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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 *
Makua, Makhuwa-Meetto Mozambique 1,259,000 Makhuwa-Meetto Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 2.00 % ● 25
Bakhtiari Iran 1,263,000 Bakhtiari Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 25
Dong, Southern China 1,267,000 Dong, Southern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.07 % 0.07 % ● 25
Ganda India 1,267,000 Odia Hinduism ● 0.69 % ● 25
Fulani, Gurmanche Burkina Faso 1,268,000 Fulfulde, Western Niger Islam ● 0.70 % 0.23 % ● 25
Jebala Morocco 1,280,000 Arabic, Moroccan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.03 % 0.00 % ● 26
Kallan India 1,282,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 0.19 % ● 26
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) India 1,283,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 26
Newah Nepal 1,284,000 Newar Hinduism ● 0.91 % ● 26
Zaramo Tanzania 1,286,000 Zaramo Islam ● 3.00 % 2.00 % ● 26
Jola Bangladesh 1,287,000 Bengali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 26
Fulani, Maasina Mali 1,291,000 Fulfulde, Maasina Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 26
Iu Mien China 1,307,000 Iu Mien Ethnic Religions ● 0.70 % 0.15 % ● 26
Sindhi Sama Pakistan 1,307,000 Sindhi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 26
Alawite Syria 1,317,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % ● 26
Tausug, Moro Joloano Philippines 1,320,000 Tausug Islam ● 2.00 % 0.23 % ● 26
Maguindanao Philippines 1,321,000 Maguindanaon Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.04 % ● 26
Khmer Vietnam 1,331,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.00 % 1.87 % 27
Thai Islam Thailand 1,331,000 Thai, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 27
Zhuang, Eastern Hongshuihe China 1,335,000 Zhuang, Eastern Hongshuihe Ethnic Religions ● 1.20 % 0.90 % ● 27
Pasi Rajpasi India 1,335,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 0.19 % ● 27
Arab, Bedouin Saudi Arabia 1,341,000 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ● 0.30 % 0.00 % ● 27
Ahom India 1,341,000 Assamese Hinduism ● 4.06 % ● 27
Nosu, Shengzha China 1,345,000 Nuosu Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.40 % ● 27
Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) India 1,347,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 27
Totals:  7,402 People Groups   3,274,459,000             68,966
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