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Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians <= 5%
Progress Level
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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 *
Parya, Laghmani Afghanistan 400 Parya Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Pashtun, Southern Afghanistan 4,500,000 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % ● 90
Persian Afghanistan 700,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.12 % 0.10 % 14
Afghan, Tajik Afghanistan 11,293,000 Dari Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 226
Nuristani, Prasuni Afghanistan 10,000 Prasuni Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Qizilbash Afghanistan 316,000 Dari Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 6
Punjabi Afghanistan 6,300 Punjabi, Eastern Islam ● 1.00 % 0.30 % ● 1
Romani, Balkan Afghanistan 18,000 Romani, Balkan Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Sanglechi Afghanistan 2,900 Sanglechi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Sau Afghanistan 5,100 Savi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Shughni Afghanistan 48,000 Shughni Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Shumashti Afghanistan 1,700 Shumashti Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Pashayi, Southeast Afghanistan 578,000 Pashai, Southeast Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 12
Pashayi, Southwest Afghanistan 128,000 Pashai, Southwest Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % ● 3
Arab, Tajiki Afghanistan 19,000 Arabic, Tajiki Spoken Islam ● 0.20 % 0.20 % 1
Tangshuri Afghanistan 17,000 Dari Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Punjabi, Western Afghanistan 39,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ● 0.20 % 0.10 % ● 1
Baloch, Western Afghanistan 494,000 Balochi, Western Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 10
Wotapuri-Katarqalai Afghanistan 3,600 Pashto, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Tirahi Afghanistan 6,100 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Nuristani, Tregami Afghanistan 4,500 Tregami Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Turkmen Afghanistan 2,294,000 Turkmen Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 46
Ormuri Afghanistan 3,400 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Uyghur Afghanistan 3,600 Uyghur Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.05 % 1
Uzbek, Southern Afghanistan 4,636,000 Uzbek, Southern Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 93
Totals:  7,423 People Groups   3,367,456,000             70,749
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