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Criteria

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

7,414

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,343,532,000

% of World Population

42.3 %

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Photo People Group Country ▲ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Khmer Australia 36,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 5.00 % 1.40 % 1
Kurd, Kurmanji Australia 4,600 Kurdish, Northern Islam ● 1.00 % 0.70 % 1
Lao Australia 12,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.50 % 1.90 % 1
Nepali, general Australia 133,000 Nepali Hinduism ● 2.00 % 1.50 % 3
Malay Australia 179,000 Malay Islam ● 0.30 % 0.25 % 4
Mandaean Australia 4,200 Mandaic Other / Small ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Sinhalese Australia 149,000 Sinhala Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 3
Pashtun, Northern Australia 9,200 Pashto, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Persian Australia 61,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.80 % 0.70 % 1
Punjabi Australia 137,000 Punjabi, Eastern Islam ● 1.00 % 0.60 % 3
Somali Australia 15,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Swahili Australia 12,000 Swahili Islam ● 3.00 % 0.60 % 1
Urdu Australia 72,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Uyghur Australia 5,100 Uyghur Islam ● 0.50 % 0.40 % 1
Tamil Australia 76,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 2
Turk Australia 48,000 Turkish Islam ● 0.20 % 0.15 % 1
Hmong Njua Australia 2,200 Hmong Njua Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 2.00 % 1
Mongol, Khalka Australia 2,200 Mongolian, Halh Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arab, general Australia 71,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.30 % 1
Afghani, general Australia 27,000 Dari Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bosniak Austria 98,000 Bosnian Islam ● 1.00 % 0.00 % 2
Chechen Austria 26,000 Chechen Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jew, German Austria 10,000 German, Standard Ethnic Religions ● 0.20 % 0.10 % ● 1
Kurd, Kurmanji Austria 26,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ● 0.10 % 0.00 % 1
Persian Austria 15,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 1.00 % 0.20 % 1
Totals:  7,414 People Groups   3,343,532,000             70,266
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