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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

3,226,934,000

% 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 *
Kurd, Kurmanji Turkmenistan 50,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Kumyk Turkmenistan 600 Kumyk Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kazakh Turkmenistan 29,000 Kazakh Islam ● 0.80 % 0.00 % 1
Karakalpak Turkmenistan 5,700 Karakalpak Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Dargin Turkmenistan 3,000 Dargwa Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Tatar, Crimean Turkmenistan 1,700 Crimean Tatar Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Chechen Turkmenistan 1,000 Chechen Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Brahui Turkmenistan 1,200 Brahui Islam ● 0.11 % 0.10 % 1
South Asian, Bengali-speaking Turkmenistan 700 Bengali Hinduism ● 5.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bashkir Turkmenistan 8,000 Bashkort Islam ● 3.00 % 1.00 % 1
Azerbaijani Turkmenistan 50,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Avar Turkmenistan 900 Avar Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Turk, Meskhetian Turkey 22,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yazidi Turkey 2,800 Kurdish, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Arab, North Iraqi Turkey 568,000 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.10 % 11
Jew, Turkish Turkey 5,500 Turkish Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Gajal, Gadzhal Turkey 18,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Jew, Spanish Turkey 16,000 Ladino Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Deaf Turkey 422,000 Turkish Sign Language Islam ● 0.21 % ● 8
Hemshin Turkey 22,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk Turkey 590,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 12
Alawite Turkey 554,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ☀ 0.03 % 0.01 % ● 11
Kurd, Turkish-speaking Turkey 6,301,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % ● 126
Turk Turkey 59,258,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % ● 1,185
Yoruk Turkey 463,000 Balkan Gagauz Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 9
Totals:  7,414 People Groups   3,226,934,000             68,295
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