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Criteria

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

7,399

% of World's
People Groups

42.4 %

Population

3,278,489,000

% 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 *
Dzakhchin, Zahchin Mongolia 38,000 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.70 % ● 1
Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol Mongolia 265,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.40 % ● 5
Khoton Mongolia 12,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ☀ 0.10 % 0.08 % ● 1
Mongol, Khalka Mongolia 2,333,000 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.86 % ● 47
Torgud Mongolia 16,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ● 0.80 % 0.70 % ● 1
Tai Doi Myanmar (Burma) 5,100 Tai Loi Buddhism ● 5.00 % 1.00 % ● 1
Tai Khun Myanmar (Burma) 131,000 Khun Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 3
Tai Laing Myanmar (Burma) 115,000 Tai Laing Buddhism ☀ 0.03 % 0.03 % ● 2
Tai Lue Myanmar (Burma) 62,000 Lu Buddhism ● 0.20 % 0.06 % ● 1
Tai Man, Shan Myanmar (Burma) 4,556,000 Shan Buddhism ● 0.90 % 0.82 % ● 91
Bhote Nepal 13,000 Nepali Buddhism ● 1.40 % ● 1
Kyerung Nepal 3,100 Kyerung Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Larke Nepal 200 Nubri Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Siyar Nepal 500 Nepali Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Tuvan, Uriankhai Mongolia 41,000 Tuvan Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Uriankhai, Altai Mongolia 29,000 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.70 % ● 1
Tangbe Nepal 600 Nepali Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Thakali Marphali Nepal 1,900 Thakali Buddhism ● 1.79 % ● 1
Thakali Tin Gaule Nepal 500 Thakali Buddhism ● 1.06 % ● 1
Tibetan, Bhotia Nepal 2,600 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Burmese New Zealand 2,300 Burmese Buddhism ● 0.60 % 0.20 % 1
Danau Myanmar (Burma) 128,000 Danau Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.40 % ● 3
Danu Myanmar (Burma) 116,000 Danu Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.50 % ● 2
Lao Myanmar (Burma) 25,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.90 % 1
Manyuki Myanmar (Burma) 20,000 Shan Buddhism ☀ 0.05 % 0.05 % ● 1
Totals:  7,399 People Groups   3,278,489,000             69,041
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