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Criteria

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

7,386

% of World's
People Groups

42.3 %

Population

3,399,669,000

% 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 *
Persian Turkmenistan 17,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Persian United Kingdom 72,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Persian United States 324,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 2.00 % 0.30 % 6
Persian Uzbekistan 35,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Persian Yemen 25,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Afghan, Tajik Iran 425,000 Dari Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 8
Afghan, Tajik Kazakhstan 800 Dari Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Afghan, Tajik Ukraine 900 Dari Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Lao Phuan Cambodia 2,400 Phuan Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Phu Thai United States 57,000 Phu Thai Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.10 % 1
Jew, Polish Israel 134,000 Polish Ethnic Religions ● 0.60 % 0.40 % 3
Rashaida Eritrea 54,000 Arabic, Hijazi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 1
Pomak Italy 2,400 Bulgarian Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Pomak North Macedonia 2,100 Bulgarian Islam ● 1.00 % 0.90 % 1
Jew, Portuguese Israel 2,000 Portuguese Ethnic Religions ● 0.50 % 0.10 % 1
Punjabi Australia 138,000 Punjabi, Eastern Islam ● 1.00 % 0.60 % 3
Punjabi Myanmar (Burma) 11,000 Punjabi, Eastern Hinduism ● 1.20 % 0.63 % 1
Punjabi Canada 290,000 Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small ● 2.50 % 1.50 % 6
Punjabi Iran 38,000 Punjabi, Eastern Hinduism ● 1.00 % 0.10 % 1
Punjabi Japan 68,000 Punjabi, Eastern Islam ● 1.50 % 0.00 % 1
Punjabi Kenya 69,000 Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small ● 0.20 % 0.10 % 1
Punjabi Mauritius 26,000 Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small ● 2.50 % 1.50 % 1
Punjabi Oman 37,000 Punjabi, Eastern Islam ● 1.30 % 0.14 % 1
Punjabi Malaysia 72,000 Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Punjabi New Zealand 22,000 Punjabi, Eastern Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 1
Totals:  7,386 People Groups   3,399,669,000             71,359
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