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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 *
Somali Bantu United States 52,000 Maay Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Somali, Issa Djibouti 480,000 Somali Islam ● 0.20 % 0.12 % ● 10
Sonaga China 2,200 Sonaga Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.00 % ● 1
Sonar (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 6,200 Tamil Hinduism ● 1.00 % ● 1
Sonar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 63,000 Maithili Hinduism ● 0.12 % ● 1
Songhai, Humburi Mali 29,000 Songhay, Humburi Senni Islam ● 0.30 % 0.00 % ● 1
Songhai, Humburi Burkina Faso 12,000 Songhay, Humburi Senni Islam ● 0.40 % 0.18 % ● 1
Songhai, Koyra Mali 386,000 Songhay, Koyra Chiini Islam ● 0.20 % 0.00 % ● 8
Songhai-Koyraboro Nigeria 3,300 Songhay, Koyraboro Senni Islam ● 0.40 % 0.16 % 1
Songhai-Koyraboro Benin 9,000 Songhay, Koyraboro Senni Islam ● 0.81 % 0.20 % 1
Songhai-Koyraboro Ghana 9,600 Songhay, Koyraboro Senni Islam ● 2.00 % 0.30 % 1
Songhai-Koyraboro Mali 1,050,000 Songhay, Koyraboro Senni Islam ● 0.20 % 0.00 % ● 21
Songhai-Koyraboro Niger 900,000 Songhay, Koyraboro Senni Islam ● 0.20 % 0.10 % ● 18
Soninke Gambia 138,000 Soninke Islam ● 0.40 % 0.15 % ● 3
Soninke Mauritania 237,000 Soninke Islam ● 0.15 % 0.12 % ● 5
Soninke Guinea-Bissau 5,700 Soninke Islam ● 0.50 % 0.30 % 1
Soninke Senegal 369,000 Soninke Islam ● 2.00 % 0.05 % ● 7
Soninke United States 20,000 Soninke Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % 1
Sonr India 45,000 Odia Hinduism ● 0.45 % ● 1
Sonsogon Malaysia 4,900 Kimaragang Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.50 % ● 1
South Asian, Bengali-speaking Italy 93,000 Bengali Islam ● 4.00 % 0.20 % 2
South Asian, Bengali-speaking Japan 69,000 Bengali Islam ● 1.00 % 0.20 % 1
South Asian, Bengali-speaking Kenya 1,600 Bengali Islam ● 2.00 % 0.10 % 1
South Asian, Bengali-speaking Mauritius 7,200 Bengali Islam ● 4.00 % 0.00 % 1
South Asian, Bengali-speaking Oman 208,000 Bengali Islam ● 2.00 % 1.20 % 4
Totals:  7,432 People Groups   3,235,374,000             68,459
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