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Criteria

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

People Groups

7,398

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,275,114,000

% of World Population

41.8 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion ▲ Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Khmer New Zealand 9,100 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.00 % 1.40 % 1
Khmer Thailand 65,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.00 % 1.60 % 1
Khmer United Kingdom 11,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.20 % 1.70 % 1
Khmer, Cambodian United States 256,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.00 % 1.60 % 5
Khmer Vietnam 1,331,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.00 % 1.87 % 27
Bulang Myanmar (Burma) 15,000 Blang Buddhism ● 1.90 % 0.80 % ● 1
Bulang China 107,000 Blang Buddhism ☀ 0.06 % 0.06 % ● 2
Bulang Thailand 1,400 Blang Buddhism ● 4.00 % 0.40 % ● 1
Thai, Northern Laos 38,000 Thai, Northern Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Vietnamese Bulgaria 1,700 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 5.00 % 0.40 % 1
Vietnamese Cambodia 827,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.17 % 17
Kiorr Laos 4,800 Kiorr Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.60 % ● 1
Kunigami Japan 4,900 Kunigami Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.00 % ● 1
Kurtokha Bhutan 2,100 Kurtokha Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Larke Nepal 200 Nubri Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Kyerung China 8,500 Kyerung Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Kyerung Nepal 3,100 Kyerung Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Ladakhi China 600 Ladakhi Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Lama India 700 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Lama Pakistan 200 Balti Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Lao Australia 12,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.50 % 1.90 % 1
Lao Myanmar (Burma) 25,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.90 % 1
Lao Cambodia 24,000 Lao Buddhism ● 1.40 % 0.30 % 1
Lao France 19,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.10 % 1
Lao Laos 3,446,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.50 % 2.00 % ● 69
Totals:  7,398 People Groups   3,275,114,000             68,979
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