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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 *
So Thailand 75,000 So (Laos) Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.60 % ● 2
So Tri Laos 12,000 Bru, Eastern Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.10 % 0.05 % ● 1
Socotran Yemen 130,000 Soqotri Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 3
Soi Iran 9,500 Soi Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Bedouin, Soliman Chad 44,000 Arabic, Algerian Saharan Islam ☀︎ 0.03 % 0.02 % ● 1
Somali, Issa Djibouti 560,000 Somali Islam ● 0.68 % 0.08 % ● 11
Somali Kenya 2,596,000 Somali Islam ● 0.22 % 0.18 % ● 52
Somali Somalia 14,213,000 Somali Islam ● 1.11 % 0.94 % ● 284
Ajuran, Somali-speaking Kenya 195,000 Somali Islam ☀︎ 0.10 % 0.08 % ● 4
Songhai-Koyraboro Mali 1,245,000 Songhay, Koyraboro Senni Islam ● 0.20 % 0.00 % ● 25
Songhai-Koyraboro Niger 1,050,000 Songhay, Koyraboro Senni Islam ● 0.20 % 0.10 % ● 21
Soninke Gambia 162,000 Soninke Islam ● 0.40 % 0.15 % ● 3
Soninke Mali 2,057,000 Soninke Islam ☀︎ 0.01 % 0.00 % ● 41
Soninke Mauritania 255,000 Soninke Islam ● 0.15 % 0.12 % ● 5
Soninke Senegal 402,000 Soninke Islam ● 2.00 % 0.05 % ● 8
Sonsogon Malaysia 5,200 Kimaragang Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.50 % ● 1
Bozo, Jenaama Mali 412,000 Bozo, Jenaama Islam ☀︎ 0.03 % 0.00 % ● 8
Giziga, South Cameroon 151,000 Giziga Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 1.30 % ● 3
Pashayi, Southeast Afghanistan 609,000 Pashai, Southeast Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 12
Sama, Southern Philippines 271,000 Sama, Southern Islam ☀︎ 0.06 % 0.06 % ● 5
Thai, Southern Thailand 5,355,000 Thai, Southern Buddhism ● 0.90 % 0.25 % ● 107
Amami-Oshima, Southern Japan 1,700 Amami-Oshima, Southern Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.50 % ● 1
Baloch, Southern Iran 540,000 Balochi, Southern Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 11
Barasano, Southern Colombia 900 Barasana-Eduria Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Chuvan Russia 900 Russian Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.30 % ● 1
Totals:  7,282 People Groups   3,434,833,000             71,911
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