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Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
Progress Level
Progress Gauge

People Groups

1,113

% of World's
People Groups

6.4 %

Population

251,162,000

% of World Population

3.1 %

Map Notes
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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous
Malayali United States 87,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 8.00 % 0.40 %
Malai Arayan India 40,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 42.84 % ●
Malagasy Canada 1,600 Malagasy, Merina Ethnic Religions ● 15.00 % 1.00 %
Mal Thailand 5,100 Mal Ethnic Religions ● 6.00 % 1.00 % ●
Makua, Makhuwa-Meetto Zimbabwe 19,000 Makhuwa-Meetto Ethnic Religions ● 25.00 % 0.50 %
Maku'a Timor-Leste Unknown Fataluku Ethnic Religions ● 23.00 % 2.00 % ●
Makonde Kenya 3,900 Makonde Islam ● 10.00 % 2.00 %
Makhuwa-Shirima Mozambique 959,000 Makhuwa-Shirima Ethnic Religions ● 20.00 % 2.00 % ●
Makhuwa-Moniga Mozambique 462,000 Makhuwa-Moniga Ethnic Religions ● 20.00 % 2.00 % ●
Makhuwa-Marrevone Mozambique 460,000 Makhuwa-Marrevone Ethnic Religions ● 20.00 % 0.05 % ●
Majera Cameroon 900 Majera Ethnic Religions ● 20.00 % 1.00 % ●
Mahafaly Madagascar 437,000 Malagasy, Tandroy-Mahafaly Ethnic Religions ● 25.00 % 1.09 % ●
Maha Nigeria 21,000 Maaka Islam ● 10.00 % 0.50 % ●
Magu Nigeria 23,000 Mvanip Ethnic Religions ● 40.00 % 2.00 % ●
Magar India 423,000 Nepali Hinduism ● 5.05 % ●
Mafa Cameroon 1,027,000 Mafa Islam ● 7.00 % 2.00 % ●
Mafa Nigeria 8,900 Mafa Ethnic Religions ● 7.00 % 1.00 % ●
Mada Cameroon 54,000 Mada (Cameroon) Islam ● 7.00 % 0.70 % ●
Machinga Tanzania 113,000 Machinga Islam ● 13.00 % 2.00 % ●
Maan Liberia 357,000 Maan Ethnic Religions ● 8.00 % 2.00 % ●
Maaban Ethiopia 5,100 Mabaan Ethnic Religions ● 30.00 % 1.00 %
Luyana, Kwangali Botswana 9,600 Kwangali Ethnic Religions ● 40.00 % 1.00 %
Luri Nigeria 100 Hausa Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 2.00 % ●
Lolo Mozambique 347,000 Lolo Ethnic Religions ● 35.00 % 1.00 % ●
Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal) India 153,000 Bengali Hinduism ● 11.08 % ●
Totals:  1,113 People Groups   251,162,000            
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