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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 %

Map Notes
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 = Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Urdu South Africa 15,000 Urdu Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Swahili South Africa 2,500 Swahili Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Somali South Africa 24,000 Somali Islam ● 0.50 % 0.40 % 1
Jewish, English-speaking South Africa 52,000 English Ethnic Religions ● 0.50 % 0.10 % ● 1
Hindi South Africa 476,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 4.00 % 0.60 % 10
Gujarati South Africa 33,000 Gujarati Hinduism ● 3.00 % 0.40 % 1
Bhojpuri Bihari South Africa 59,000 Bhojpuri Hinduism ● 5.00 % 0.50 % 1
Somali Bantu Somalia 905,000 Maay Islam ☀︎ 0.05 % 0.05 % ● 18
Garre Somalia 134,000 Garre Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 3
South Asian, general Somalia 26,000 Gujarati Islam ● 0.25 % 0.09 % 1
Madhiban Somalia 8,400 Somali Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Deaf Somalia 187,000 Language unknown Islam ● 0.33 % ● 4
Oromo, Southern Somalia 104,000 Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji Islam ● 2.00 % 0.30 % ● 2
Tunni Somalia 39,000 Tunni Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Arab, Yemeni Somalia 25,000 Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni Islam ● 0.50 % 0.00 % 1
Swahili, Barawani Somalia 311,000 Swahili Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 6
Baloch, Southern Somalia 11,000 Balochi, Southern Islam ● 0.40 % 0.10 % 1
Somali Somalia 14,213,000 Somali Islam ● 1.11 % 0.94 % ● 284
Mushunguli Somalia 39,000 Mushungulu Islam ● 1.00 % 0.20 % ● 1
Dabarre Somalia 39,000 Dabarre Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Mahra Somalia 4,900 Mehri Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Rahanweyn Somalia 2,373,000 Maay Islam ● 1.09 % 0.91 % ● 47
Jiiddo Somalia 39,000 Jiiddu Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Aweer Somalia 400 Aweer Islam ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Bajuni Somalia 13,000 Swahili Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Totals:  7,282 People Groups   3,434,833,000             71,911
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