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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 *
Malay, Cocos Islands Christmas Island 600 Malay, Cocos Islands Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arab Comoros 900 Comorian, Maore Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Makua, Makhuwa-Meetto Comoros 14,000 Makhuwa-Meetto Islam ● 2.00 % 0.50 % 1
Arab Congo, Democratic Republic of 28,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 0.02 % 1
Hausa Congo, Republic of the 12,000 Hausa Islam ☀ 0.09 % 0.04 % 1
Jew, Spanish-speaking Colombia 2,100 Spanish Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
South Asian, general Congo, Democratic Republic of 196,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 1.00 % 0.04 % 4
Fulani, Adamawa Côte d'Ivoire 539,000 Fulfulde, Adamawa Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 11
Fulani, Maasina Côte d'Ivoire 517,000 Fulfulde, Maasina Islam ● 0.20 % 0.10 % 10
Arab, Libyan Côte d'Ivoire 19,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam ● 2.60 % 0.10 % 1
Banda, Nafana Côte d'Ivoire 4,600 Nafaanra Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.90 % 1
Bozo, Sorogoye Côte d'Ivoire 21,000 Bozo, Jenaama Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Hausa Côte d'Ivoire 1,125,000 Hausa Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 22
Karaboro, Eastern Côte d'Ivoire 9,100 Karaboro, Eastern Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 0.60 % 1
Maninka, Eastern Côte d'Ivoire 29,000 Maninkakan, Eastern Islam ● 0.50 % 0.10 % 1
Soninke Côte d'Ivoire 208,000 Soninke Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 4
South Asian, general Côte d'Ivoire 2,700 Hindi Hinduism ● 1.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jew, Spanish-speaking Cuba 500 Spanish Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
South Asian, general Cuba 34,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 3.00 % 0.20 % 1
Sarnami Hindi, East Indian Curacao 600 Hindustani, Sarnami Hinduism ● 1.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arab, Iraqi Cyprus 2,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Wolof Côte d'Ivoire 18,000 Wolof Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jew, Spanish-speaking Ecuador 600 Spanish Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arab, Sudanese Eritrea 33,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 0.10 % 1
Arab, Yemeni Eritrea 36,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.00 % 1
Totals:  7,399 People Groups   3,278,489,000             69,041
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