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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

42.4 %

Population

3,395,949,000

% of World Population

42.4 %

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Photo People Group Country Population ▼ Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Lao Laos 3,565,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.50 % 2.00 % ● 71
Mochi (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 3,564,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 71
Palembang Indonesia 3,478,000 Musi Islam ☀ 0.03 % 0.02 % ● 70
Adi Karnataka India 3,472,000 Kannada Hinduism ● 0.51 % ● 69
Berber, Southern Shilha Morocco 3,471,000 Tachelhit Islam ● 0.20 % 0.16 % ● 69
Tamil (Muslim traditions) India 3,463,000 Tamil Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 69
Bagdi (Hindu traditions) India 3,456,000 Bengali Hinduism ☀ 0.09 % ● 69
Mazhabi (Sikh traditions) India 3,406,000 Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small ● 1.01 % ● 68
Maninka, Eastern Guinea 3,404,000 Maninkakan, Eastern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.00 % ● 68
Sasak Indonesia 3,397,000 Sasak Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % ● 68
Maravan India 3,393,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 2.45 % ● 68
Nadar (Hindu traditions) India 3,390,000 Tamil Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 68
Baggara, Shuwa Arab Chad 3,385,000 Arabic, Chadian Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.40 % ● 68
Mahratta Jadhav India 3,340,000 Marathi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 67
Dhangar Bharwad India 3,331,000 Gujarati Hinduism ☀ 0.04 % ● 67
Brahmin Bhumihar India 3,315,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 66
Malay Indonesia 3,298,000 Malay Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % ● 66
Bouyei China 3,295,000 Bouyei Ethnic Religions ● 0.70 % 0.17 % ● 66
Brahmin Sanadhya India 3,262,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 65
Banten Indonesia 3,241,000 Sunda Islam ● 0.12 % 0.12 % ● 65
Assamese (Muslim traditions) India 3,198,000 Assamese Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 64
Tarkhan (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 3,185,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 64
Arab, Palestinian Jordan 3,150,000 Arabic, Levantine Islam ● 1.80 % 0.30 % ● 63
Mallah (Hindu traditions) India 3,107,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % ● 62
Yadav Sadgope India 3,105,000 Bengali Hinduism ☀ 0.08 % ● 62
Totals:  7,398 People Groups   3,395,949,000             71,298
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