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Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians <= 5%
Progress Level
Progress Gauge

People Groups

7,280

% of World's
People Groups

42.0 %

Population

3,397,482,000

% of World Population

42.4 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Masakin Sudan 72,000 Dagik Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 0.40 % ● 1
Mru Myanmar (Burma) 25,000 Mru Buddhism ● 4.01 % 0.40 % 1
Khlor Laos 9,300 Kriang Ethnic Religions ● 0.50 % 0.40 % ● 1
Nyiman, Ama Sudan 186,000 Ama Islam ● 2.00 % 0.40 % ● 4
Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol Mongolia 275,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.40 % ● 5
Romani, Sinte Kazakhstan 4,700 Romani, Sinte Islam ● 2.00 % 0.40 % 1
Orok Russia 300 Russian Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 0.40 % ● 1
Persian United Arab Emirates 304,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.40 % 6
Persian Norway 24,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 1.00 % 0.40 % 1
Phun, Hpon Myanmar (Burma) 1,600 Burmese Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.40 % ● 1
Jewish, Polish Israel 134,000 Polish Ethnic Religions ● 0.60 % 0.40 % 3
Pomak Greece 30,000 Bulgarian Islam ● 2.00 % 0.40 % ● 1
Pomak Türkiye (Turkey) 396,000 Bulgarian Islam ● 2.00 % 0.40 % ● 8
Romani, Balkan Iran 38,000 Romani, Balkan Islam ● 5.00 % 0.40 % 1
Baggara, Shuwa Arab Chad 3,385,000 Arabic, Chadian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.40 % ● 68
Somali South Africa 24,000 Somali Islam ● 0.50 % 0.40 % 1
Arab, Sudanese South Sudan 336,000 Arabic, Sudanese Islam ● 2.00 % 0.40 % ● 7
Arab, Sudanese Yemen 438,000 Arabic, Sudanese Islam ● 0.50 % 0.40 % 9
Swahili, Coastal Kenya 14,000 Swahili Islam ● 0.50 % 0.40 % ● 1
Arab, Syrian Belgium 15,000 Arabic, Levantine Islam ● 3.00 % 0.40 % 1
Arab, Syrian Türkiye (Turkey) 105,000 Arabic, Levantine Islam ● 5.00 % 0.40 % 2
Tatar Romania 22,000 Tatar Islam ● 3.00 % 0.40 % ● 1
Taungyo Myanmar (Burma) 46,000 Taungyo Buddhism ● 0.60 % 0.40 % ● 1
Tira Sudan 37,000 Tira Islam ● 2.00 % 0.40 % ● 1
Fulani, Pulaar United States 21,000 Pulaar Islam ● 0.60 % 0.40 % 1
Totals:  7,280 People Groups   3,397,482,000             71,187
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