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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 *
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions) India 373,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 7
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions) Nepal 5,300 Maithili Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Mallah (Muslim traditions) Bangladesh 16,000 Bengali Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Mallah (Muslim traditions) India 61,000 Bengali Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Mallah (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 464,000 Saraiki Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 9
Mallah (Hindu traditions) Bangladesh 18,000 Bengali Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Mallah (Hindu traditions) India 3,521,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀︎ 0.01 % ● 70
Mallah (Hindu traditions) Nepal 199,000 Maithili Hinduism ● 0.24 % ● 4
Malla Jetty India 16,000 Telugu Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Malimpung Indonesia 9,800 Malimpung Islam ● 0.22 % 0.22 % ● 1
Malimasa China 600 Naxi Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Mali Thanapati India 23,000 Odia Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Mali Bhagirathi India 94,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 2
Mali (Sikh traditions) India 5,100 Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Mali (Muslim traditions) India 17,000 Hindi Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Mali (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 77,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀︎ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 2
Mali (Hindu traditions) Bangladesh 180,000 Sylheti Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 4
Mali (Hindu traditions) India 13,455,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀︎ 0.01 % ● 269
Mali (Hindu traditions) Nepal 17,000 Maithili Hinduism ● 0.14 % ● 1
Mali (Hindu traditions) Pakistan 15,000 Sindhi Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Mali India 7,400 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.86 % ● 1
Maleng Vietnam 1,200 Maleng Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Maldivian, Malki Maldives 478,000 Maldivian Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 10
Maldivian Malaysia 2,800 Maldivian Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Malayekandi India 2,000 Malayalam Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Totals:  7,186 People Groups   3,424,947,000             71,685
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