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Criteria

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

7,432

% of World's
People Groups

42.6 %

Population

3,235,374,000

% 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 *
Saramaccan Suriname 30,000 Saramaccan Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Shatt Sudan 32,000 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 56,000 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 1,500 Swahili Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 1
Swahili Tanzania 759,000 Swahili Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % ● 15
Laoseng Laos 11,000 Tareng Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Tumtum Sudan 17,000 Tumtum Islam ● 4.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
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 109,000 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 36,000 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 33,000 Mazagway-Hidi Islam ● 5.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Tuareg, Asben Niger 174,000 Tamajeq, Tayart Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % ● 3
Tolaki Indonesia 345,000 Tolaki Islam ● 2.00 % 0.81 % ● 7
Gola Liberia 173,000 Gola Islam ● 2.00 % 0.82 % ● 3
Tai Man, Shan Myanmar (Burma) 4,523,000 Shan Buddhism ● 0.90 % 0.82 % ● 90
Mon Myanmar (Burma) 1,143,000 Mon Buddhism ● 0.90 % 0.82 % ● 23
Mang Vietnam 4,700 Mang Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.83 % ● 1
Totals:  7,432 People Groups   3,235,374,000             68,459
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