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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 *
Lak Azerbaijan 1,600 Lak Islam ● 0.80 % 0.80 % 1
Lak Tajikistan 2,200 Lak Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 1
Nepalese, Gurkha Brunei 1,600 Nepali Hinduism ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 1
Mandingo, Mandinka Guinea-Bissau 184,000 Mandinka Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % ● 4
Murik Kayan Malaysia 3,100 Murik Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Kotoko, Mpade Chad 5,400 Mpade Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Oy Laos 24,000 Oy Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Persian Bahrain 226,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 5
Lao Phuan Laos 149,000 Phuan Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.80 % ● 3
Punjabi New Zealand 20,000 Punjabi, Eastern Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 1
Saramaccan Suriname 30,000 Saramaccan Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Shatt Sudan 33,000 Shatt Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Eskimo, Siberian Russia 1,800 Yupik, Saint Lawrence Island Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Arab, Sudanese Qatar 57,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 1.20 % 0.80 % 1
Arab, Sudanese United States 1,300 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % 1
Swahili New Zealand 1,600 Swahili Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 1
Swahili Tanzania 781,000 Swahili Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % ● 16
Tuvan, Uriankhai Mongolia 41,000 Tuvan Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Yupik, Naukan Russia 500 Russian Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Zarma Benin 13,000 Zarma Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % 1
Tamil (Hindu traditions) Singapore 110,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 5.00 % 0.80 % 2
Turk Chile 900 Turkish Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 1
Judeo-Japanese Japan 50,000 Japanese Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Chinese, general Algeria 37,000 Chinese, Mandarin Non-Religious ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 1
South Asian, general Belgium 32,000 Urdu Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % 1
Totals:  7,419 People Groups   3,275,303,000             69,207
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