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Criteria

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

People Groups

7,186

% of World's
People Groups

41.6 %

Population

3,424,947,000

% of World Population

42.4 %

Map Notes
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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Malay United Arab Emirates 29,000 Malay Islam ● 0.30 % 0.20 % 1
Malay Australia 183,000 Malay Islam ● 0.30 % 0.25 % 4
Malay Myanmar (Burma) 27,000 Malay Islam ☀︎ 0.03 % 0.02 % 1
Malay Canada 2,700 Malay Islam ● 0.11 % 0.10 % 1
Malay Cambodia 18,000 Malay Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Malay Comoros 1,000 Malay Islam ● 0.90 % 0.30 % ● 1
Malay Denmark 800 Malay Islam ● 1.00 % 1.00 % 1
Malay China, Hong Kong 20,000 Malay Islam ● 0.50 % 0.45 % 1
Malay Indonesia 3,325,000 Malay Islam ☀︎ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 67
Malay Japan 9,600 Malay Islam ● 0.60 % 0.20 % 1
Malay Korea, South 9,700 Malay Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % 1
Malay Christmas Island 300 Malay Islam ● 0.50 % 0.50 % 1
Malay Madagascar 37,000 Malay Islam ● 0.50 % 0.10 % 1
Malay Malaysia 13,600,000 Malay Islam ☀︎ 0.10 % 0.08 % ● 272
Malay Netherlands 1,600 Malay Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % 1
Malay New Zealand 22,000 Malay Islam ● 0.90 % 0.30 % 1
Malay Saudi Arabia 19,000 Malay Islam ● 0.80 % 0.20 % 1
Malay Singapore 563,000 Malay Islam ● 0.60 % 0.20 % ● 11
Malay Taiwan 21,000 Malay Islam ● 0.50 % 0.30 % 1
Malay United States 21,000 Malay Islam ● 1.00 % 0.10 % 1
Malay Yemen 51,000 Malay Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % 1
Malava India 23,000 Tulu Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Malasar India 11,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 0.15 % ● 1
Malaneese India 1,300 Pahari, Kullu Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Malakuravan India 1,400 Tamil Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Totals:  7,186 People Groups   3,424,947,000             71,685
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