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Criteria

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

7,423

% of World's
People Groups

42.6 %

Population

3,367,456,000

% of World Population

42.5 %

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Photo People Group Country Population ▼ Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Bengali Muslim Shaikh Bangladesh 132,871,000 Bengali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 2,657
Japanese Japan 118,468,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.20 % 0.30 % ● 2,369
Shaikh unspecified India 71,641,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % ● 1,433
Turk Turkey 61,142,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % ● 1,223
Chamar (Hindu traditions) India 54,347,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 1.21 % ● 1,087
Yadav (Hindu traditions) India 40,856,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % ● 817
Persian Iran 39,721,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 1.80 % 1.60 % ● 794
Sunda Indonesia 38,375,000 Sunda Islam ● 0.49 % 0.06 % ● 768
Java Pesisir Lor Indonesia 37,456,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.80 % 0.06 % ● 749
Hausa Nigeria 36,918,000 Hausa Islam ● 0.15 % 0.10 % ● 738
Han Chinese, Xiang China 35,652,000 Chinese, Xiang Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 2.00 % ● 713
Brahmin unspecified India 34,711,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % ● 694
Algerian, Arabic-speaking Algeria 32,608,000 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 652
Pashtun Pakistan 31,637,000 Pashto, Central Islam ☀ 0.00 % ● 633
Mahratta unspecified India 31,321,000 Marathi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % ● 626
Burmese Myanmar (Burma) 31,044,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 0.35 % 0.08 % ● 621
Uzbek, Northern Uzbekistan 28,082,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.01 % ● 562
Rajput (Hindu traditions) India 27,490,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % ● 550
Korean Korea, North 25,492,000 Korean Non-Religious ● 1.60 % 1.56 % ● 510
Arab, Moroccan Morocco 24,264,000 Arabic, Moroccan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.09 % 0.08 % ● 485
Thai Thailand 23,214,000 Thai Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.70 % ● 464
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) India 22,483,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % ● 450
Teli (Hindu traditions) India 22,267,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % ● 445
Java Mancanegari Indonesia 20,936,000 Javanese Islam ● 1.00 % 0.22 % ● 419
Thai, Isan Thailand 18,960,000 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ● 0.40 % 0.01 % ● 379
Totals:  7,423 People Groups   3,367,456,000             70,749
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