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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 *
Jama Mapun, Sama Mapun Malaysia 17,000 Mapun Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jama Mapun, Bajau Kagayan Philippines 50,000 Mapun Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Bajuni Somalia 11,000 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bajuni Tanzania 24,000 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Bakhtiari Iran 1,247,000 Bakhtiari Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 25
Balaesan Indonesia 6,800 Balaesang Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Balinese Malaysia 5,900 Bali Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Balkar Kazakhstan 2,300 Karachay-Balkar Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Balkar United States 600 Karachay-Balkar Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Balkar Uzbekistan 800 Karachay-Balkar Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Banjarese, Banjar Malay Malaysia 27,000 Malay Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Baras Indonesia 400 Baras Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Barein Chad 13,000 Barein Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Barma Nigeria 4,800 Bagirmi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Embera-Baudo Colombia 6,600 Embera-Baudo Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Bauri Bangladesh 10,000 Bengali Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Bawean Malaysia 57,000 Madura Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Basa-Gurmana Nigeria 4,900 Basa-Gurmana Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Nuristani Narisati Pakistan 44,000 Kati Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Bashkardi Iran 8,900 Bashkardi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Bashkir Kyrgyzstan 900 Bashkort Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bathari Oman 300 Arabic, Omani Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Malay, Singkil Indonesia 73,000 Batak Karo Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Mandailing Malaysia 31,000 Batak Mandailing Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bati Indonesia 5,500 Bati Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Totals:  7,432 People Groups   3,235,374,000             68,459
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  2. A displayed zero can mean true zero, a very small rounded number or sometimes unknown. Blanks mean an unknown value.
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