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Criteria

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

7,413

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,226,866,000

% 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
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Azerbaijani Syria 35,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk Turkey 590,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 12
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk United States 1,100 Azerbaijani, South Islam ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Alu China 4,000 Nisu, Eastern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Alu Laos 7,200 Nisu, Eastern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Alu Vietnam 3,900 Nisu, Eastern Ethnic Religions ● 0.19 % 0.00 % 1
Tonga Malaysia 100 Ten'edn Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Akeu Laos 3,100 Akeu Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.09 % 0.05 % 1
Comorian, Maore Madagascar 5,700 Comorian, Maore Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Comorian, Maore Reunion 600 Comorian, Maore Islam ● 1.00 % 0.20 % 1
Comorian, Maore Eswatini 600 Comorian, Maore Islam ● 1.00 % 0.20 % 1
Hemshin Kyrgyzstan 1,100 Armenian, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Fulani France 33,000 Fulfulde, Central-Eastern Niger Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Comorian, other France 97,000 Comorian, Maore Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Khuen United States 2,800 Khuen Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.10 % 1
Walang, Bantawa Bhutan 3,600 Bantawa Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Walang China 2,100 Walungge Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Tamil, Jaffna Malaysia 32,000 Tamil Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arab, general Australia 69,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.30 % 1
Arab, general Hungary 5,200 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 4.00 % 0.50 % 1
Arab, general Italy 1,239,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam ● 0.30 % 0.06 % 25
North African, general Canada 47,000 English Islam ● 0.50 % 0.30 % 1
Chinese, general United Arab Emirates 33,000 Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 1.00 % 1
Chinese, general Algeria 36,000 Chinese, Mandarin Non-Religious ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 1
Chinese, general Angola 50,000 Chinese, Mandarin Non-Religious ● 1.05 % 0.70 % 1
Totals:  7,413 People Groups   3,226,866,000             68,294
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