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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 *
Arab, Iraqi United Kingdom 71,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 3.00 % 0.20 % 1
Japanese United Kingdom 30,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % 1
Jew, English-speaking United Kingdom 283,000 English Ethnic Religions ● 0.50 % 0.10 % ● 6
Berber, Kabyle United Kingdom 3,400 Amazigh Islam ● 1.50 % 1.00 % 1
Khmer United Kingdom 11,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.20 % 1.70 % 1
Kurd, Kurmanji United Kingdom 27,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ● 0.30 % 0.05 % 1
Arab, Libyan United Kingdom 25,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam ● 3.00 % 0.20 % 1
Malay, Malaysian United Kingdom 60,000 Malay Islam ● 0.50 % 0.10 % 1
Mandaean United Kingdom 1,100 Mandaic Other / Small ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arab, Moroccan United Kingdom 34,000 Arabic, Moroccan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.00 % 1
Pashtun, Northern United Kingdom 54,000 Pashto, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arab, Palestinian United Kingdom 20,000 Arabic, South Levantine Spoken Islam ● 5.00 % 0.50 % 1
Parsee United Kingdom 4,400 English Other / Small ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Pashtun, Southern United Kingdom 48,000 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Persian United Kingdom 71,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Somali United Kingdom 98,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Swahili United Kingdom 15,000 Swahili Islam ● 2.00 % 0.70 % 1
Bengali, Sylhetti United Kingdom 122,000 Sylheti Islam ● 0.30 % 0.04 % 2
Tajik United Kingdom 4,900 Tajik Islam ● 0.40 % 0.01 % 1
Arab, Yemeni United Kingdom 34,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.00 % 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
Jew, Yahudic United Kingdom 6,800 Arabic, Judeo-Iraqi Ethnic Religions ● 0.50 % 0.10 % 1
Turk United Kingdom 70,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
South Asian, general United Kingdom 3,042,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 3.00 % 1.50 % 61
Totals:  7,423 People Groups   3,367,456,000             70,749
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