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Criteria

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

7,423

% of World's
People Groups

42.6 %

Population

3,367,456,000

% of World Population

42.5 %

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Photo People Group Country ▼ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Hindi South Africa 467,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 4.00 % 0.60 % 9
Jew, English-speaking South Africa 52,000 English Ethnic Religions ● 0.50 % 0.10 % ● 1
Somali South Africa 24,000 Somali Islam ● 0.50 % 0.40 % 1
Swahili South Africa 2,500 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Urdu South Africa 15,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Malay, Cape South Africa 324,000 Afrikaans Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % ● 6
Arab Somalia 7,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 3.00 % 0.50 % 1
Arab, Omani Somalia 99,000 Arabic, Omani Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 2
Bajuni Somalia 12,000 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Aweer Somalia 400 Aweer Islam ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Jiiddo Somalia 37,000 Jiiddu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Rahanweyn Somalia 2,232,000 Maay Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % ● 45
Mahra Somalia 4,600 Mehri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Dabarre Somalia 37,000 Dabarre Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Mushunguli Somalia 37,000 Mushungulu Islam ● 1.00 % 0.20 % ● 1
Somali Somalia 13,371,000 Somali Islam ● 0.30 % 0.01 % ● 267
Baloch, Southern Somalia 10,000 Balochi, Southern Islam ● 0.40 % 0.10 % 1
Swahili, Barawani Somalia 292,000 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 6
Arab, Yemeni Somalia 24,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.00 % 1
Tunni Somalia 37,000 Tunni Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Oromo, Southern Somalia 98,000 Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji Islam ● 2.00 % 0.30 % ● 2
Deaf Somalia 176,000 Language unknown Islam ● 0.33 % ● 4
Madhiban Somalia 7,900 Somali Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
South Asian, general Somalia 24,000 Gujarati Islam ● 0.25 % 0.09 % 1
Garre Somalia 126,000 Garre Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 3
Totals:  7,423 People Groups   3,367,456,000             70,749
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