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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 *
Chakali Ghana 9,400 Chakali Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 1.50 % ● 1
Durbet, Dorwoten Mongolia 84,000 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.50 % ● 2
Bru, Eastern Laos 22,000 Bru, Eastern Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.50 % ● 1
Cham, Eastern United States 900 Cham, Eastern Hinduism ● 5.00 % 1.50 % 1
Ilchamus Kenya 42,000 Samburu Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 1.50 % ● 1
Han Chinese, Hakka China, Hong Kong 292,000 Chinese, Hakka Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.50 % ● 6
Dungan Mongolia 6,100 Dungan Islam ● 2.00 % 1.50 % 1
Arab, Iraqi Spain 900 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 5.00 % 1.50 % 1
Jew, Eastern Yiddish-speaking Canada 40,000 Yiddish, Eastern Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.50 % 1
Berber, Kabyle Belgium 55,000 Amazigh Islam ● 2.00 % 1.50 % 1
Berber, Kabyle France 714,000 Amazigh Islam ● 3.00 % 1.50 % 14
Lemolang Indonesia 2,800 Limola Islam ● 5.00 % 1.50 % ● 1
Lobi Burkina Faso 309,000 Lobi Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 1.50 % ● 6
Nepali, general Australia 63,000 Nepali Hinduism ● 2.00 % 1.50 % 1
Manipuri, Ponna Myanmar (Burma) 12,000 Meitei Hinduism ● 1.70 % 1.50 % 1
Hausa, Maouri Niger 872,000 Hausa Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 1.50 % ● 17
Mao, Northern Ethiopia 3,800 Ma'we's Aas'e' Islam ● 4.80 % 1.50 % ● 1
Sinhalese Canada 20,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 2.80 % 1.50 % 1
Punan Tubu Indonesia 3,700 Punan Tubu Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 1.50 % ● 1
Punjabi Canada 282,000 Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small ● 2.50 % 1.50 % 6
Punjabi Mauritius 25,000 Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small ● 2.50 % 1.50 % 1
Mamak, Talang Indonesia 26,000 Minangkabau Islam ● 2.00 % 1.50 % ● 1
South Asian, Telugu-speaking Malaysia 119,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 4.00 % 1.50 % 2
Watchi Benin 61,000 Gbe, Waci Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.50 % ● 1
Wala Ghana 103,000 Wali Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 1.50 % ● 2
Totals:  7,441 People Groups   3,237,713,000             68,495
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