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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

3,343,532,000

% of World Population

42.3 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous ▼ Est. Workers
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Mech Bhutan 400 Boro Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jat (Muslim traditions) Canada 113,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Jat (Muslim traditions) United States 386,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 8
Mussali Afghanistan 3,400 Punjabi, Eastern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Namassej (Hindu traditions) Bhutan 4,800 Bengali Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Oriya United States 1,200 Odia Hinduism ● 4.00 % 0.50 % 1
Purik China 800 Purig Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Rabha Bhutan 1,600 Assamese Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Rai Bhutan 3,900 Assamese Other / Small ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Rajput (Hindu traditions) Bhutan 1,500 Bengali Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Adi Ramo China 200 Adi Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Sarki Bhutan 1,600 Nepali Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Shaikh Bhutan 9,200 Bengali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Shaikh Canada 31,000 Bengali Islam ● 0.90 % 0.50 % 1
Shaikh New Zealand 1,700 Bengali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Shaikh United States 204,000 Bengali Islam ● 0.80 % 0.50 % 4
Sherdukpen Bhutan 200 Sherdukpen Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Khatri (Sikh traditions) Afghanistan 2,900 Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Tamil Netherlands 21,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 2.00 % 1.50 % 1
Tamil (Hindu traditions) New Zealand 9,900 Tamil Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) Bhutan 700 Bengali Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Tai Man, Shan China 700 Shan Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Tamil Australia 76,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 2
Tamil Maldives 800 Tamil Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Tamil (Hindu traditions) Singapore 111,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 5.00 % 0.80 % 2
Totals:  7,414 People Groups   3,343,532,000             70,266
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