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Criteria

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

People Groups

7,423

% of World's
People Groups

42.6 %

Population

3,367,456,000

% of World Population

42.5 %

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Photo ▼ People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Somali, Issa Djibouti 545,000 Somali Islam ● 0.20 % 0.12 % ● 11
Somali Bantu Canada 6,100 Maay Islam ● 0.80 % 0.30 % 1
Somali Bantu Kenya 111,000 Maay Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.05 % ● 2
Somali Bantu Somalia 852,000 Maay Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.05 % ● 17
Somali Bantu United States 53,000 Maay Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Somali Australia 15,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Somali Belgium 1,400 Somali Islam ● 1.00 % 1.00 % 1
Somali Canada 102,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.07 % 0.07 % 2
Somali Denmark 11,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Somali Eritrea 1,800 Somali Islam ● 0.33 % 0.00 % 1
Somali Ethiopia 7,813,000 Somali Islam ● 0.14 % 0.03 % 156
Somali Finland 22,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Somali Italy 5,200 Somali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Somali Kenya 2,496,000 Somali Islam ● 0.11 % 0.09 % ● 50
Somali Malta 1,300 Somali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Somali Netherlands 42,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Somali Norway 44,000 Somali Islam ● 0.50 % 0.10 % 1
Somali New Zealand 1,800 Somali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Somali Saudi Arabia 75,000 Somali Islam ● 0.33 % 0.00 % 2
Somali South Africa 24,000 Somali Islam ● 0.50 % 0.40 % 1
Somali Somalia 13,371,000 Somali Islam ● 0.30 % 0.01 % ● 267
Somali Sudan 1,900 Somali Islam ● 1.00 % 1.00 % 1
Somali Sweden 48,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Somali Turkey 28,000 Somali Islam ● 0.40 % 0.30 % 1
Somali Tanzania 75,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Totals:  7,423 People Groups   3,367,456,000             70,749
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