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Criteria

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

7,432

% of World's
People Groups

42.6 %

Population

3,235,374,000

% of World Population

41.7 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale ▲		 % Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Shaikia, Arabized Sudan 1,028,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 0.30 % 0.05 % ● 21
Shan India 1,700 Shan Buddhism ● 1.20 % ● 1
Shanenawa Brazil 700 Portuguese Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Sharwa Cameroon 9,200 Sharwa Islam ● 1.00 % 0.10 % ● 1
Shatt Sudan 32,000 Shatt Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
She China 1,082,000 Chinese, Min Nan Ethnic Religions ● 0.30 % 0.12 % ● 22
Sherdukpen India 3,500 Sherdukpen Buddhism ● 0.74 % ● 1
Sherpa Nepal 105,000 Sherpa Buddhism ● 4.22 % ● 2
Sherpa Helambu Nepal 2,400 Hyolmo Buddhism ● 1.38 % ● 1
Shui China 333,000 Sui Ethnic Religions ● 0.28 % 0.25 % ● 7
Shui, Yunnan China 12,000 Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions ● 0.30 % 0.20 % ● 1
Shukria Sudan 241,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 0.30 % 0.05 % ● 5
Siamou Mali 37,000 Siamou Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.00 % 1
Sian Malaysia Unknown Sihan Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Siang Indonesia 19,000 Siang Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.20 % ● 1
Siduan Malaysia 1,100 Melanau, Sibu Islam ● 3.00 % 1.00 % ● 1
Sila Vietnam 900 Sila Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Silpkar (Hindu traditions) India 922,000 Kumaoni Hinduism ● 0.44 % ● 18
Silt'e Ethiopia 1,535,000 Silt'e Islam ● 2.00 % 0.09 % ● 31
Sindhi Malaysia 30,000 Sindhi Hinduism ● 1.00 % 0.00 % 1
Sindhi Philippines 31,000 Sindhi Islam ● 4.00 % 0.05 % 1
Sindhi United States 6,000 Sindhi Hinduism ● 1.00 % 0.08 % 1
Sindhollu India 6,500 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.39 % ● 1
Sinhalese Canada 15,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 2.80 % 1.50 % 1
Sinhalese China, Hong Kong 800 Sinhala Buddhism ● 1.00 % 1.00 % 1
Totals:  7,432 People Groups   3,235,374,000             68,459
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