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Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians <= 5%
Progress Level
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People Groups

7,186

% of World's
People Groups

41.6 %

Population

3,424,947,000

% of World Population

42.4 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Maravan India 3,621,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 2.45 % ● 72
Marata India 98,000 Tulu Hinduism ☀︎ 0.05 % ● 2
Mararit, Arabized Sudan 127,000 Arabic, Sudanese Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 3
Mararit, Abiyi Sudan 41,000 Mararit Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Mararit Chad 54,000 Mararit Islam ☀︎ 0.03 % 0.01 % ● 1
Maranao, Lanao Philippines 1,503,000 Maranao Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 30
Marakkan (Hindu traditions) India 10,000 Malayalam Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Marakkalage Sri Lanka 9,000 Tamil Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Mappila Sri Lanka 11,000 Malayalam Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Mappila India 9,848,000 Malayalam Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 197
Mao, Northern Ethiopia 4,300 Mawes Aasse Islam ● 4.80 % 1.50 % ● 1
Manyak China 2,400 Ersu Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Manya Guinea 92,000 Manya Islam ☀︎ 0.03 % 0.03 % ● 2
Manya Liberia 102,000 Manya Islam ☀︎ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 2
Mantsi Vietnam 1,300 Mantsi Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 1.00 % ● 1
Mansoori India 100,000 Gujarati Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 2
Mansi, Vogul Russia 12,000 Mansi (Russian Federation) Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.60 % ● 1
Manobo, Umayamnon Philippines 7,800 Manobo, Agusan Ethnic Religions ● 3.35 % 0.86 % ● 1
Manobo, Cotabato Philippines 38,000 Manobo, Cotabato Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Manne India 49,000 Telugu Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Mannan, tribal India 11,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 0.81 % ● 1
Mannan, caste India 315,000 Malayalam Hinduism ☀︎ 0.04 % ● 6
Manna Dhora India 24,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.37 % ● 1
Manmet China 1,800 Man Met Buddhism ● 0.34 % 0.34 % ● 1
Maniyattikkaran India 5,700 Tamil Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Totals:  7,186 People Groups   3,424,947,000             71,685
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