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Criteria

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

7,419

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,275,303,000

% 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 *
Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol Mongolia 265,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.40 % ● 5
Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol Russia 187,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ● 0.16 % 0.16 % ● 4
Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol United States 1,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kalmyk-Oirat Uzbekistan 900 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.00 % 1
Palaung, Pale Myanmar (Burma) 295,000 Palaung, Ruching Buddhism ☀ 0.10 % 0.06 % ● 6
De'ang, Pale China 11,000 Palaung, Ruching Buddhism ● 0.12 % 0.12 % 1
Palaung, Pale Thailand 6,200 Palaung, Ruching Buddhism ● 0.20 % 0.00 % ● 1
Sinhalese Australia 115,000 Sinhala Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Sinhalese Canada 20,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 2.80 % 1.50 % 1
Sinhalese Denmark 7,900 Sinhala Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Sinhalese China, Hong Kong 800 Sinhala Buddhism ● 1.00 % 1.00 % 1
Sinhalese India 4,400 Sinhala Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Sinhalese Italy 60,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Sinhalese Maldives 2,700 Sinhala Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.60 % 1
Sinhalese Malaysia 4,400 Sinhala Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.10 % 1
Sinhalese New Zealand 1,100 Sinhala Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.50 % 1
Sinhalese Qatar 57,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 3.00 % 1.20 % 1
Sinhalese Thailand 72,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Sinhalese United States 11,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 4.00 % 1.20 % 1
Sino-Burmese Myanmar (Burma) 17,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.70 % ● 1
Oy Laos 24,000 Oy Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Pankhu, Panko Bangladesh 4,000 Pangkhua Buddhism ● 4.49 % ● 1
Lao Phuan Cambodia 2,400 Phuan Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Lao Phuan Laos 149,000 Phuan Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.80 % ● 3
Lao Phuan Thailand 209,000 Phuan Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.10 % ● 4
Totals:  7,419 People Groups   3,275,303,000             69,207
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