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Criteria

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

1,147

% of World's
People Groups

6.6 %

Population

281,727,000

% of World Population

3.6 %

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Photo ▲ People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous
Parhaiya Bangladesh 3,100 Sylheti Hinduism ● 8.97 % ●
Pasi India 1,000 Adi Unknown ● 10.38 % ●
Pay Papua New Guinea 2,200 Mala Ethnic Religions ● 20.00 % 2.00 % ●
Pei Papua New Guinea 300 Pefiyahe Ethnic Religions ● 25.00 % 0.00 % ●
Phuong Vietnam 19,000 Phuong Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 1.00 % ●
Piame Papua New Guinea 300 Piame Ethnic Religions ● 15.00 % 2.00 % ●
Pisamira Colombia Unknown Spanish Ethnic Religions ● 30.00 % 2.00 % ●
Piyobe Benin 1,900 Miyobe Ethnic Religions ● 6.00 % 0.60 % ●
Piyobe Togo 18,000 Miyobe Ethnic Religions ● 6.00 % 0.60 % ●
Ponasakan Indonesia 5,500 Ponosakan Ethnic Religions ● 15.00 % 1.00 % ●
Porowakara Sri Lanka 60,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 5.08 % ●
Pueblo, Zuni United States 9,800 Zuni Ethnic Religions ● 15.00 % 1.00 % ●
Putoh Indonesia 11,000 Putoh Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 1.00 % ●
Pygmy, Buraka Congo, Democratic Republic of 2,200 Buraka Ethnic Religions ● 15.00 % 1.00 % ●
Radava Sri Lanka 366,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 7.36 % ●
Rajaka Sri Lanka 150,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 7.03 % ●
Rajong Indonesia 7,000 Rajong Islam ● 8.00 % 1.00 % ●
Rengao Vietnam 20,000 Rengao Ethnic Religions ● 25.00 % 1.12 % ●
Retuara Colombia 700 Tanimuca-Retuara Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 0.30 % ●
Rio Arauca Guajibo, Playero Colombia 300 Playero Christianity ● 50.00 % 0.05 % ●
Rio Arauca Guajibo, Playero Venezuela 200 Playero Christianity ● 50.00 % 0.05 % ●
Riung Indonesia 26,000 Riung Islam ● 10.00 % 2.00 % ●
Romani, Slovak Czechia 66,000 Slovak Non-Religious ● 35.00 % 0.50 %
Sabu, Havunese Indonesia 154,000 Hawu Ethnic Religions ● 9.00 % 2.00 % ●
Sahafatra Madagascar 118,000 Malagasy, Merina Ethnic Religions ● 30.00 % 2.00 % ●
Totals:  1,147 People Groups   281,727,000            
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