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Criteria

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

7,402

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,278,434,000

% 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 *
Uzbek, Northern United States 66,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam ● 1.00 % 0.30 % 1
Uzbek, Northern Uzbekistan 27,521,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.01 % ● 550
Uzbek, Southern Afghanistan 4,460,000 Uzbek, Southern Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 89
Uzbek, Southern Azerbaijan 2,000 Uzbek, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Uzbek, Southern Belarus 3,500 Uzbek, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Uzbek, Southern Turkey 4,200 Uzbek, Southern Islam ● 0.50 % 0.10 % 1
Uzbek, Southern United States 29,000 Uzbek, Southern Islam ● 0.40 % 0.30 % 1
Vaddar (Hindu traditions) India 3,630,000 Telugu Hinduism ☀ 0.06 % ● 73
Vaddar (Hindu traditions) Pakistan 27,000 Sindhi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Vaddar (Muslim traditions) India 4,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Vaddar (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 102,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 2
Vafsi Iran 22,000 Vafsi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Vai Liberia 189,000 Vai Islam ● 0.70 % 0.23 % ● 4
Vakkaliga India 6,403,000 Kannada Hinduism ● 0.21 % ● 128
Valluvan India 117,000 Tamil Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 2
Valmiki (Balmiki) Mehtar India 128,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 0.86 % ● 3
Valmiki, Balmiki (Hindu traditions) Bangladesh 10,000 Bengali Hinduism ● 0.78 % ● 1
Valmiki, Balmiki (Hindu traditions) India 5,280,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 2.01 % ● 106
Valmiki, Balmiki (Hindu traditions) Nepal 5,500 Awadhi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Vanjara India 962,000 Marathi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 19
Vannan (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 26,000 Tamil Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Vannan (Hindu traditions) India 894,000 Tamil Hinduism ☀ 0.09 % ● 18
Vanniyan India 12,807,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 1.37 % ● 256
Varli India 1,248,000 Varli Hinduism ● 1.42 % ● 25
Varli Pakistan 5,100 Sindhi Hinduism ● 4.96 % ● 1
Totals:  7,402 People Groups   3,278,434,000             69,041
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