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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 *
Malayan, tribe India 52,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 0.13 % ● 1
Malayan, caste India 39,000 Malayalam Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Malayali India 420,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 0.11 % ● 8
Malayali Maldives 800 Malayalam Hinduism ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Malayali Singapore 28,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 5.00 % 2.00 % 1
Malay, Sumatera North Indonesia 2,318,000 Malay Islam ☀︎ 0.05 % 0.01 % ● 46
Malay, Singkil Indonesia 75,000 Batak Karo Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Malay, Sambas Indonesia 516,000 Malay Islam ☀︎ 0.04 % 0.01 % ● 10
Malay, Riau Indonesia 1,923,000 Malay Islam ☀︎ 0.09 % 0.05 % ● 38
Malay, Riau Singapore 17,000 Malay Islam ● 0.30 % 0.05 % 1
Malay, Pontianak Indonesia 327,000 Malay Islam ● 3.00 % 0.02 % ● 7
Malay, Pattani Thailand 1,573,000 Malay, Pattani Islam ☀︎ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 31
Malay, North Moluccan Indonesia 138,000 Malay, North Moluccan Islam ● 1.00 % 0.05 % ● 3
Malay, Malaysian Ireland 3,600 Malay Islam ● 0.50 % 0.45 % 1
Malay, Malaysian United Kingdom 61,000 Malay Islam ● 0.50 % 0.10 % 1
Malay, Larantuka Indonesia 24,000 Malay, Larantuka Islam ● 2.00 % 0.50 % ● 1
Malay, Ketapang Indonesia 316,000 Malay Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 6
Malay, Kedah Thailand 1,100 Malay, Kedah Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Malay, Javar Sri Lanka 53,000 Sri Lankan Malay Creole Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Malay, Cocos Islands Australia 1,300 Malay, Cocos Islands Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Malay, Cocos Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands 400 Malay, Cocos Islands Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Malay, Cocos Islands Christmas Island 400 Malay, Cocos Islands Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Malay, Cocos Islands Malaysia 6,200 Malay Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Malay, Cape South Africa 330,000 Afrikaans Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % ● 7
Malay, Banda Indonesia 5,000 Malay, Banda Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Totals:  7,186 People Groups   3,424,947,000             71,685
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