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Criteria

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

People Groups

7,432

% of World's
People Groups

42.6 %

Population

3,235,374,000

% of World Population

41.7 %

Map Notes
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Photo People Group Country ▼ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
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
Baloch, Southern United Arab Emirates 395,000 Balochi, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 8
Somali, Issa United Arab Emirates 41,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Socotran United Arab Emirates 16,000 Soqotri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Shihuh United Arab Emirates 20,000 Arabic, Shihhi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Arab, Saudi - Hijazi United Arab Emirates 385,000 Arabic, Hijazi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 8
Persian United Arab Emirates 316,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.40 % 6
Pashtun, Southern United Arab Emirates 146,000 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 3
Arab, Palestinian United Arab Emirates 101,000 Arabic, South Levantine Spoken Islam ● 4.00 % 0.50 % 2
Pashtun, Northern United Arab Emirates 395,000 Pashto, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 8
Malay United Arab Emirates 30,000 Malay Islam ● 0.80 % 0.40 % 1
Nepali, general United Arab Emirates 99,000 Nepali Hinduism ● 0.40 % 0.20 % 2
Arab, Libyan United Arab Emirates 46,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.10 % 1
Arab, Lebanese United Arab Emirates 27,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 5.00 % 0.50 % 1
Arab, Jordanian United Arab Emirates 26,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 0.30 % 1
Japanese United Arab Emirates 4,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % 1
Arab, Iraqi United Arab Emirates 51,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.80 % 0.20 % 1
Hazara United Arab Emirates 100,000 Hazaragi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Bedouin, Gulf United Arab Emirates 192,000 Arabic, Gulf Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 4
Romani, Domari United Arab Emirates 69,000 Arabic, Gulf Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % ● 1
Totals:  7,432 People Groups   3,235,374,000             68,459
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