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Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians <= 5%
Progress Level
Progress Gauge

People Groups

7,417

% of World's
People Groups

42.6 %

Population

3,369,881,000

% of World Population

42.5 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous ▲ Est. Workers
Needed *
Malay, Malaysian United Kingdom 60,000 Malay Islam ● 0.50 % 0.10 % 1
Malay United States 20,000 Malay Islam ● 1.00 % 0.10 % 1
Malay Yemen 49,000 Malay Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % 1
Giay Laos 7,500 Bouyei Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Makonde Mayotte 1,900 Makonde Islam ● 1.00 % 0.10 % 1
Malay United Arab Emirates 28,000 Malay Islam ● 0.30 % 0.20 % 1
Malay Australia 180,000 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 17,000 Malay Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Malay, Javar Sri Lanka 44,000 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 15,000 Malay Islam ● 0.50 % 0.45 % 1
Mandingo, Mandinka Ghana 6,300 Mandinka Islam ● 2.00 % 0.50 % 1
Cao Lan China 51,000 Cao Lan Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Mandaean Australia 4,200 Mandaic Other / Small ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Mandaean Sweden 5,700 Mandaic Other / Small ● 2.00 % 0.00 % 1
Mandaean United Kingdom 1,100 Mandaic Other / Small ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Mandaean United States 1,900 Mandaic Other / Small ● 2.00 % 0.10 % 1
Mandingo, Mandinka Benin 13,000 Mandinka Islam ● 1.00 % 0.30 % 1
Mandingo, Mandinka United States 10,000 Mandinka Islam ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Maninka, Western Guinea-Bissau 21,000 Maninkakan, Western Islam ● 1.00 % 0.30 % 1
Maninka, Eastern Canada 3,600 Maninkakan, Eastern Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.10 % 1
Maninka, Eastern Gambia 25,000 Maninkakan, Eastern Islam ● 0.30 % 0.15 % 1
Totals:  7,417 People Groups   3,369,881,000             70,796
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