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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 *
Jing, Vietnamese China 23,000 Vietnamese Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 0.15 % 1
Muak Sa-aak China 1,000 Muak Sa-aak Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Samtao China 200 Samtao Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Hui China, Macau 1,100 Chinese, Mandarin Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Sino-Burmese China, Macau 19,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.30 % 1
Thai China, Macau 800 Thai Buddhism ● 1.70 % 0.50 % 1
Phula China 7,300 Phula Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.02 % 1
Purik China 800 Purig Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Riang China 2,100 Riang Lang Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Tai Man, Shan China 700 Shan Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Teleut China Unknown Altai, Northern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Thami China 600 Thangmi Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Tuvan China 4,400 Tuvan Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Walang China 2,100 Walungge Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yakut China 2,900 Yakut Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Hui China, Hong Kong 37,000 Chinese, Mandarin Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Japanese China, Hong Kong 10,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.30 % 1
Jew, French China, Hong Kong 800 French Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.50 % 1
Malay China, Hong Kong 15,000 Malay Islam ● 0.50 % 0.45 % 1
Nepali, general China, Hong Kong 17,000 Nepali Hinduism ● 1.00 % 0.90 % 1
Persian China, Hong Kong 800 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 1.00 % 0.90 % 1
Sinhalese China, Hong Kong 800 Sinhala Buddhism ● 1.00 % 1.00 % 1
South Asian, general China, Hong Kong 42,000 Language unknown Hinduism ● 2.00 % 0.80 % 1
Thai China, Hong Kong 10,000 Thai Buddhism ● 1.40 % 0.60 % 1
Malay Christmas Island 400 Malay Islam ● 0.50 % 0.50 % 1
Totals:  7,399 People Groups   3,278,489,000             69,041
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