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Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians <= 5%
Progress Level
Progress Gauge

People Groups

7,282

% of World's
People Groups

42.1 %

Population

3,434,833,000

% of World Population

42.5 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Malay, Pattani Thailand 1,573,000 Malay, Pattani Islam ☀︎ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 31
Belitung Indonesia 117,000 Malay Islam ☀︎ 0.05 % 0.03 % ● 2
Prai Laos 31,000 Prai Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Prai Thailand 21,000 Prai Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.10 % ● 1
Pekal Indonesia 41,000 Pekal Islam ☀︎ 0.02 % 0.02 % ● 1
Swahili, Pemba Tanzania 60,000 Swahili Islam ● 0.30 % 0.20 % ● 1
Penan Brunei Unknown Penan, Eastern Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Penan Malaysia 12,000 Penan, Eastern Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.30 % ● 1
Pendau, Umalasa Indonesia 5,400 Pendau Islam ● 2.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Penesak Indonesia 153,000 Musi Islam ● 2.00 % 0.00 % ● 3
Penghulu Indonesia 28,000 Minangkabau Islam ☀︎ 0.05 % 0.05 % ● 1
Penihing, Aoheng Indonesia 4,900 Aoheng Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 0.50 % ● 1
Persian Azerbaijan 12,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Persian Cyprus 1,500 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 1.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Persian India 9,000 Dari Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Persian Iran 42,823,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 1.80 % 1.60 % ● 856
Persian Iraq 549,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % ● 11
Persian Pakistan 13,000 Dari Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Persian Türkiye (Turkey) 130,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.30 % 0.10 % ● 3
Afghan, Tajik Afghanistan 11,983,000 Dari Islam ☀︎ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 240
Lao Phuan Laos 157,000 Phuan Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.80 % ● 3
Lao Phuan Thailand 215,000 Phuan Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.10 % ● 4
Phun, Hpon Myanmar (Burma) 1,600 Burmese Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.40 % ● 1
Phunoi Laos 43,000 Phunoi Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Phu Thai Laos 237,000 Phu Thai Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.04 % ● 5
Totals:  7,282 People Groups   3,434,833,000             71,911
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