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Criteria

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

7,432

% of World's
People Groups

42.6 %

Population

3,235,374,000

% of World Population

41.7 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous ▼ Est. Workers
Needed *
Somali South Africa 24,000 Somali Islam ● 0.50 % 0.40 % 1
Somali Sudan 1,800 Somali Islam ● 1.00 % 1.00 % 1
Somali Sweden 46,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Somali Tanzania 68,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Somali United Kingdom 58,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Somali United States 155,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 3
Somali Yemen 447,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.03 % 9
Songhai-Koyraboro Benin 9,000 Songhay, Koyraboro Senni Islam ● 0.81 % 0.20 % 1
Songhai-Koyraboro Ghana 9,600 Songhay, Koyraboro Senni Islam ● 2.00 % 0.30 % 1
Soninke Guinea-Bissau 5,700 Soninke Islam ● 0.50 % 0.30 % 1
Soninke United States 20,000 Soninke Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % 1
Bozo, Sorogoye Côte d'Ivoire 20,000 Bozo, Jenaama Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bozo, Sorogoye Nigeria 20,000 Bozo, Jenaama Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Baloch, Southern United Arab Emirates 395,000 Balochi, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 8
Baloch, Southern Oman 599,000 Balochi, Southern Islam ● 0.85 % 0.20 % 12
Baloch, Southern Qatar 56,000 Balochi, Southern Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 1
Baloch, Southern Saudi Arabia 17,000 Balochi, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Baloch, Southern Somalia 9,400 Balochi, Southern Islam ● 0.40 % 0.10 % 1
Sama, Southern Malaysia 18,000 Sama, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Thai, Southern Malaysia 4,100 Thai, Southern Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yukaghir, Chuvan Ukraine 200 Ukrainian Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jew, Spanish-speaking Bolivia 500 Spanish Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jew, Spanish-speaking Chile 19,000 Spanish Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.20 % 1
Jew, Spanish-speaking Colombia 2,400 Spanish Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jew, Spanish-speaking Cuba 500 Spanish Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Totals:  7,432 People Groups   3,235,374,000             68,459
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