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Criteria

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

People Groups

7,282

% of World's
People Groups

42.1 %

Population

3,434,833,000

% of World Population

42.5 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Suri Ethiopia 3,800 Suri, Kacipo-Bale Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 2.00 % ● 1
Berta, Benishangul Ethiopia 347,000 Berta Islam ● 2.00 % 0.10 % ● 7
Chara Ethiopia 24,000 Tsaara Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 1.90 % ● 1
Afar Ethiopia 2,209,000 Afar Islam ● 0.90 % 0.01 % ● 44
Silt'e Ethiopia 1,732,000 Silt'e Islam ● 2.00 % 0.09 % ● 35
Gujarati, Indo-Pakistani Ethiopia 3,800 Gujarati Hinduism ● 2.00 % 2.00 % 1
Harari Ethiopia 57,000 Harari Islam ● 0.30 % 0.05 % ● 1
Oromo, Hararghe Ethiopia 7,939,000 Oromo, Eastern Islam ● 5.00 % 0.05 % ● 159
Gwama Ethiopia 12,000 Gwama Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Mao, Northern Ethiopia 4,300 Mawes Aasse Islam ● 4.80 % 1.50 % ● 1
Daasanach Ethiopia 88,000 Daasanach Ethnic Religions ● 1.50 % 1.00 % ● 2
Shabo Ethiopia 600 Majang Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Somali Ethiopia 8,214,000 Somali Islam ● 0.35 % 0.22 % 164
Arab, Sudanese Ethiopia 22,000 Arabic, Sudanese Islam ● 3.00 % 0.50 % 1
Arab, Yemeni Ethiopia 6,400 Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Negedbeher, Weyto Ethiopia 2,300 Amharic Islam ● 4.40 % 0.67 % ● 1
Toposa Ethiopia 21,000 Toposa Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Turkana Ethiopia 60,000 Turkana Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 0.70 % 1
Amhara, Wollo Ethiopia 6,656,000 Amharic Islam ● 2.90 % 0.20 % ● 133
Oromo, Wollo / Yejju Ethiopia 652,000 Oromo, West Central Islam ● 1.30 % 0.40 % ● 13
Oromo, Gabra Ethiopia 58,000 Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Oromo, Kereyu Ethiopia 111,000 Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji Ethnic Religions ● 2.50 % 2.00 % ● 2
Oromo, Borana Ethiopia 1,573,000 Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 1.30 % ● 31
Oromo, Jima Ethiopia 4,112,000 Oromo, West Central Islam ● 2.00 % 1.30 % ● 82
Wolane Ethiopia 132,000 Wolane Islam ● 3.40 % 0.10 % ● 3
Totals:  7,282 People Groups   3,434,833,000             71,911
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