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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 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Mahara India 5,600 Odia Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Mahar (Muslim traditions) India 2,700 Marathi Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Mahar (Buddhist traditions) India 10,733,000 Marathi Buddhism ● 0.13 % ● 215
Mahar Pakistan 9,900 Sindhi Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Mahanta Bangladesh 1,900 Bengali Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Mahanta India 104,000 Bengali Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 2
Mahamid Chad 33,000 Arabic, Chadian Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Mahali India 101,000 Bengali Hinduism ● 3.65 % ● 2
Mah Meri, Besisi Malaysia 4,300 Mah Meri Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Maguindanao Philippines 1,417,000 Maguindanaon Islam ☀︎ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 28
Maghaiya India 1,600 Hindi Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Magdhi, Widala Nigeria 5,400 Maghdi Ethnic Religions ● 1.60 % 1.00 % ● 1
Magar Bangladesh 2,500 Bengali Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Magar Bhutan 2,800 Assamese Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Magar Nepal 2,175,000 Nepali Hinduism ● 2.28 % 1.14 % ● 44
Madura Indonesia 7,744,000 Madura Islam ● 0.11 % 0.05 % ● 155
Madiga Dasu India 9,400 Telugu Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Madiga Baineedu India 11,000 Telugu Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Madiga (Muslim traditions) India 2,200 Telugu Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Madiga (Hindu traditions) India 8,894,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.13 % 0.06 % ● 178
Madhiban Kenya 2,700 Somali Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Madhiban Somalia 8,400 Somali Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Madgi India 65,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.52 % ● 1
Madasi Kuruva India 10,000 Telugu Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Madari (Muslim traditions) Bangladesh 5,500 Bengali Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Totals:  7,186 People Groups   3,424,947,000             71,685
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