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Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians <= 5%
Progress Level
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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 *
Yakha Bhutan 200 Nepali Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yao, Muslim Zambia 5,000 Yao Islam ● 3.00 % 1.00 % 1
Jew, Yemeni Israel 37,000 Arabic, Judeo-Yemeni Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jew, Yemeni Yemen 300 Arabic, Judeo-Yemeni Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yoruk Bulgaria 1,000 Balkan Gagauz Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yoruk North Macedonia 4,000 Balkan Gagauz Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Limba, West Guinea 1,900 Limba, West-Central Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.20 % 1
Zaghawa Libya 9,200 Zaghawa Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Swahili, Zanzibari Oman 54,000 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Zarma Benin 13,000 Zarma Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % 1
Zarma Ghana 9,300 Zarma Islam ● 0.50 % 0.10 % 1
Zarma Mali 2,300 Zarma Islam ● 0.20 % 0.10 % 1
Jew, Romanian Israel 202,000 Hebrew Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.05 % 0.05 % 4
Tai Kaleun Laos 3,300 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Nyaw Laos 18,000 Nyaw Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.40 % 1
Yadav (Hindu traditions) Bhutan 1,800 Assamese Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Aka Bhutan 400 Hruso Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Ansari Afghanistan 2,400 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arora (Hindu traditions) Afghanistan 1,500 Saraiki Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bania Bhutan 3,800 Assamese Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bhotia Sikkim Bhutan 6,100 Sikkimese Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Brahmin Afghanistan 3,700 Urdu Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Brahmin Bhutan 6,100 Assamese Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Changgar Afghanistan 3,100 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Chhetri Bhutan 4,200 Nepali Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Totals:  7,414 People Groups   3,227,165,000             68,298
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