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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 *
Somali Italy 5,300 Somali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
South Asian, Bengali-speaking Italy 93,000 Bengali Islam ● 4.00 % 0.20 % 2
Jew, French Israel 39,000 French Ethnic Religions ● 0.20 % 0.05 % 1
Jew, Georgian Israel 60,000 Judeo-Georgian Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.90 % 1
Tajik Italy 4,800 Tajik Islam ● 1.00 % 0.01 % 1
Thai Italy 5,400 Thai Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Turk Italy 18,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Lezgin Kazakhstan 3,600 Lezgi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Mongolian Kazakhstan 700 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.40 % 1
Jew, German Israel 15,000 German, Standard Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.10 % 0.05 % 1
Jew, Hungarian-speaking Israel 24,000 Hungarian Ethnic Religions ● 0.20 % 0.10 % 1
Jew, Judeo-Moroccan Israel 55,000 Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jew, Kurdistani Israel 5,100 Hulaula Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
South Asian, general Italy 424,000 Urdu Islam ● 4.00 % 0.50 % 8
Wolof Italy 81,000 Wolof Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Jew, English-speaking Japan 2,000 English Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 2.00 % 1
Malay Japan 9,800 Malay Islam ● 0.60 % 0.20 % 1
Mongol, Khalka Japan 4,500 Mongolian, Halh Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.50 % 1
Egyptian, Balkan Kosovo 12,000 Albanian, Tosk Islam ● 2.00 % 0.20 % 1
Marathi Kenya 500 Marathi Hinduism ● 2.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jew, Marathi Israel 11,000 Marathi Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.10 % 0.05 % 1
Jew, Persian Israel 57,000 Dzhidi Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jew, Polish Israel 129,000 Polish Ethnic Religions ● 0.60 % 0.40 % 3
Jew, Portuguese Israel 1,900 Portuguese Ethnic Religions ● 0.50 % 0.10 % 1
Jew, Romanian Israel 205,000 Hebrew Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.05 % 0.05 % 4
Totals:  7,399 People Groups   3,278,489,000             69,041
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