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Criteria

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

People Groups

7,432

% of World's
People Groups

42.6 %

Population

3,235,374,000

% 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 *
Shixing China 3,600 Shuhi Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Sherpa Bhutan 9,800 Sherpa Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Sherpa China 1,200 Sherpa Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Sherpa Nepal 105,000 Sherpa Buddhism ● 4.22 % ● 2
Sherpa United States 500 Sherpa Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
So Laos 86,000 So Buddhism ● 1.40 % 1.00 % ● 2
So Thailand 73,000 So Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.50 % ● 1
Amami-Oshima, Southern Japan 1,800 Amami-Oshima, Southern Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.50 % ● 1
Thai, Southern Malaysia 4,100 Thai, Southern Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Thai, Southern Thailand 5,199,000 Thai, Southern Buddhism ● 0.90 % 0.25 % ● 104
Tai He Laos 4,100 Language unknown Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Tai Laan Laos 700 Language unknown Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Tai Nua, Chinese Shan Myanmar (Burma) 103,000 Tai Nua Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.35 % ● 2
Tai Nua, Chinese Shan China 494,000 Tai Nua Buddhism ● 0.19 % 0.17 % ● 10
Tai Nua, Chinese Shan Laos 14,000 Tai Nua Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Tai Nua, Chinese Shan Vietnam 108,000 Tai Nua Buddhism ● 0.19 % 0.17 % 2
Taungyo Myanmar (Burma) 45,000 Taungyo Buddhism ● 0.60 % 0.40 % ● 1
Gurung Ghaleg Bangladesh 900 Gurung Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Gurung Ghaleg Bhutan 10,000 Nepali Buddhism ● 3.58 % 1
Thai, Isan Iceland 500 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.50 % 1
Thai, Isan Laos 8,900 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Thai, Isan Norway 18,000 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ● 0.80 % 0.10 % 1
Thai, Isan New Zealand 8,400 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ● 0.80 % 0.10 % 1
Thai, Isan Thailand 18,458,000 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ● 0.40 % 0.27 % ● 369
Thai, Isan United States 85,000 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.10 % 2
Totals:  7,432 People Groups   3,235,374,000             68,459
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