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Criteria

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

7,418

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,233,450,000

% 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 *
Cypriots, Turkish United States 1,500 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Thai United States 127,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 3
Okinawan, Ryukyuan United States 4,400 Okinawan, Central Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 0.20 % 1
Kurd, Central United States 15,000 Kurdish, Central Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Burmese United States 194,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.30 % 4
Brunei Malay, Kedayan United States 700 Brunei Islam ● 1.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bosniak United States 202,000 Bosnian Islam ● 2.00 % 0.10 % 4
Bisaya, Sabah United States 14,000 Bisaya, Sabah Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arab, Saudi - Najdi United States 5,900 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
South Asian, Bengali-speaking United States 142,000 Bengali Islam ● 1.00 % 0.00 % 3
Balkar United States 600 Karachay-Balkar Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Azerbaijani United States 1,100 Azerbaijani, North Islam ● 1.00 % 0.60 % 1
Algerian, Arabic-speaking United States 25,000 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arab, Omani United States 1,000 Arabic, Omani Spoken Islam ● 3.00 % 1.50 % 1
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken United States 20,000 Arabic, Gulf Spoken Islam ● 4.00 % 2.00 % 1
Adyghe United States 9,100 Adyghe Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
South Asian, general United Kingdom 3,059,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 3.00 % 1.50 % 61
Turk United Kingdom 51,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jew, Yahudic United Kingdom 6,900 Arabic, Judeo-Iraqi Ethnic Religions ● 0.50 % 0.10 % 1
Tigre, Eritrean United Kingdom 15,000 Tigre Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.00 % 1
Tajik United Kingdom 41,000 Tajik Islam ● 0.40 % 0.01 % 1
Arab, Yemeni United Kingdom 34,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.00 % 1
Bengali, Sylhetti United Kingdom 122,000 Sylheti Islam ● 0.30 % 0.04 % 2
Swahili United Kingdom 15,000 Swahili Islam ● 2.00 % 0.70 % 1
Somali United Kingdom 58,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Totals:  7,418 People Groups   3,233,450,000             68,416
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