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Criteria

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

7,419

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,275,303,000

% 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 *
Toku-No-shima Japan 5,000 Toku-No-Shima Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.55 % ● 1
Zaomin China 48,000 Dzao Min Ethnic Religions ● 0.70 % 0.56 % ● 1
Sabum Malaysia 1,200 Malay, Ambonese Ethnic Religions ● 0.60 % 0.56 % ● 1
Miao, Huishui Central China 69,000 Miao, Central Huishui Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.58 % ● 1
Kotoko, Afade Cameroon 7,600 Afade Islam ● 4.00 % 0.60 % ● 1
Arab Tanzania 270,000 Swahili Islam ● 5.00 % 0.60 % 5
Arab, Omani Djibouti 81,000 Arabic, Omani Spoken Islam ● 3.00 % 0.60 % 2
Azerbaijani United States 57,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam ● 1.00 % 0.60 % 1
Bukat Indonesia 800 Bukat Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.60 % ● 1
Orang Dalam Indonesia 16,000 Kubu Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 0.60 % ● 1
Thai China, Hong Kong 10,000 Thai Buddhism ● 1.40 % 0.60 % 1
Aleut, Eastern Russia 500 Aleut Non-Religious ● 1.00 % 0.60 % ● 1
Karaboro, Eastern Côte d'Ivoire 9,100 Karaboro, Eastern Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 0.60 % 1
Balanta, Ganja Senegal 129,000 Balanta-Ganja Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.60 % ● 3
Gola Sierra Leone 16,000 Gola Islam ● 3.00 % 0.60 % ● 1
Gujarati United States 595,000 Gujarati Hinduism ● 4.00 % 0.60 % 12
Hindi South Africa 468,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 4.00 % 0.60 % 9
Arab, Iraqi Syria 57,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 1.00 % 0.60 % 1
Iu Mien Denmark 8,200 Iu Mien Ethnic Religions ● 0.70 % 0.60 % 1
Kazakh, Qazaq Mongolia 123,000 Kazakh Islam ● 0.80 % 0.60 % 2
Khisa Côte d'Ivoire 10,000 Khisa Islam ● 1.00 % 0.60 % ● 1
Khmer Canada 22,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.60 % 1
Kiorr Laos 4,800 Kiorr Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.60 % ● 1
Mandala Sudan 34,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 3.00 % 0.60 % ● 1
Mansi, Vogul Russia 13,000 Mansi Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.60 % ● 1
Totals:  7,419 People Groups   3,275,303,000             69,207
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