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Criteria

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

7,413

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,226,866,000

% of World Population

41.6 %

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Photo People Group Country ▼ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Mandaean United Kingdom 1,100 Mandaic Other / Small ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Malay, Malaysian United Kingdom 36,000 Malay Islam ● 0.50 % 0.10 % 1
Arab, Libyan United Kingdom 25,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam ● 3.00 % 0.20 % 1
Kurd, Kurmanji United Kingdom 27,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ● 0.30 % 0.05 % 1
Khmer United Kingdom 11,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.20 % 1.70 % 1
Berber, Kabyle United Kingdom 3,400 Kabyle Islam ● 1.50 % 1.00 % 1
Jew, English-speaking United Kingdom 284,000 English Ethnic Religions ● 0.50 % 0.10 % ● 6
Japanese United Kingdom 30,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % 1
Arab, Iraqi United Kingdom 43,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 3.00 % 0.20 % 1
Berber, Imazighen United Kingdom 3,200 Tamazight, Central Atlas Islam ● 0.60 % 0.10 % 1
Gujarati United Kingdom 635,000 Gujarati Hinduism ☀ 0.05 % 0.03 % 13
Druze United Kingdom 600 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Other / Small ● 1.00 % 0.50 % 1
Cypriots, Turkish United Kingdom 5,400 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Thai United Kingdom 26,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.30 % 1
Burmese United Kingdom 14,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.10 % 1
Arab, Saudi - Najdi United Kingdom 24,000 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ● 0.40 % 0.20 % 1
South Asian, Bengali-speaking United Kingdom 352,000 Bengali Islam ● 1.00 % 0.13 % 7
Arab, Omani United Kingdom 2,200 Arabic, Omani Spoken Islam ● 3.00 % 1.50 % 1
South Asian, general United Arab Emirates 3,937,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 4.00 % 0.70 % 79
Chinese, general United Arab Emirates 33,000 Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 1.00 % 1
Turk United Arab Emirates 10,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arab, Yemeni United Arab Emirates 57,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arab, Syrian United Arab Emirates 49,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 5.00 % 0.10 % 1
Swahili United Arab Emirates 5,400 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arab, Sudanese United Arab Emirates 74,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 1.00 % 0.10 % 1
Totals:  7,413 People Groups   3,226,866,000             68,294
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