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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
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Wassulu Mali 203,000 Bamanankan Islam ☀ 0.04 % 0.03 % ● 4
Wamei, Konyagi Guinea 7,900 Wamey Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 0.09 % ● 1
Wali Sudan 19,000 Wali Islam ● 2.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Walang, Bantawa Bhutan 3,600 Bantawa Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Walang China 2,100 Walungge Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Walang India 500 Walungge Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Walang Nepal 1,200 Walungge Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Wala Ghana 105,000 Wali Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 1.50 % ● 2
Wakatobi, Kaledupa Indonesia 168,000 Tukang Besi North Islam ● 3.00 % 0.40 % ● 3
Wakatobi Indonesia 286,000 Tukang Besi South Islam ● 5.00 % 0.00 % ● 6
Viswakarma Panchal India 93,000 Kannada Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 2
Viswakarma Kollan India 191,000 Malayalam Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 4
Viswakarma Asari India 700,000 Malayalam Hinduism ☀ 0.03 % ● 14
Viswakarma Sri Lanka 7,300 Tamil Hinduism ● 2.80 % ● 1
Viswakarma India 7,694,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.12 % ● 154
Vige, Viemo Burkina Faso 15,000 Viemo Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 1.40 % ● 1
Vietnamese Bulgaria 1,700 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 5.00 % 0.40 % 1
Vietnamese Cambodia 827,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.17 % 17
Vellalan India 2,597,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 3.07 % ● 52
Velama India 435,000 Telugu Hinduism ☀ 0.08 % ● 9
Veerabhadreeya (Viramushti) India 42,000 Telugu Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Vathiriyan (Hindu traditions) India 9,300 Tamil Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Varli India 1,248,000 Varli Hinduism ● 1.42 % ● 25
Varli Pakistan 5,100 Sindhi Hinduism ● 4.96 % ● 1
Vanniyan India 12,807,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 1.37 % ● 256
Totals:  7,403 People Groups   3,274,637,000             68,974
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