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Criteria

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

7,403

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,274,637,000

% 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 *
Swahili New Zealand 1,600 Swahili Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 1
Swahili Reunion 25,000 Swahili Islam ● 0.40 % 0.10 % 1
Swahili Rwanda 6,100 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Swahili Saudi Arabia 414,000 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 8
Swahili South Africa 2,500 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Swahili Sudan 25,000 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Swahili United Kingdom 15,000 Swahili Islam ● 2.00 % 0.70 % 1
Swahili Zambia 47,000 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arab, Syrian Iraq 21,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 3.00 % 0.10 % 1
Arab, Syrian Qatar 275,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 0.10 % 5
Arab, Syrian Saudi Arabia 269,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 4.00 % 0.10 % 5
Arab, Syrian Turkey 592,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 5.00 % 0.40 % 12
Arab, Syrian West Bank / Gaza 15,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 5.00 % 0.10 % 1
Jew, Syrian Lebanon 2,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.09 % 0.00 % 1
Jew, Syrian United States 75,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 2
Tabasaran Turkmenistan 600 Tabasaran Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Tabasaran Ukraine 900 Tabasaran Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Tabasaran Uzbekistan 800 Tabasaran Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Tajik Belgium 5,100 Tajik Islam ☀ 0.03 % 0.02 % 1
Tajik Canada 1,900 Tajik Islam ☀ 0.04 % 0.03 % 1
Tajik Finland 3,600 Tajik Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 1
Tai Dam Thailand 800 Tai Dam Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 0.90 % 1
Tai Dam United States 4,300 Tai Dam Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.10 % 1
Tai Nua, Chinese Shan Laos 15,000 Tai Nua Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Tai Nua, Chinese Shan Vietnam 109,000 Tai Nua Buddhism ● 0.19 % 0.17 % 2
Totals:  7,403 People Groups   3,274,637,000             68,974
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