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Criteria

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

People Groups

7,186

% of World's
People Groups

41.6 %

Population

3,424,947,000

% of World Population

42.4 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Yazidi Sweden 4,500 Kurdish, Northern Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yazidi Türkiye (Turkey) 2,800 Kurdish, Northern Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yazidi Ukraine 1,800 Kurdish, Northern Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yazidi United States 4,200 Kurdish, Northern Ethnic Religions ● 2.40 % 1.50 % 1
Turk, Meskhetian Azerbaijan 110,000 Turkish Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Turk, Meskhetian Kyrgyzstan 25,000 Kyrgyz Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Turk, Meskhetian Kazakhstan 50,000 Russian Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Turk, Meskhetian Russia 70,000 Russian Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Turk, Meskhetian Ukraine 3,100 Ukrainian Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Turk, Meskhetian United States 17,000 English Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Turk, Meskhetian Uzbekistan 1,300 Uzbek, Northern Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Egyptian, Balkan Albania 2,900 Albanian, Tosk Islam ● 4.00 % 0.00 % 1
Egyptian, Balkan Kosovo 10,000 Albanian, Tosk Islam ● 2.00 % 0.20 % 1
Egyptian, Balkan Montenegro 2,000 Albanian, Tosk Islam ● 3.00 % 0.00 % 1
Egyptian, Balkan North Macedonia 3,700 Albanian, Tosk Islam ● 2.00 % 0.00 % 1
Somali Bantu Canada 6,200 Maay Islam ● 0.80 % 0.30 % 1
Somali Bantu United States 54,000 Maay Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Lahu Nyi Thailand 3,300 Lahu Ethnic Religions ● 0.20 % 0.10 % 1
Muak Sa-aak China 1,000 Muak Sa-aak Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Lyuli Kyrgyzstan 5,200 Tajik Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Lyuli Uzbekistan 13,000 Tajik Islam ● 0.52 % 0.52 % 1
Aimaq Pakistan 6,600 Aimaq Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Aimaq Tajikistan 1,100 Aimaq Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Aimaq Turkmenistan 273,000 Aimaq Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 5
Mok Myanmar (Burma) 4,100 Mok Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Totals:  7,186 People Groups   3,424,947,000             71,685
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