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Criteria

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

7,417

% of World's
People Groups

42.6 %

Population

3,367,691,000

% of World Population

42.5 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion ▲ Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Lao United States 214,000 Lao Buddhism ● 4.00 % 0.50 % 4
Lao Vietnam 18,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.40 % 0.03 % 1
Lao Song Thailand 37,000 Thai Song Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Rongkup Bhutan 3,000 Lepcha Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Rongkup Nepal 4,700 Lepcha Buddhism ● 3.56 % ● 1
Loba Bhutan 2,200 Lhowa Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Loba Nepal 3,100 Lhowa Buddhism ● 0.19 % ● 1
Aheu Luang Thailand 1,600 Aheu Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Rakhine Bangladesh 19,000 Rakhine Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Rakhine Myanmar (Burma) 2,687,000 Rakhine Buddhism ☀ 0.10 % 0.05 % ● 54
Newah Bhutan 3,600 Nepali Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Manmet China 1,800 Man Met Buddhism ● 0.34 % 0.34 % ● 1
Miyako, Ryukyuan Japan 65,000 Miyako Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.51 % ● 1
Mon India 1,400 Ladakhi Buddhism ● 0.43 % ● 1
Mon Pakistan 1,300 Balti Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Mru Bangladesh 72,000 Mru Buddhism ● 3.94 % ● 1
Mru Myanmar (Burma) 25,000 Mru Buddhism ● 4.01 % 0.40 % 1
Mpi Thailand 1,600 Mpi Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Mugal Nepal 400 Nepali Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Amami-Oshima, Northern Japan 9,600 Amami-Oshima, Northern Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.45 % ● 1
Nyahkur Thailand 1,700 Nyahkur Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Kalmyk, Torgut China 192,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 4
Kalmyk-Oirat Kyrgyzstan 3,800 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kalmyk-Oirat Kazakhstan 500 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol Mongolia 271,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.40 % ● 5
Totals:  7,417 People Groups   3,367,691,000             70,750
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