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Criteria

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

People Groups

7,215

% of World's
People Groups

41.8 %

Population

3,431,570,000

% 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 *
Han Chinese, Hakka Taiwan 4,323,000 Chinese, Hakka Ethnic Religions ● 2.10 % 0.42 % ● 86
Burmese Thailand 213,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.42 % 4
Jama Mapun, Bajau Kagayan Philippines 54,000 Mapun Islam ● 0.43 % 0.43 % ● 1
Tagu China 4,600 Talu Ethnic Religions ● 0.45 % 0.45 % ● 1
Malay, Malaysian Ireland 3,600 Malay Islam ● 0.50 % 0.45 % 1
Malay China, Hong Kong 20,000 Malay Islam ● 0.50 % 0.45 % 1
Amami-Oshima, Northern Japan 9,500 Amami-Oshima, Northern Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.45 % ● 1
Kaidipang Indonesia 12,000 Kaidipang Islam ● 4.00 % 0.45 % ● 1
Xibe, Western China 57,000 Xibe Ethnic Religions ● 0.50 % 0.47 % ● 1
Khisa, Komono Burkina Faso 7,700 Khisa Islam ● 5.00 % 0.49 % ● 1
Tatar Russia 4,698,000 Tatar Islam ● 3.00 % 0.49 % ● 94
Che Wong, Siwang Malaysia 600 Cheq Wong Ethnic Religions ● 0.50 % 0.49 % ● 1
Lagwan, Afade Nigeria 46,000 Afade Islam ● 2.00 % 0.50 % ● 1
Ainu (Japan) Japan 13,000 Ainu (Japan) Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.50 % ● 1
Amarakaire, Harakmbet Peru 2,200 Amarakaeri Ethnic Religions ● 0.60 % 0.50 % ● 1
Arab Gabon 5,800 Arabic, Levantine Islam ● 5.00 % 0.50 % 1
Arab Ghana 3,400 Arabic, Levantine Islam ● 5.00 % 0.50 % 1
Arab North Macedonia 6,300 Arabic, Levantine Islam ● 5.00 % 0.50 % 1
Arab Somalia 7,400 Arabic, Levantine Islam ● 3.00 % 0.50 % 1
Algerian, Arabic-speaking Belgium 53,000 Arabic, Algerian Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % 1
Algerian, Arabic-speaking Spain 61,000 Arabic, Algerian Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % 1
Asilulu Indonesia 14,000 Asilulu Islam ● 5.00 % 0.50 % ● 1
Azerbaijani Belgium 1,100 Azerbaijani, North Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % 1
Bambara Côte d'Ivoire 12,000 Bamanankan Islam ● 5.00 % 0.50 % ● 1
Bambara Guinea-Bissau 2,300 Bamanankan Islam ● 0.90 % 0.50 % 1
Totals:  7,215 People Groups   3,431,570,000             71,755
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