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Criteria

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

7,425

% of World's
People Groups

42.6 %

Population

3,367,259,000

% 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 Türkiye 28,000 Somali Islam ● 0.40 % 0.30 % 1
Somali Tanzania 75,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Somali United Kingdom 98,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Somali United States 187,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 4
Somali Yemen 505,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.03 % 10
Soligar India 7,300 Sholaga Hinduism ● 0.54 % ● 1
Soiri India 100,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 2
Sogwo Arig China 49,000 Tibetan, Amdo Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Socotran United Arab Emirates 15,000 Soqotri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Socotran Yemen 125,000 Soqotri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 2
So Tri Laos 12,000 Bru, Eastern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.10 % 0.05 % ● 1
So Laos 89,000 So Buddhism ● 1.40 % 1.00 % ● 2
So Thailand 75,000 So Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.60 % ● 2
Siyar Nepal 600 Nepali Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Sirvi India 370,000 Marwari Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 7
Sipai India 600 Gujarati Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Sino-Burmese China, Macau 21,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.30 % 1
Sinhalese Australia 70,000 Sinhala Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Sinhalese Canada 20,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 2.80 % 1.50 % 1
Sinhalese Denmark 7,100 Sinhala Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Sinhalese China, Hong Kong 800 Sinhala Buddhism ● 1.00 % 1.00 % 1
Sinhalese India 5,200 Sinhala Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Sinhalese Italy 59,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Sinhalese Maldives 2,600 Sinhala Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.60 % 1
Sinhalese Malaysia 4,600 Sinhala Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.10 % 1
Totals:  7,425 People Groups   3,367,259,000             70,747
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