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Criteria

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

7,402

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,274,459,000

% of World Population

41.8 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale ▲		 % Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Sino-Burmese Myanmar (Burma) 17,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.70 % ● 1
Sirkiband (Hindu traditions) India 24,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 0.30 % ● 1
Siyal India 32,000 Odia Hinduism ● 0.28 % ● 1
So Laos 87,000 So Buddhism ● 1.40 % 1.00 % ● 2
So Thailand 73,000 So Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.50 % ● 1
Sokoro, Tunjur Sudan 2,100 Sokoro Islam ● 4.00 % 2.00 % 1
Soligar India 6,300 Sholaga Hinduism ● 0.54 % ● 1
Somali Belgium 1,400 Somali Islam ● 1.00 % 1.00 % 1
Somali Eritrea 1,800 Somali Islam ● 0.33 % 0.00 % 1
Somali Ethiopia 7,464,000 Somali Islam ● 0.14 % 0.03 % 149
Somali Kenya 2,540,000 Somali Islam ● 0.11 % 0.09 % ● 51
Somali Norway 44,000 Somali Islam ● 0.50 % 0.10 % 1
Somali Saudi Arabia 73,000 Somali Islam ● 0.33 % 0.00 % 1
Somali South Africa 24,000 Somali Islam ● 0.50 % 0.40 % 1
Somali Somalia 12,430,000 Somali Islam ● 0.30 % 0.01 % ● 249
Somali Sudan 1,900 Somali Islam ● 1.00 % 1.00 % 1
Somali Bantu Canada 6,100 Maay Islam ● 0.80 % 0.30 % 1
Somali Bantu United States 52,000 Maay Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Somali, Garre Ethiopia 58,000 Somali Islam ● 0.26 % 0.26 % 1
Somali, Issa Djibouti 487,000 Somali Islam ● 0.20 % 0.12 % ● 10
Sonaga China 2,200 Sonaga Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.00 % ● 1
Sonar (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 6,300 Tamil Hinduism ● 1.00 % ● 1
Sonar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 64,000 Maithili Hinduism ● 0.12 % ● 1
Songhai, Humburi Mali 30,000 Songhay, Humburi Senni Islam ● 0.30 % 0.00 % ● 1
Songhai, Humburi Burkina Faso 13,000 Songhay, Humburi Senni Islam ● 1.00 % 0.63 % ● 1
Totals:  7,402 People Groups   3,274,459,000             68,966
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