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Criteria

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

7,398

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,275,114,000

% 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 *
Sindhi United States 50,000 Sindhi Hinduism ● 1.00 % 0.08 % 1
Sinhalese United States 11,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 4.00 % 1.20 % 1
Pashtun, Northern United States 151,000 Pashto, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 3
Parsee United States 19,000 Parsi Other / Small ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Persian United States 317,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 2.00 % 0.30 % 6
Phu Thai United States 56,000 Phu Thai Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.10 % 1
Punjabi United States 324,000 Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small ● 1.00 % 0.10 % 6
Jew, Russian United States 654,000 Russian Ethnic Religions ● 0.50 % 0.10 % 13
Arab, Saudi - Hijazi United States 77,000 Arabic, Hijazi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Sherpa United States 5,000 Sherpa Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Baggara, Shuwa Arab United States 2,400 Arabic, Chadian Spoken Islam ● 5.00 % 0.50 % 1
Somali United States 184,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 4
Soninke United States 25,000 Soninke Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % 1
Arab, Sudanese United States 1,300 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % 1
Jew, Syrian United States 75,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 2
Tajik United States 9,400 Tajik Islam ● 0.40 % 0.30 % 1
Tai Dam United States 4,300 Tai Dam Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.10 % 1
Arab, Yemeni United States 101,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Tatar United States 11,000 Tatar Islam ● 1.00 % 0.00 % 1
South Asian, Telugu-speaking United States 422,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 3.00 % 0.60 % 8
Cham, Western United States 3,300 Cham, Western Islam ● 1.00 % 0.10 % 1
Wolof United States 20,000 Wolof Islam ● 2.00 % 0.50 % 1
Thai, Isan United States 85,000 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.10 % 2
Tibetan, Central United States 27,000 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % 1
Arab, Tunisian United States 20,000 Arabic, Tunisian Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Totals:  7,398 People Groups   3,275,114,000             68,979
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