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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

3,278,434,000

% 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 *
Hmu, Southern China 860,000 Miao, Southern Qiandong Ethnic Religions ● 0.20 % 0.06 % ● 17
Munnur India 857,000 Telugu Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 17
Kulobi Tajikistan 848,000 Tajik Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 17
Japanese United States 844,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % 17
Tai Dam Vietnam 842,000 Tai Dam Ethnic Religions ● 0.17 % 0.14 % ● 17
Kazakh Uzbekistan 840,000 Kazakh Islam ● 0.20 % 0.15 % 17
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken Oman 837,000 Arabic, Gulf Spoken Islam ● 0.35 % 0.30 % 17
Zhuang, Yang China 837,000 Zhuang, Yang Ethnic Religions ● 0.20 % 0.14 % ● 17
Punjabi Saudi Arabia 834,000 Punjabi, Eastern Islam ● 1.00 % 0.00 % 17
Jat Gahlot (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 834,000 Saraiki Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 17
Mbojo Indonesia 833,000 Bima Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % ● 17
Mewati (Muslim traditions) India 829,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 17
Vietnamese Cambodia 827,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.17 % 17
Julaha India 825,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % ● 17
Bahna (Hindu traditions) India 824,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % ● 16
Jat Kharral (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 816,000 Saraiki Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 16
Gonrhi India 814,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 16
Tai Lue China 814,000 Lu Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.33 % ● 16
Navithan India 813,000 Tamil Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 16
Sunri (Hindu traditions) India 813,000 Bengali Hinduism ● 0.17 % ● 16
Holaya India 813,000 Kannada Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 16
Dar Hamid Sudan 808,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 16
Shaikh Faruqi India 808,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 16
Mewati (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 807,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 16
Miao, Hua China 797,000 Miao, Chuanqiandian Cluster Ethnic Religions ● 0.20 % 0.17 % ● 16
Totals:  7,402 People Groups   3,278,434,000             69,041
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