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Criteria

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

People Groups

7,425

% of World's
People Groups

42.6 %

Population

3,367,259,000

% of World Population

42.5 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical ▲		 Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Arab, Palestinian Türkiye 28,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 1
Persian Bahrain 191,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 4
Lao Phuan Laos 153,000 Phuan Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.80 % ● 3
Punjabi New Zealand 21,000 Punjabi, Eastern Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 1
Saramaccan Suriname 32,000 Saramaccan Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Shatt Sudan 34,000 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 52,000 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 1,700 Swahili Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 1
Swahili Tanzania 86,000 Swahili Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % ● 2
Arab, Syrian Switzerland 24,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 5.00 % 0.80 % 1
Tuvan, Uriankhai Mongolia 42,000 Tuvan Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Zarma Benin 14,000 Zarma Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % 1
Yupik, Naukan Russia 500 Russian Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Tamil (Hindu traditions) Singapore 112,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 5.00 % 0.80 % 2
Turk Chile 1,000 Turkish Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 1
Judeo-Japanese Japan 49,000 Japanese Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Ngai Vietnam 1,700 Chinese, Yue Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 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
South Asian, general China, Hong Kong 42,000 Language unknown Hinduism ● 2.00 % 0.80 % 1
Mazagway Cameroon 34,000 Mazagway-Hidi Islam ● 5.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Tuareg, Asben Niger 189,000 Tamajeq, Tayart Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % ● 4
Gola Liberia 181,000 Gola Islam ● 2.00 % 0.82 % ● 4
Totals:  7,425 People Groups   3,367,259,000             70,747
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