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Criteria

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

7,398

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,275,114,000

% 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 *
Teli (Hindu traditions) India 18,839,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % ● 377
Kunbi (Hindu traditions) India 18,499,000 Gujarati Hinduism ☀ 0.05 % ● 370
Thai, Isan Thailand 18,498,000 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ● 0.40 % 0.27 % ● 370
Fulani, Nigerian Nigeria 17,229,000 Fulfulde, Nigerian Islam ☀ 0.08 % 0.06 % ● 345
Bhil India 16,909,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 0.77 % ● 338
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk Iran 16,733,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ● 1.50 % 1.40 % ● 335
Arab, Iraqi Iraq 16,427,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % ● 329
Kumhar (Hindu traditions) India 15,741,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % ● 315
Kapu India 15,424,000 Telugu Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % ● 308
Rajput (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 14,406,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 288
Gond India 14,356,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 0.92 % ● 287
Khmer Cambodia 14,236,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.20 % 1.90 % ● 285
Arab, Saudi - Najdi Saudi Arabia 14,030,000 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ● 0.60 % 0.12 % ● 281
Hui China 13,917,000 Chinese, Mandarin Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 278
Arab, Northern Yemeni Yemen 13,279,000 Arabic, Sanaani Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 266
Malay Malaysia 13,192,000 Malay Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.08 % ● 264
Vanniyan India 12,807,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 1.37 % ● 256
Hausa Niger 12,562,000 Hausa Islam ● 2.00 % 1.60 % ● 251
Somali Somalia 12,430,000 Somali Islam ● 0.30 % 0.01 % ● 249
Kazakh Kazakhstan 12,199,000 Kazakh Islam ● 0.10 % 0.07 % ● 244
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) India 11,993,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % ● 240
Nai (Hindu traditions) India 11,933,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 239
Uyghur China 11,921,000 Uyghur Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 238
Pashtun, Pathan India 11,482,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % ● 230
Arab, Tunisian Tunisia 10,917,000 Arabic, Tunisian Spoken Islam ● 0.22 % 0.00 % ● 218
Totals:  7,398 People Groups   3,275,114,000             68,979
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