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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 *
Varli Pakistan 5,100 Sindhi Hinduism ● 4.96 % ● 1
Akha Vietnam 23,000 Akha Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.30 % 1
Amahuaca, Ipitineri Peru 400 Amahuaca Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.30 % ● 1
Antankarana Madagascar 202,000 Malagasy, Antankarana Islam ● 5.00 % 0.74 % ● 4
Anufo, Chokossi Ghana 114,000 Anufo Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 2.00 % ● 2
Arab Bulgaria 11,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 5.00 % 0.30 % 1
Arab Gabon 5,300 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 5.00 % 0.50 % 1
Arab Ghana 3,100 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 5.00 % 0.50 % 1
Arab North Macedonia 6,300 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 5.00 % 0.50 % 1
Arab Mauritius 800 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 5.00 % 0.20 % ● 1
Arab Tanzania 270,000 Swahili Islam ● 5.00 % 0.60 % 5
Asilulu Indonesia 14,000 Asilulu Islam ● 5.00 % 0.50 % ● 1
Bajuni Kenya 96,000 Swahili Islam ● 5.00 % 1.00 % ● 2
Bambara Côte d'Ivoire 11,000 Bamanankan Islam ● 5.00 % 0.50 % ● 1
Banda, Nafana Côte d'Ivoire 4,600 Nafaanra Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.90 % 1
Bandoumu, Minduumo Gabon 5,600 Ndumu Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.50 % ● 1
Bashkir Moldova 600 Bashkort Islam ● 5.00 % 0.20 % 1
Bassari Guinea-Bissau 600 Oniyan Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.50 % 1
Bauchi Nigeria 40,000 Bauchi Islam ● 5.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
South Asian, Bengali-speaking Turkmenistan 700 Bengali Hinduism ● 5.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bhojpuri Bihari South Africa 58,000 Bhojpuri Hinduism ● 5.00 % 0.50 % 1
Biali Togo 3,100 Biali Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 1.00 % 1
Palawano, Brooke's Point Philippines 13,000 Palawano, Brooke's Point Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 1.00 % ● 1
Bullom, Northern Bullom Sierra Leone 8,000 Bullom So Islam ● 5.00 % 1.80 % ● 1
Bunak, Mare Indonesia 24,000 Bunak Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.50 % ● 1
Totals:  7,403 People Groups   3,274,637,000             68,974
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