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Criteria

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

7,414

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,344,527,000

% of World Population

42.3 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous ▲ Est. Workers
Needed *
Makua, Makhuwa-Meetto Mayotte 2,800 Makhuwa-Meetto Islam ● 4.00 % 0.20 % 1
Mahra Kuwait 27,000 Mehri Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % 1
Nepali, general United Arab Emirates 101,000 Nepali Hinduism ● 0.40 % 0.20 % 2
Nepali, general Australia 133,000 Nepali Hinduism ● 2.00 % 1.50 % 3
Nepali, general Myanmar (Burma) 299,000 Nepali Hinduism ● 1.00 % 0.70 % 6
Nepalese, Gurkha Brunei 2,100 Nepali Hinduism ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 1
Nepali, general Canada 8,300 Nepali Hinduism ● 4.00 % 2.00 % 1
Nepali, general Finland 4,000 Nepali Hinduism ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Nepali, general China, Hong Kong 17,000 Nepali Hinduism ● 1.00 % 0.90 % 1
Nepali, general Malaysia 241,000 Nepali Hinduism ● 2.00 % 1.80 % 5
Nepali, general New Zealand 2,700 Nepali Hinduism ● 1.00 % 0.70 % 1
Newah Bhutan 3,600 Nepali Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Giay Laos 7,500 Bouyei Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Malay United Arab Emirates 30,000 Malay Islam ● 0.30 % 0.20 % 1
Malay Australia 179,000 Malay Islam ● 0.30 % 0.25 % 4
Malay Myanmar (Burma) 27,000 Malay Islam ☀ 0.03 % 0.02 % 1
Malay Canada 2,600 Malay Islam ● 0.11 % 0.10 % 1
Malay Cambodia 18,000 Malay Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Malay, Javar Sri Lanka 43,000 Sri Lankan Malay Creole Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Malay Denmark 800 Malay Islam ● 1.00 % 1.00 % 1
Malay, Malaysian Ireland 3,500 Malay Islam ● 0.50 % 0.45 % 1
Malay China, Hong Kong 16,000 Malay Islam ● 0.50 % 0.45 % 1
Malay Japan 9,800 Malay Islam ● 0.60 % 0.20 % 1
Malay Korea, South 9,600 Malay Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % 1
Malay Christmas Island 400 Malay Islam ● 0.50 % 0.50 % 1
Totals:  7,414 People Groups   3,344,527,000             70,286
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