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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 *
Somali Bantu United States 52,000 Maay Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Turk, Meskhetian United States 16,000 English Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yazidi United States 4,100 Kurdish, Northern Ethnic Religions ● 2.40 % 1.50 % 1
Afghani, general United States 99,000 Dari Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Jew, Persian United States 65,000 Persian, Iranian Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Khuen United States 2,800 Khuen Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.10 % 1
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk United States 1,100 Azerbaijani, South Islam ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Jat (Sikh traditions) United States 208,000 Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small ● 0.40 % 0.30 % 4
Tai Don, White Tai United States 13,000 Tai Don Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Mongolian, Peripheral United States 3,600 Mongolian, Peripheral Buddhism ● 3.00 % 2.00 % 1
Tai Lue United States 4,500 Lu Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.00 % 1
Mongol, Khalka United States 15,000 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.20 % 1
Turk United States 197,000 Turkish Islam ● 3.00 % 0.50 % 4
Shaikh United States 201,000 Bengali Islam ● 0.80 % 0.50 % 4
Oriya United States 1,100 Odia Hinduism ● 4.00 % 0.50 % 1
Jat (Muslim traditions) United States 381,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 8
Gujar (Hindu traditions) United States 256,000 Gujarati Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 5
Jew, Yemeni United States 2,500 Arabic, Judeo-Yemeni Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Uzbek, Southern United States 29,000 Uzbek, Southern Islam ● 0.40 % 0.30 % 1
Uyghur United States 10,000 Uyghur Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Urdu United States 520,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 10
Arab, Tunisian United States 20,000 Arabic, Tunisian Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Tibetan, Central United States 27,000 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % 1
Thai, Isan United States 85,000 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.10 % 2
Wolof United States 20,000 Wolof Islam ● 2.00 % 0.50 % 1
Totals:  7,441 People Groups   3,237,713,000             68,495
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