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Criteria

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

7,399

% of World's
People Groups

42.4 %

Population

3,278,489,000

% of World Population

41.8 %

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Photo People Group Country ▼ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Lak Turkmenistan 4,600 Lak Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kyrgyz Turkmenistan 1,500 Kyrgyz Islam ● 5.00 % 0.70 % 1
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 30,000 Kazakh Islam ● 0.80 % 0.00 % 1
Karakalpak Turkmenistan 5,800 Karakalpak Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jew, Russian Turkmenistan 700 Russian Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Avar Turkmenistan 900 Avar Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Aimaq Turkmenistan 253,000 Aimaq Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 5
Deaf Turkmenistan 46,000 Language unknown Islam ● 1.83 % ● 1
Dargin Turkmenistan 3,100 Dargwa Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Chinese, general Turkmenistan 3,000 Chinese, Mandarin Buddhism ● 3.30 % 2.00 % 1
Chechen Turkmenistan 1,000 Chechen Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Brahui Turkmenistan 1,200 Brahui Islam ● 0.11 % 0.10 % 1
Bashkir Turkmenistan 8,100 Bashkort Islam ● 3.00 % 1.00 % 1
Baloch, Western Turkmenistan 50,000 Balochi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Azerbaijani Turkmenistan 51,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Pashtun, Northern Turkmenistan 10,000 Pashto, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Turkmen Turkmenistan 4,643,000 Turkmen Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.00 % ● 93
Turk Turkmenistan 54,000 Turkish Islam ● 0.20 % 0.00 % 1
Tatar, Crimean Turkmenistan 1,700 Crimean Tatar Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Tatar Turkmenistan 83,000 Tatar Islam ● 0.75 % 0.10 % 2
Tajik Turkmenistan 10,000 Tajik Islam ● 1.00 % 0.10 % 1
Tabasaran Turkmenistan 600 Tabasaran Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
South Asian, Bengali-speaking Turkmenistan 700 Bengali Hinduism ● 5.00 % 0.00 % 1
Totals:  7,399 People Groups   3,278,489,000             69,041
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