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Criteria

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

7,414

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,343,532,000

% of World Population

42.3 %

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Photo People Group Country Population ▼ Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Uyghur China 11,956,000 Uyghur Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 239
Mahishya India 11,686,000 Bengali Hinduism ● 0.36 % ● 234
Shaikh Pakistan 11,466,000 Sindhi Islam ☀ 0.00 % ● 229
Afghan, Tajik Afghanistan 11,388,000 Dari Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 228
Mahar (Buddhist traditions) India 11,200,000 Marathi Buddhism ● 0.13 % ● 224
Lohar (Hindu traditions) India 11,177,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % ● 224
Arab, Tunisian Tunisia 11,019,000 Arabic, Tunisian Spoken Islam ● 0.22 % 0.00 % ● 220
Arain (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 10,981,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 220
Arab, Saudi - Hijazi Saudi Arabia 10,955,000 Arabic, Hijazi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.09 % 0.08 % ● 219
Pashtun, Southern Afghanistan 10,416,000 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % ● 208
Mappila India 10,275,000 Malayalam Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 206
Gond unspecified India 10,034,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 0.92 % ● 201
Tujia China 9,853,000 Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions ● 1.10 % 1.00 % ● 197
Koli of Gujarat India 9,748,000 Gujarati Hinduism ● 0.54 % ● 195
Kahar (Hindu traditions) India 9,608,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % ● 192
Koiri (Hindu traditions) India 9,582,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.04 % 0.04 % ● 192
Shaikh Qureshi India 9,577,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 192
Java Banyumasan Indonesia 9,327,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.50 % 1.18 % ● 187
Arab, North Iraqi Iraq 9,192,000 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.70 % 0.20 % ● 184
Sayyid India 9,153,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 183
Kurd, Kurmanji Turkey 9,090,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % ● 182
Pashtun, Pathan India 9,073,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % ● 181
Madiga (Hindu traditions) India 9,054,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.13 % ● 181
Mahratta Kunbi India 8,947,000 Gujarati Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % ● 179
Shaikh Siddiqi India 8,880,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 178
Totals:  7,414 People Groups   3,343,532,000             70,266
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