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Criteria

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

7,439

% of World's
People Groups

42.6 %

Population

3,237,709,000

% 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 *
Suri, Kacipo-Balesi South Sudan 4,200 Suri, Kacipo-Bale Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 2.00 % ● 1
Suri, Kacipo-Balesi Ethiopia 3,400 Suri, Kacipo-Bale Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 2.00 % ● 1
Bajau Bukit, Papar Malaysia 2,000 Malay Islam ● 4.00 % 2.00 % ● 1
Baima China 18,000 Baima Ethnic Religions ● 2.20 % 2.00 % ● 1
Algerian, Arabic-speaking Denmark 900 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 2.00 % 1
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken United States 20,000 Arabic, Gulf Spoken Islam ● 4.00 % 2.00 % 1
Anufo, Chokossi Ghana 111,000 Anufo Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 2.00 % ● 2
Akha Laos 116,000 Akha Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 2.00 % ● 2
Lami China 134,000 Lalo, Dongshanba Ethnic Religions ● 2.50 % 1.99 % ● 3
Tai Khun Myanmar (Burma) 130,000 Khun Buddhism ● 2.30 % 1.90 % ● 3
Chara Ethiopia 22,000 Chara Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 1.90 % ● 1
Miao, Changshu China 21,000 Miao, Chuanqiandian Cluster Ethnic Religions ● 3.40 % 1.90 % ● 1
Lao New Zealand 1,400 Lao Buddhism ● 4.00 % 1.90 % 1
Lao Australia 12,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.50 % 1.90 % 1
Hadzabi Tanzania 1,200 Hadza Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 1.90 % ● 1
Khmer Cambodia 14,045,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.20 % 1.90 % ● 281
Dusun, Kadazan Brunei 30,000 Brunei Islam ● 2.50 % 1.90 % ● 1
Khmer Vietnam 1,320,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.00 % 1.87 % ● 26
Bambara Mauritania 23,000 Bamanankan Islam ● 2.50 % 1.86 % 1
Arab, Palestinian / Israeli Israel 1,465,000 Arabic, South Levantine Spoken Islam ● 5.00 % 1.85 % ● 29
Han Chinese, Mandarin China, Macau 37,000 Chinese, Mandarin Non-Religious ● 2.40 % 1.82 % ● 1
Mal Laos 36,000 Mal Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.80 % ● 1
Hmong Shua, Sinicized China 357,000 Sinicized Miao Ethnic Religions ● 2.50 % 1.80 % ● 7
Ta Oi, Upper Laos 48,000 Ta'oih, Upper Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.80 % ● 1
Jew, Russian Russia 160,000 Russian Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.80 % ● 3
Totals:  7,439 People Groups   3,237,709,000             68,494
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