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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

3,434,828,000

% of World Population

42.5 %

Map Notes
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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Guiqiong China 13,000 Guiqiong Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Han Chinese, Mandarin Bangladesh 3,700 Chinese, Mandarin Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Han Chinese, Mandarin Myanmar (Burma) 989,000 Chinese, Mandarin Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.40 % 20
Han Chinese, Hakka Myanmar (Burma) 22,000 Chinese, Hakka Buddhism ● 3.00 % 1.40 % 1
Han Chinese, Hakka Thailand 82,000 Chinese, Hakka Buddhism ● 5.00 % 2.00 % 2
Han Chinese, Cantonese Myanmar (Burma) 75,000 Chinese, Yue Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.30 % 1
Han Chinese, Cantonese Thailand 41,000 Chinese, Yue Buddhism ● 5.00 % 2.00 % 1
Sherpa Helambu Nepal 3,000 Hyolmo Buddhism ● 1.38 % ● 1
Tai Khun Myanmar (Burma) 131,000 Khun Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 3
Tai Khun Laos 800 Khun Buddhism ● 4.00 % 2.00 % ● 1
Tai Khun Thailand 7,200 Khun Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.14 % 1
Hu China 1,100 Hu Buddhism ● 0.27 % 0.27 % ● 1
Intha Myanmar (Burma) 103,000 Intha Buddhism ● 0.10 % 0.07 % ● 2
Japanese United Arab Emirates 3,900 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % 1
Japanese American Samoa 800 Japanese Buddhism ● 5.00 % 1.00 % 1
Japanese Australia 59,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 5.00 % 1.60 % 1
Japanese Austria 2,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 2.00 % 2.00 % 1
Japanese Belgium 4,700 Japanese Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.30 % 1
Japanese Canada 91,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.80 % 2
Japanese Sri Lanka 2,400 Japanese Buddhism ● 2.87 % 1
Japanese China 6,900 Japanese Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Japanese Northern Mariana Islands 800 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % 1
Japanese Denmark 1,800 Japanese Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.50 % 1
Japanese Dominica 900 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % 1
Japanese Dominican Republic 1,700 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % 1
Totals:  7,282 People Groups   3,434,828,000             71,911
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