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Criteria

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

People Groups

7,441

% of World's
People Groups

42.6 %

Population

3,237,713,000

% of World Population

41.7 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion ▲ Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Lao New Zealand 1,400 Lao Buddhism ● 4.00 % 1.90 % 1
Lao Thailand 60,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.00 % 2.00 % 1
Lao United States 210,000 Lao Buddhism ● 4.00 % 0.50 % 4
Lao Song Thailand 36,000 Thai Song Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Rongkup Bhutan 2,900 Lepcha Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Rongkup Nepal 3,900 Lepcha Buddhism ● 3.56 % ● 1
Loba Bhutan 2,200 Lhowa Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Loba Nepal 2,600 Lhowa Buddhism ● 0.19 % ● 1
Aheu Luang Thailand 1,600 Aheu Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Rakhine Myanmar (Burma) 2,699,000 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 ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Miyako, Ryukyuan Japan 66,000 Miyako Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.51 % ● 1
Mon India 1,100 Ladakhi Buddhism ● 0.43 % ● 1
Mon Pakistan 1,300 Balti Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Mpi Thailand 1,600 Mpi Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Mru Bangladesh 32,000 Mru Buddhism ● 4.38 % ● 1
Mru Myanmar (Burma) 25,000 Mru Buddhism ● 4.01 % 0.40 % 1
Mugal Nepal 300 Nepali Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Amami-Oshima, Northern Japan 9,800 Amami-Oshima, Northern Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.45 % ● 1
Nyahkur Thailand 1,600 Nyahkur Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Kalmyk, Torgut China 194,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 4
Kalmyk-Oirat Kyrgyzstan 3,700 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 261,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.40 % ● 5
Totals:  7,441 People Groups   3,237,713,000             68,495
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