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Criteria

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

7,402

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,274,459,000

% 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 *
Japanese Australia 37,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 5.00 % 1.60 % 1
Jew, English-speaking United States 5,005,000 English Ethnic Religions ● 2.70 % 1.60 % ● 100
Jotoni Burkina Faso 1,600 Jowulu Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 1.60 % 1
Khmer Laos 7,400 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.00 % 1.60 % 1
Khmer Thailand 65,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.00 % 1.60 % 1
Khmer, Cambodian United States 256,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.00 % 1.60 % 5
Persian Belgium 13,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 2.00 % 1.60 % 1
Hmong Bua China 69,000 Miao, Chuanqiandian Cluster Ethnic Religions ● 1.60 % 1.60 % ● 1
Lele Guinea 53,000 Lele Islam ● 5.00 % 1.62 % ● 1
Samadu, Eastern China 800 Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.63 % ● 1
Lua Thailand 7,000 Language unknown Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 1.67 % ● 1
Dzakhchin, Zahchin Mongolia 38,000 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.70 % ● 1
Khmer United Kingdom 11,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.20 % 1.70 % 1
Tsamai Ethiopia 27,000 Tsamai Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.70 % ● 1
Yaminahua Peru 900 Yaminahua Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.70 % ● 1
Nasu, Panxian China 381,000 Nasu, Wusa Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.72 % ● 8
Tai Laan Laos 700 Language unknown Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.74 % ● 1
Pa'a, Afawa Nigeria 32,000 Pa'a Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 1.75 % ● 1
Ayamaru, Brat Indonesia 33,000 Mai Brat Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 1.80 % ● 1
Nara, Nialetic Eritrea 56,000 Nara Islam ● 4.50 % 1.80 % ● 1
Bambara Niger 52,000 Bamanankan Islam ● 4.00 % 1.80 % 1
Bambara Burkina Faso 6,900 Bamanankan Islam ● 4.00 % 1.80 % 1
Bullom, Northern Bullom Sierra Leone 8,000 Bullom So Islam ● 5.00 % 1.80 % ● 1
Iquito, Amacacore Peru 500 Iquitu Ethnic Religions ● 1.90 % 1.80 % ● 1
Nepali, general Malaysia 238,000 Nepali Hinduism ● 2.00 % 1.80 % 5
Totals:  7,402 People Groups   3,274,459,000             68,966
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