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Criteria

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

People Groups

7,186

% of World's
People Groups

41.6 %

Population

3,424,947,000

% of World Population

42.4 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Pashtun, Southern United Kingdom 49,000 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Persian United Kingdom 72,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Somali United Kingdom 99,000 Somali Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Swahili United Kingdom 15,000 Swahili Islam ● 2.00 % 0.70 % 1
Arab, Yemeni United Kingdom 34,000 Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni Islam ☀︎ 0.10 % 0.00 % 1
Tajik United Kingdom 5,000 Tajik Islam ● 0.40 % 0.01 % 1
Tibetan United Kingdom 700 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Tigre, Eritrean United Kingdom 15,000 Tigre Islam ☀︎ 0.10 % 0.00 % 1
Jewish, Yahudic United Kingdom 6,900 Arabic, Judeo-Iraqi Ethnic Religions ● 0.50 % 0.10 % 1
Turk United Kingdom 71,000 Turkish Islam ● 0.20 % 0.20 % 1
South Asian, general United Kingdom 3,062,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 3.00 % 1.50 % 61
Afghani, general United Kingdom 79,000 Dari Islam ● 0.40 % 0.40 % 2
Bengali, Sylhetti United Kingdom 122,000 Sylheti Islam ● 0.30 % 0.04 % 2
Adyghe United States 9,300 Adyghe Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken United States 21,000 Arabic, Gulf Islam ● 4.00 % 2.00 % 1
Arab, Omani United States 1,000 Arabic, Omani Islam ● 3.00 % 1.50 % 1
Algerian, Arabic-speaking United States 62,000 Arabic, Algerian Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Azerbaijani United States 58,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam ● 1.00 % 0.60 % 1
Balkar United States 600 Karachay-Balkar Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arab, Saudi - Najdi United States 4,800 Arabic, Najdi Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
South Asian, Bengali-speaking United States 381,000 Bengali Islam ● 1.00 % 0.00 % 8
Jewish Tat, Mountain Jewish United States 10,000 Judeo-Tat Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bisaya, Sabah United States 15,000 Bisaya, Sabah Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bosniak United States 267,000 Bosnian Islam ● 2.00 % 0.10 % 5
Brunei Malay, Kedayan United States 800 Brunei Islam ● 1.00 % 0.00 % 1
Totals:  7,186 People Groups   3,424,947,000             71,685
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