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Criteria

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

7,441

% of World's
People Groups

42.6 %

Population

3,237,713,000

% 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 *
Shaikh Bangladesh 135,226,000 Bengali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 2,705
Japanese Japan 120,880,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.20 % 0.30 % ● 2,418
Shaikh India 85,376,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % ● 1,708
Turk Turkey 59,258,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % ● 1,185
Brahmin India 58,787,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % ● 1,176
Yadav (Hindu traditions) India 58,320,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % ● 1,166
Chamar (Hindu traditions) India 47,438,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 1.22 % ● 949
Rajput (Hindu traditions) India 45,306,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % ● 906
Han Chinese, Xiang China 39,520,000 Chinese, Xiang Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 2.00 % ● 790
Sunda Indonesia 38,100,000 Sunda Islam ● 0.49 % 0.05 % ● 762
Persian Iran 37,677,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 2.60 % 0.40 % ● 754
Java Pesisir Lor Indonesia 37,187,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.80 % 0.01 % ● 744
Hausa Nigeria 34,783,000 Hausa Islam ● 0.15 % 0.10 % ● 696
Jat (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 32,942,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 659
Burmese Myanmar (Burma) 31,156,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 0.35 % 0.08 % ● 623
Mahratta India 30,768,000 Marathi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % ● 615
Pashtun Pakistan 30,315,000 Pashto, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % ● 606
Algerian, Arabic-speaking Algeria 29,618,000 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 592
Bania India 29,120,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % ● 582
Uzbek, Northern Uzbekistan 27,199,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.01 % ● 544
Korean Korea, North 25,208,000 Korean Non-Religious ● 1.60 % 1.56 % ● 504
Moroccan, Arabic-speaking Morocco 23,940,000 Arabic, Moroccan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.09 % 0.08 % ● 479
Thai Thailand 22,600,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.30 % 0.27 % ● 452
Jat (Hindu traditions) India 19,103,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.03 % ● 382
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) India 18,883,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % ● 378
Totals:  7,441 People Groups   3,237,713,000             68,495
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