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Criteria

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

7,441

% of World's
People Groups

42.6 %

Population

3,237,713,000

% 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 *
Tengger Indonesia 91,000 Tengger Hinduism ● 1.00 % 0.51 % ● 2
Yiche China 25,000 Hani Ethnic Religions ● 0.70 % 0.51 % ● 1
Malay Malaysia 13,027,000 Malay Islam ● 0.60 % 0.52 % ● 261
Kaimbulawa Indonesia 2,800 Kaimbulawa Islam ● 0.52 % 0.52 % ● 1
Kui Cambodia 35,000 Kuay Buddhism ● 3.50 % 0.53 % ● 1
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken Kuwait 1,345,000 Arabic, Gulf Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 0.53 % ● 27
Nasu, Jinghong China 24,000 Language unknown Ethnic Religions ● 0.70 % 0.54 % ● 1
Han Chinese, Min Nan Cambodia 145,000 Chinese, Min Nan Ethnic Religions ● 1.20 % 0.55 % 3
Han Chinese, Hakka Cambodia 600 Chinese, Hakka Ethnic Religions ● 1.20 % 0.55 % 1
Toku-No-shima Japan 5,000 Toku-No-Shima Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.55 % ● 1
Zaomin China 47,000 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 7,400 Afade Islam ● 4.00 % 0.60 % ● 1
Arab Tanzania 262,000 Swahili Islam ● 5.00 % 0.60 % 5
Arab, Omani Djibouti 80,000 Arabic, Omani Spoken Islam ● 3.00 % 0.60 % 2
Azerbaijani United States 57,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam ● 1.00 % 0.60 % 1
Bukat Indonesia 700 Bukat Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.60 % ● 1
Orang Dalam Indonesia 15,000 Kubu Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 0.60 % ● 1
Thai China, Hong Kong 10,000 Thai Buddhism ● 1.40 % 0.60 % 1
Karaboro, Eastern Côte d'Ivoire 8,900 Karaboro, Eastern Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 0.60 % 1
Aleut, Eastern Russia 500 Aleut Non-Religious ● 1.00 % 0.60 % ● 1
Balanta, Ganja Senegal 126,000 Balanta-Ganja Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.60 % ● 3
Gola Sierra Leone 16,000 Gola Islam ● 3.00 % 0.60 % ● 1
Gujarati United States 592,000 Gujarati Hinduism ● 4.00 % 0.60 % 12
Totals:  7,441 People Groups   3,237,713,000             68,495
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