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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 *
Sylhet Muslim Bangladesh 10,875,000 Sylheti Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 218
Afghan, Tajik Afghanistan 10,831,000 Dari Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 217
Arab, Saudi - Hijazi Saudi Arabia 10,801,000 Arabic, Hijazi Spoken Islam ● 0.30 % 0.12 % ● 216
Ansari India 10,700,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % ● 214
Shaikh Pakistan 10,559,000 Sindhi Islam ☀ 0.00 % ● 211
Mali (Hindu traditions) India 10,050,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % ● 201
Mahishya India 9,931,000 Bengali Hinduism ● 0.36 % ● 199
Pashtun, Southern Afghanistan 9,881,000 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % ● 198
Arain (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 9,830,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 197
Tujia China 9,824,000 Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions ● 1.10 % 1.00 % ● 196
Mahar (Buddhist traditions) India 9,548,000 Marathi Buddhism ● 0.13 % ● 191
Lohar (Hindu traditions) India 9,539,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % ● 191
Java Banyumasan Indonesia 9,235,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.50 % 0.20 % ● 185
Jat (Sikh traditions) India 9,102,000 Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small ☀ 0.02 % ● 182
Kurd, Kurmanji Turkey 9,035,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % ● 181
Arab, North Iraqi Iraq 8,977,000 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.70 % 0.20 % ● 180
Azerbaijani Azerbaijan 8,810,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam ● 0.40 % 0.22 % ● 176
Mappila India 8,761,000 Malayalam Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 175
Adi Dravida India 8,598,000 Tamil Hinduism ☀ 0.09 % ● 172
Koli of Gujarat India 8,310,000 Gujarati Hinduism ● 0.54 % ● 166
Shaikh Qureshi India 8,187,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 164
Kahar (Hindu traditions) India 8,162,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % ● 163
Koiri (Hindu traditions) India 8,156,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % ● 163
Sayyid India 7,866,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 157
Pasi (Hindu traditions) India 7,818,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.08 % ● 156
Totals:  7,402 People Groups   3,278,434,000             69,041
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