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Criteria

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

People Groups

7,414

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,227,165,000

% of World Population

41.6 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous ▼ Est. Workers
Needed *
Tatar Turkmenistan 82,000 Tatar Islam ● 0.75 % 0.10 % 2
Tatar United States 11,000 Tatar Islam ● 1.00 % 0.00 % 1
Tatar Uzbekistan 479,000 Tatar Islam ● 0.30 % 0.15 % 10
Tausug, Joloano Sulu Indonesia 22,000 Tausug Islam ● 0.50 % 0.33 % 1
Tausug, Sulu Malaysia 219,000 Tausug Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 4
Tubu, Teda Libya 2,600 Tedaga Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Tubu, Teda Sudan 10,000 Tedaga Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Cham, Western Vietnam 47,000 Cham, Western Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.00 % 1
Gurung Ghaleg Bhutan 10,000 Nepali Buddhism ● 3.58 % 1
Berber, Tekna Western Sahara 118,000 Tachelhit Islam ☀ 0.04 % 0.00 % 2
Teleut China Unknown Altai, Northern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
South Asian, Telugu-speaking Kuwait 700 Telugu Hinduism ● 4.00 % 1.00 % 1
South Asian, Telugu-speaking Mauritius 19,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 3.00 % 1.00 % 1
South Asian, Telugu-speaking Malaysia 119,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 4.00 % 1.50 % 2
South Asian, Telugu-speaking New Zealand 4,800 Telugu Hinduism ● 3.00 % 0.60 % 1
South Asian, Telugu-speaking Saudi Arabia 361,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 3.00 % 0.60 % 7
South Asian, Telugu-speaking United States 203,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 3.00 % 0.60 % 4
Baloch, Western Tajikistan 6,500 Balochi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Baloch, Western Turkmenistan 50,000 Balochi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Cham, Western France 1,100 Cham, Western Islam ● 1.00 % 0.30 % 1
Cham, Western Laos 600 Cham, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Cham, Western Malaysia 13,000 Cham, Western Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 1
Cham, Western Thailand 4,600 Cham, Western Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.00 % 1
Cham, Western United States 3,300 Cham, Western Islam ● 1.00 % 0.10 % 1
Punjabi, Western Libya 68,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Totals:  7,414 People Groups   3,227,165,000             68,298
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