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Criteria

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

People Groups

7,425

% of World's
People Groups

42.6 %

Population

3,367,259,000

% of World Population

42.5 %

Map Notes
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Photo People Group Country ▼ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Doma, Vadoma Zimbabwe 20,000 Shona Ethnic Religions ● 0.30 % 0.30 % ● 1
Marathi Zimbabwe 7,300 Marathi Hinduism ● 1.00 % 0.10 % 1
Yao Zambia 5,400 Yao Islam ● 3.00 % 1.00 % 1
Swahili Zambia 50,000 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Gujarati Zambia 47,000 Gujarati Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Razihi Yemen 80,000 Razihi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 2
South Asian, general Yemen 357,000 Hindi Islam ● 1.00 % 0.05 % 7
Deaf Yemen 337,000 Language unknown Islam ☀ 0.08 % ● 7
Arab, Tihami Yemen 5,025,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 100
Arab, Yemeni Yemen 7,594,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 152
Arab, Sudanese Yemen 428,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.40 % 9
Somali Yemen 505,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.03 % 10
Socotran Yemen 125,000 Soqotri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 2
Arab, Northern Yemeni Yemen 14,676,000 Arabic, Sanaani Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 294
Persian Yemen 24,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Arab, Palestinian Yemen 36,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 0.10 % 1
Malay Yemen 49,000 Malay Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % 1
Mahra Yemen 101,000 Mehri Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.05 % ● 2
Arab, Iraqi Yemen 43,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 0.20 % 1
Hobyot Yemen 100 Hobyot Islam ● 0.20 % 0.00 % ● 1
Arab, Hadrami Yemen 2,152,000 Arabic, Hadrami Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 43
Arab, Egyptian Yemen 17,000 Arabic, Egyptian Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Muhamasheen, Akhdam Yemen 1,697,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 34
Arab, Omani Yemen 171,000 Arabic, Omani Spoken Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.08 % 3
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken Yemen 17,000 Arabic, Gulf Spoken Islam ● 0.60 % 0.20 % 1
Totals:  7,425 People Groups   3,367,259,000             70,747
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