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Criteria

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

People Groups

7,186

% of World's
People Groups

41.6 %

Population

3,424,947,000

% 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 *
Kotoko, Mpade Chad 6,000 Mpade Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Mandinka Guinea-Bissau 200,000 Mandinka Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % ● 4
Nepalese, Gurkha Brunei 2,200 Nepali Hinduism ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 1
Lak Tajikistan 2,300 Lak Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 1
Lak Azerbaijan 1,800 Lak Islam ● 0.80 % 0.80 % 1
Kupa Nigeria 41,000 Kupa Islam ● 3.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Komo Sudan 10,000 Komo (Sudan) Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Blang Myanmar (Burma) 15,000 Blang Buddhism ● 1.90 % 0.80 % ● 1
Lamet Laos 24,000 Rmeet Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Kawahia, Fezara Sudan 1,144,000 Arabic, Sudanese Islam ● 4.10 % 0.80 % ● 23
Katu, Western Laos 31,000 Katu, Western Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Jumjum, Berin Sudan 95,000 Jumjum Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % ● 2
Japanese Canada 91,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.80 % 2
Hindi Saudi Arabia 185,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 4
Gujarati Bahrain 30,000 Gujarati Hinduism ● 2.00 % 0.80 % 1
Gaaliin Sudan 3,945,000 Arabic, Sudanese Islam ● 4.10 % 0.80 % ● 79
Fulfulde, Borgu Benin 735,000 Fulfulde, Borgu Islam ● 1.40 % 0.80 % ● 15
Manobo, Cotabato Philippines 38,000 Manobo, Cotabato Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Thai New Zealand 8,400 Thai Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.80 % 1
Baggara, Fertit Sudan 15,000 Arabic, Sudanese Islam ● 0.80 % 0.80 % ● 1
Kulango, Bouna Côte d'Ivoire 296,000 Kulango, Bouna Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.80 % ● 6
Bauchi Nigeria 40,000 Bauchi Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken Canada 80,000 Arabic, Gulf Islam ● 1.90 % 0.80 % 2
Eka China 3,300 Lahu Ethnic Religions ● 0.80 % 0.78 % ● 1
Mulao China 227,000 Mulam Ethnic Religions ● 0.80 % 0.78 % ● 5
Totals:  7,186 People Groups   3,424,947,000             71,685
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