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Criteria

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

7,250

% of World's
People Groups

41.9 %

Population

3,396,085,000

% of World Population

42.4 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Buriat, Chinese China 168,000 Buriat, China Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.90 % ● 3
Kui Laos 50,000 Kuay Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Zhuang, Central Hongshuihe China 1,186,000 Zhuang, Central Hongshuihe Ethnic Religions ● 1.20 % 0.90 % ● 24
Miao, Guiyang Northern China 144,000 Miao, Northern Guiyang Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.90 % ● 3
Wali Sudan 20,000 Wali Islam ● 2.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Pomak North Macedonia 2,100 Bulgarian Islam ● 1.00 % 0.90 % 1
Prai Laos 31,000 Prai Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Persian Slovakia 1,300 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 3.00 % 0.90 % 1
Persian China, Hong Kong 800 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 1.00 % 0.90 % 1
Persian Cyprus 1,500 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 1.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Kotoko, Mpade Cameroon 26,000 Mpade Islam ● 3.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Tocho Sudan 3,100 Tocho Islam ● 2.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Nepali, general China, Hong Kong 17,000 Nepali Hinduism ● 1.00 % 0.90 % 1
Mah Meri, Besisi Malaysia 4,300 Mah Meri Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Loko, Landogo Sierra Leone 231,000 Loko Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.90 % ● 5
Lao Song Thailand 37,000 Thai Song Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Lao Myanmar (Burma) 25,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.90 % 1
Khanty, Ostyak Russia 31,000 Khanty Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Jewish, Georgian Israel 63,000 Judeo-Georgian Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.90 % 1
Gawamaa Sudan 1,119,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 4.00 % 0.90 % ● 22
Dolgan Russia 8,200 Dolgan Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Dakka Indonesia 11,000 Dakka Islam ● 4.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Buginese Singapore 11,000 Bugis Islam ● 1.50 % 0.90 % 1
Bederia Sudan 1,082,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 3.50 % 0.90 % ● 22
Bashkir Kazakhstan 25,000 Bashkort Islam ● 3.00 % 0.90 % 1
Totals:  7,250 People Groups   3,396,085,000             71,146
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