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Criteria

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

7,403

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,274,637,000

% 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 *
Wolof Mauritania 20,000 Wolof Islam ● 1.00 % 0.71 % ● 1
Wolof Guinea-Bissau 9,900 Wolof Islam ● 1.00 % 0.20 % 1
Wolof United States 20,000 Wolof Islam ● 2.00 % 0.50 % 1
Wolof, Lebou Mauritania 1,500 Wolof Islam ● 0.40 % 0.00 % ● 1
Wolof, Lebou Senegal 232,000 Wolof Islam ● 0.40 % 0.10 % ● 5
Worodougou Côte d'Ivoire 124,000 Worodougou Islam ● 0.80 % 0.20 % ● 2
Wotu Indonesia 600 Wotu Islam ● 0.85 % 0.85 % ● 1
Xambioa Brazil 300 Portuguese Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Xiangtang China 109,000 Lalo, Dongshanba Ethnic Religions ● 0.12 % 0.12 % ● 2
Xibe China 239,000 Chinese, Mandarin Non-Religious ● 0.50 % 0.22 % ● 5
Xibe, Western China 57,000 Xibe Ethnic Religions ● 0.50 % 0.47 % ● 1
Xiqi China 18,000 Sani Ethnic Religions ● 0.15 % 0.07 % ● 1
Yadav (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 7,300 Tamil Hinduism ● 0.85 % ● 1
Yaeyama Japan 46,000 Yaeyama Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.38 % ● 1
Yagua Colombia 1,000 Yagua Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 2.00 % ● 1
Yakan Philippines 192,000 Yakan Islam ● 0.15 % 0.15 % ● 4
Yakha Nepal 24,000 Yakkha Other / Small ● 0.72 % ● 1
Yakthumba, Limbu Bhutan 1,800 Nepali Other / Small ● 3.75 % 1
Yakthumba, Limbu Nepal 376,000 Limbu Other / Small ● 2.69 % ● 8
Yakut Russia 487,000 Yakut Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 0.10 % ● 10
Yalunka Guinea 122,000 Yalunka Islam ● 0.30 % 0.17 % ● 2
Yalunka Mali 17,000 Yalunka Islam ● 0.20 % 0.10 % ● 1
Yalunka, Dialonke Senegal 15,000 Yalunka Islam ● 0.15 % 0.05 % ● 1
Yamannu Sri Lanka 78,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 3.68 % ● 2
Yaminahua Peru 900 Yaminahua Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.70 % ● 1
Totals:  7,403 People Groups   3,274,637,000             68,974
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