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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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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Persian New Zealand 3,700 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 2.00 % 1.40 % 1
Punjabi New Zealand 22,000 Punjabi, Eastern Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 1
Somali New Zealand 1,900 Somali Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Swahili New Zealand 1,700 Swahili Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 1
South Asian, Telugu-speaking New Zealand 5,300 Telugu Hinduism ● 3.00 % 0.60 % 1
Thai, Isan New Zealand 9,200 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ● 0.80 % 0.10 % 1
Urdu New Zealand 7,900 Urdu Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Shaikh New Zealand 1,900 Bengali Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Tamil (Hindu traditions) New Zealand 11,000 Tamil Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Turk New Zealand 1,900 Turkish Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
South Asian, general New Zealand 177,000 English Hinduism ● 4.00 % 2.00 % 4
Afghani, general New Zealand 3,900 Dari Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Algerian, Arabic-speaking Netherlands 95,000 Arabic, Algerian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.05 % 2
Arab, Saudi - Najdi Netherlands 600 Arabic, Najdi Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Berber, Rif Netherlands 166,000 Tarifit Islam ● 0.50 % 0.10 % 3
Bosniak Netherlands 2,300 Bosnian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.02 % 1
Thai Netherlands 23,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.40 % 0.20 % 1
Jewish, Dutch Netherlands 30,000 Dutch Ethnic Religions ● 0.50 % 0.10 % ● 1
Albanian Netherlands 600 Albanian, Gheg Islam ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Arab, Iraqi Netherlands 68,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Islam ● 1.60 % 0.20 % 1
Japanese Netherlands 5,500 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.30 % 1
Kurd, Kurmanji Netherlands 78,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ● 1.00 % 0.40 % 2
Malay Netherlands 1,600 Malay Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % 1
Arab, Moroccan Netherlands 309,000 Arabic, Moroccan Islam ● 0.30 % 0.05 % 6
Persian Netherlands 41,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 3.00 % 0.20 % 1
Totals:  7,282 People Groups   3,434,833,000             71,911
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