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Criteria

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

7,403

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,274,637,000

% 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 *
Yao, Muslim Tanzania 632,000 Yao Islam ● 2.00 % 1.20 % ● 13
Yanghuang China 16,000 T'en Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yaminahua Peru 900 Yaminahua Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.70 % ● 1
Yalunka, Dialonke Senegal 15,000 Yalunka Islam ● 0.15 % 0.05 % ● 1
Yalunka Guinea 122,000 Yalunka Islam ● 0.30 % 0.17 % ● 2
Yalunka Mali 17,000 Yalunka Islam ● 0.20 % 0.10 % ● 1
Yakut China 2,900 Yakut Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yakut Russia 487,000 Yakut Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 0.10 % ● 10
Yakthumba, Limbu Bhutan 1,800 Nepali Other / Small ● 3.75 % 1
Yakthumba, Limbu Nepal 376,000 Limbu Other / Small ● 2.69 % ● 8
Yakha Bhutan 200 Nepali Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yakha Nepal 24,000 Yakkha Other / Small ● 0.72 % ● 1
Yakan Malaysia 1,200 Yakan Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yakan Philippines 192,000 Yakan Islam ● 0.15 % 0.15 % ● 4
Yagua Colombia 1,000 Yagua Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 2.00 % ● 1
Yagnob Tajikistan 30,000 Tajik Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yaeyama Japan 46,000 Yaeyama Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.38 % ● 1
Yadav Sadgope Bangladesh 140,000 Bengali Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 3
Yadav Sadgope India 2,606,000 Bengali Hinduism ☀ 0.08 % ● 52
Yadav Rawat India 1,442,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 29
Yadav Rawat Nepal 9,200 Maithili Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions) India 4,885,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 98
Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions) Nepal 29,000 Awadhi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions) Pakistan 4,900 Sindhi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yadav Gola India 4,935,000 Telugu Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 99
Totals:  7,403 People Groups   3,274,637,000             68,974
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