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

1,165

% of World's
People Groups

6.7 %

Population

276,322,000

% of World Population

3.6 %

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Photo People Group Country ▼ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous
Kadaiyar Sri Lanka 1,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 7.45 % ●
Kallan Sri Lanka 17,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 9.12 % ●
Kasar (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 3,400 Tamil Hinduism ● 7.95 % ●
Kaikolan Sri Lanka 78,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 12.52 % ●
Kumhar (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 6,200 Tamil Hinduism ● 9.55 % ●
Malayali Sri Lanka 700 Malayalam Hinduism ● 11.02 % ●
Malayan, caste Sri Lanka 1,500 Malayalam Hinduism ● 12.08 % ●
Maravan Sri Lanka 99,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 13.51 % ●
Navithan Sri Lanka 21,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 13.76 % ●
Panan Sri Lanka 5,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 11.96 % ●
Pulayan Sri Lanka 4,500 Tamil Hinduism ● 11.79 % ●
Sali, Seriyar Sri Lanka 3,300 Tamil Hinduism ● 10.94 % ●
Samban Sri Lanka 1,400 Tamil Hinduism ● 8.03 % ●
Semman Sri Lanka 1,100 Tamil Hinduism ● 6.25 % ●
Teli (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 4,700 Tamil Hinduism ● 6.93 % ●
Vellalan Sri Lanka 30,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 12.47 % ●
Velakkithalanayan Sri Lanka 700 Malayalam Hinduism ● 12.08 % ●
Valluvan Sri Lanka 3,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 9.86 % ●
Vanniyan Sri Lanka 36,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 12.06 % ●
Deaf Sri Lanka 107,000 Sri Lankan Sign Language Buddhism ● 8.38 % ●
Vaniyan Sri Lanka 17,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 12.77 % ●
Agamudaiyan Nattaman Sri Lanka 8,600 Tamil Hinduism ● 14.65 % ●
Vettar Sri Lanka 3,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 8.86 % ●
Wahumpura Sri Lanka 8,128,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 7.01 % ●
Silpi Sri Lanka 3,300 Tamil Hinduism ● 10.80 % ●
Totals:  1,165 People Groups   276,322,000            
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