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Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians <= 5%
Progress Level
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People Groups

7,279

% of World's
People Groups

42.0 %

Population

3,397,314,000

% 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 *
Baggara, Shuwa Arab Nigeria 265,000 Arabic, Chadian Islam ● 0.20 % 0.02 % 5
Baggara, Shuwa Arab United States 2,400 Arabic, Chadian Islam ● 5.00 % 0.50 % 1
Bahonsuai Indonesia 300 Bahonsuai Islam ● 0.65 % 0.65 % ● 1
Bahrupi India 5,600 Marathi Hinduism ● 0.21 % ● 1
Bai, Southern China 671,000 Bai, Southern Buddhism ● 0.13 % 0.13 % ● 13
Baidya (Hindu traditions) India 352,000 Bengali Hinduism ● 0.31 % ● 7
Baiga India 676,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 0.22 % ● 14
Baima China 18,000 Baima Ethnic Religions ● 2.20 % 2.00 % ● 1
Bainouk, Gunyaamolo Gambia 35,000 Bainouk-Gunyaamolo Islam ● 4.00 % 0.20 % 1
Bajau Bukit, Papar Malaysia 2,100 Malay Islam ● 4.00 % 2.00 % ● 1
Bajelani Iraq 78,000 Bajelani Islam ● 0.15 % 0.03 % ● 2
Bajuni Kenya 96,000 Swahili Islam ● 5.00 % 1.00 % ● 2
Bakha Chad 3,200 Karanga Islam ● 3.00 % 1.00 % ● 1
Bakhtiari Iran 1,324,000 Bakhtiari Islam ● 0.20 % 0.20 % ● 26
Bakumpai Indonesia 167,000 Bakumpai Islam ● 2.00 % 0.03 % ● 3
Balaesan Indonesia 6,900 Balaesang Islam ● 0.27 % 0.27 % ● 1
Balai (Hindu traditions) India 2,668,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 0.30 % ● 53
Balanta, Ganja Guinea-Bissau 2,100 Balanta-Ganja Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 1.00 % 1
Balanta, Ganja Senegal 133,000 Balanta-Ganja Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.60 % ● 3
Balanta, Mane Guinea-Bissau 32,000 Balanta-Kentohe Islam ● 0.30 % 0.15 % ● 1
Baliaga, Highland Bali Indonesia 63,000 Bali (Indonesia) Hinduism ● 0.17 % 0.17 % ● 1
Balinese Indonesia 4,200,000 Bali (Indonesia) Hinduism ● 1.26 % 0.15 % ● 84
Balkar Kyrgyzstan 1,400 Karachay-Balkar Islam ● 2.03 % 0.00 % 1
Baloch, Southern Somalia 11,000 Balochi, Southern Islam ● 0.40 % 0.10 % 1
Baloch, Southern Oman 545,000 Balochi, Southern Islam ● 0.85 % 0.20 % 11
Totals:  7,279 People Groups   3,397,314,000             71,183
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