 24 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 78.8 % 4.6 % -
Tai 8,601,000 95 87 91.6 % 8,196,000 95.3 % ● Ethnic Religions 0.7 % 0.4 % 164
Taiwan Indigenous 563,000 22 4 18.2 % 4,500 0.8 % ● Christianity 74.8 % 12.3 % 1
Tajik 24,776,000 44 44 100.0 % 24,776,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 496
Talysh 1,504,000 12 12 100.0 % 1,504,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 30
Thai 58,129,000 44 44 100.0 % 58,129,000 100.0 % ● Buddhism 0.9 % 0.4 % 1,163
Tibetan 5,535,000 58 58 100.0 % 5,535,000 100.0 % ● Buddhism 0.2 % 0.0 % 111
Tibeto-Burman, other 21,361,000 223 169 75.8 % 18,331,000 85.8 % ● Ethnic Religions 4.9 % 3.3 % 367
Timor 2,959,000 39 2 5.1 % 30,000 1.0 % ● Christianity 91.0 % 7.8 % 1
Toraja of Sulawesi 1,720,000 13 1 7.7 % 3,700 0.2 % ● Christianity 64.2 % 9.1 % 1
Tuareg 3,725,000 16 16 100.0 % 3,725,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.1 % 0.1 % 74
Tukangbesi of Sulawesi 1,670,000 19 17 89.5 % 1,642,000 98.3 % ● Islam 1.6 % 0.1 % 33
Turkish 74,133,000 107 97 90.7 % 73,821,000 99.6 % ● Islam 0.3 % 0.0 % 1,476
Turkmen 8,042,000 13 13 100.0 % 8,042,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.1 % 0.0 % 161
Ural-Siberian 10,577,000 109 87 79.8 % 9,407,000 88.9 % ● Islam 7.9 % 0.6 % 188
Uyghur 12,400,000 23 23 100.0 % 12,400,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 248
Uzbek 36,905,000 24 24 100.0 % 36,905,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 738
Vanuatu 317,000 98 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 92.3 % 42.3 % -
Vietnamese 87,265,000 36 3 8.3 % 860,000 1.0 % ● Buddhism 9.9 % 1.5 % 17
West Malaysia Indigenous 202,000 27 19 70.4 % 63,000 31.4 % ● Ethnic Religions 5.0 % 2.4 % 1
Yao-Mien 5,906,000 39 33 84.6 % 5,516,000 93.4 % ● Ethnic Religions 0.8 % 0.3 % 110
Yoruba 51,328,000 38 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 58.4 % 48.1 % -
Zapoteco 1,292,000 113 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 93.9 % 5.9 % -
Zhuang 19,723,000 31 30 96.8 % 19,723,000 100.0 % ● Ethnic Religions 0.9 % 0.5 % 394
Totals:   267 8,078,733,000 17,350 7,248 41.8 % 3,494,407,000 43.3 % 123 ●   31.1 % 7.7 % 73,129
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