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Criteria

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

7,418

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,233,450,000

% 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 *
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) India 6,681,000 Kashmiri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 134
Nair India 6,698,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 0.19 % ● 134
Arab, Yemeni Yemen 6,722,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 134
Minangkabau Indonesia 6,815,000 Minangkabau Islam ● 0.26 % 0.01 % ● 136
Oromo, Hararghe Ethiopia 7,036,000 Oromo, Eastern Islam ● 5.00 % 0.05 % ● 141
Tajik Tajikistan 7,118,000 Tajik Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 142
Gujar (Hindu traditions) India 7,122,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % ● 142
Kanuri, Yerwa Nigeria 7,186,000 Kanuri, Yerwa Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 144
Somali Ethiopia 7,280,000 Somali Islam ● 0.14 % 0.03 % 146
Shaikh Siddiqi India 7,500,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 150
Thai, Northern Thailand 7,561,000 Thai, Northern Buddhism ● 0.40 % 0.27 % ● 151
Madura Indonesia 7,570,000 Madura Islam ● 0.11 % 0.01 % ● 151
Mahratta Kunbi India 7,628,000 Gujarati Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % ● 153
Viswakarma India 7,647,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.12 % ● 153
Sonar (Hindu traditions) India 7,711,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 154
Madiga (Hindu traditions) India 7,740,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.12 % ● 155
Kayastha (Hindu traditions) India 7,761,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.03 % ● 155
Pasi (Hindu traditions) India 7,772,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.08 % ● 155
Sayyid India 7,819,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 156
Sayyid Pakistan 8,015,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 160
Shaikh Qureshi India 8,060,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 161
Kahar (Hindu traditions) India 8,115,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % ● 162
Koiri (Hindu traditions) India 8,118,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % ● 162
Koli of Gujarat India 8,258,000 Gujarati Hinduism ● 0.54 % ● 165
Adi Dravida India 8,551,000 Tamil Hinduism ☀ 0.09 % ● 171
Totals:  7,418 People Groups   3,233,450,000             68,416
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