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Criteria

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

7,432

% of World's
People Groups

42.6 %

Population

3,235,374,000

% of World Population

41.7 %

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Photo People Group Country ▲ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Bosniak United States 202,000 Bosnian Islam ● 2.00 % 0.10 % 4
Brunei Malay, Kedayan United States 700 Brunei Islam ● 1.00 % 0.00 % 1
Burmese United States 194,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.30 % 4
Kurd, Central United States 15,000 Kurdish, Central Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Okinawan, Ryukyuan United States 4,400 Okinawan, Central Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 0.20 % 1
Thai United States 127,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 3
Cypriots, Turkish United States 1,500 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Cham, Eastern United States 900 Cham, Eastern Hinduism ● 5.00 % 1.50 % 1
Druze United States 1,100 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Other / Small ● 1.50 % 0.50 % 1
Kabardian United States 3,800 Kabardian Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Fula Jalon United States 5,000 Pular Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Fulani, Fouta Tooro United States 6,100 Pulaar Islam ● 0.60 % 0.40 % 1
Fulani, Adamawa United States 12,000 Fulfulde, Adamawa Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Gujarati United States 598,000 Gujarati Hinduism ● 4.00 % 0.60 % 12
Hindi United States 1,148,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 23
Huichol United States 6,200 Huichol Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 2.00 % 1
Arab, Iraqi United States 126,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 1.60 % 0.20 % 3
Jew, Israeli United States 82,000 Hebrew Ethnic Religions ● 0.30 % 0.10 % 2
Japanese United States 839,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % 17
Jew, Eastern Yiddish-speaking United States 158,000 Yiddish, Eastern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 3
Jew, English-speaking United States 5,285,000 English Ethnic Religions ● 2.70 % 1.60 % ● 106
Jew, Bukharic-speaking United States 36,000 Bukharic Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arab, Jordanian United States 63,000 Arabic, South Levantine Spoken Islam ● 5.00 % 0.30 % 1
Jula, Dyula United States 5,000 Jula Islam ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Kazakh United States 5,500 Kazakh Islam ● 0.50 % 0.30 % 1
Totals:  7,432 People Groups   3,235,374,000             68,459
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