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Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians <= 5%
Progress Level
Progress Gauge

People Groups

7,186

% of World's
People Groups

41.6 %

Population

3,424,947,000

% 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 *
Berber, Zenaga Senegal 600 Zenaga Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Zaza-Dimli Türkiye (Turkey) 1,323,000 Zazaki, Southern Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 26
Zaza-Alevi Türkiye (Turkey) 210,000 Zazaki, Northern Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 4
Zaza-Alevi Greece 25,000 Zazaki, Northern Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Zaza-Alevi Germany 30,000 Zazaki, Northern Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Zarma Nigeria 169,000 Zarma Islam ● 3.00 % 2.00 % 3
Zarma Niger 5,124,000 Zarma Islam ● 0.20 % 0.10 % ● 102
Zarma Mali 2,700 Zarma Islam ● 0.20 % 0.10 % 1
Zarma Ghana 10,000 Zarma Islam ● 0.50 % 0.08 % 1
Zarma Benin 15,000 Zarma Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % 1
Zaramo Tanzania 1,451,000 Zaramo Islam ● 3.04 % 2.00 % ● 29
Zan Gula Chad 13,000 Zan Gula Islam ● 3.00 % 1.00 % ● 1
Za, Charumba China 800 Zakhring Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Zaiwa China 120,000 Zaiwa Ethnic Religions ● 0.25 % 0.22 % ● 2
Zaghawa Sudan 133,000 Zaghawa Islam ☀︎ 0.05 % 0.05 % ● 3
Zaghawa Libya 9,400 Zaghawa Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Zaghawa Chad 183,000 Zaghawa Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 4
Bideyat Sudan 13,000 Zaghawa Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Bideyat, Beri Chad 11,000 Zaghawa Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Eskimo, Siberian Russia 1,700 Yupik, Saint Lawrence Island Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Yugur, Saragh China 12,000 Yugur, West Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.50 % ● 1
Yugur, Enger China 6,100 Yugur, East Buddhism ● 1.20 % 1.00 % ● 1
Yoy Thailand 8,200 Yoy Buddhism ● 0.90 % 0.50 % ● 1
Yoy Laos 12,000 Yoy Ethnic Religions ● 0.19 % 0.19 % ● 1
Yoron Japan 900 Yoron Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Totals:  7,186 People Groups   3,424,947,000             71,685
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