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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 *
Yaminahua, Chitonajuas Peru 300 Yaminahua Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yamphu Nepal 6,700 Yamphu Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Lohorung Nepal 1,200 Yamphu, Southern Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yao, Muslim Malawi 2,053,000 Yao Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % ● 41
Yao, Muslim Mozambique 203,000 Yao Islam ● 1.40 % 1.00 % ● 4
Yao, Muslim Tanzania 632,000 Yao Islam ● 2.00 % 1.20 % ● 13
Yao, Muslim Zambia 5,100 Yao Islam ● 3.00 % 1.00 % 1
Yaroame Brazil 500 Yaroame Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 2.00 % ● 1
Yerong China 400 Yerong Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yerukula India 540,000 Yerukula Hinduism ● 1.77 % ● 11
Jew, Eastern Yiddish-speaking Belarus 14,000 Yiddish, Eastern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Jew, Eastern Yiddish-speaking Canada 40,000 Yiddish, Eastern Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.50 % 1
Jew, Eastern Yiddish-speaking Estonia 1,800 Yiddish, Eastern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jew, Eastern Yiddish-speaking Israel 180,000 Yiddish, Eastern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 4
Jew, Eastern Yiddish-speaking Latvia 1,900 Yiddish, Eastern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jew, Eastern Yiddish-speaking Lithuania 2,400 Yiddish, Eastern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jew, Eastern Yiddish-speaking Moldova 3,400 Yiddish, Eastern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jew, Eastern Yiddish-speaking Romania 600 Yiddish, Eastern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Jew, Eastern Yiddish-speaking Russia 1,700 Yiddish, Eastern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jew, Eastern Yiddish-speaking United States 352,000 Yiddish, Eastern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 7
Karen, Yintale Myanmar (Burma) 11,000 Yintale Buddhism ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yonaguni Japan 800 Yonaguni Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yong Thailand 14,000 Yong Buddhism ● 0.20 % 0.20 % ● 1
Yora, Manu Park Panoan Peru 200 Yora Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yoron Japan 900 Yoron Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Totals:  7,398 People Groups   3,275,114,000             68,979
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