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Criteria

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

7,441

% of World's
People Groups

42.6 %

Population

3,237,713,000

% 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 *
Malay, Cocos Islands Australia 1,300 Malay, Cocos Islands Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Gujarati Australia 54,000 Gujarati Hinduism ● 2.00 % 0.00 % 1
Hazara Australia 16,000 Hazaragi Islam ☀ 0.03 % 0.03 % 1
Arab, Iraqi Australia 70,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 4.00 % 1.00 % 1
Japanese Australia 37,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 5.00 % 1.60 % 1
Jew, English-speaking Australia 114,000 English Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.02 % 2
Khmer Australia 35,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 5.00 % 1.40 % 1
Kurd, Kurmanji Australia 4,500 Kurdish, Northern Islam ● 1.00 % 0.70 % 1
Lao Australia 12,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.50 % 1.90 % 1
Nepali, general Australia 63,000 Nepali Hinduism ● 2.00 % 1.50 % 1
Malay Australia 143,000 Malay Islam ● 0.30 % 0.25 % 3
Mandaean Australia 4,100 Mandaic Other / Small ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Sinhalese Australia 113,000 Sinhala Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Pashtun, Northern Australia 9,000 Pashto, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Persian Australia 60,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.80 % 0.70 % 1
Punjabi Australia 134,000 Punjabi, Eastern Islam ● 1.00 % 0.60 % 3
Somali Australia 14,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Swahili Australia 12,000 Swahili Islam ● 3.00 % 0.60 % 1
Urdu Australia 70,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Uyghur Australia 5,000 Uyghur Islam ● 0.50 % 0.40 % 1
Tamil Australia 74,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Turk Australia 47,000 Turkish Islam ● 0.20 % 0.15 % 1
Hmong Njua Australia 2,200 Hmong Njua Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 2.00 % 1
Mongol, Khalka Australia 2,200 Mongolian, Halh Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arab, general Australia 69,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.30 % 1
Totals:  7,441 People Groups   3,237,713,000             68,495
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