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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
Malayan, caste Sri Lanka 1,600 Malayalam Hinduism ● 12.08 % ●
Maravan Sri Lanka 100,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 13.51 % ●
Maravar Sri Lanka 87,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 16.49 % ●
Mauritian Sri Lanka 3,800 Morisyen Hinduism ● 45.11 %
Mukkuvar Sri Lanka 42,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 18.51 % ●
Nalavar Sri Lanka 45,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 15.42 % ●
Navandanna Sri Lanka 1,166,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 7.28 % ●
Navithan Sri Lanka 22,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 13.76 % ●
Oli Sri Lanka 30,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 5.20 % ●
Palla Sri Lanka 32,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 15.91 % ●
Pallar Sri Lanka 69,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 16.04 % ●
Palliwilli Sri Lanka 2,200 Tamil Hinduism ● 15.08 % ●
Pamunu Sri Lanka 31,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 5.38 % ●
Panan Sri Lanka 5,100 Tamil Hinduism ● 11.96 % ●
Panna Sri Lanka 33,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 16.38 % ●
Pannikki Sri Lanka 245,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 6.62 % ●
Paraiyar Sri Lanka 71,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 15.03 % ●
Porowakara Sri Lanka 60,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 5.08 % ●
Pulayan Sri Lanka 4,600 Tamil Hinduism ● 11.79 % ●
Radava Sri Lanka 366,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 7.36 % ●
Rajaka Sri Lanka 150,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 7.03 % ●
Salagama Sri Lanka 313,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 12.16 % ●
Sali, Seriyar Sri Lanka 3,400 Tamil Hinduism ● 10.94 % ●
Samban Sri Lanka 1,400 Tamil Hinduism ● 8.03 % ●
Semman Sri Lanka 1,200 Tamil Hinduism ● 6.25 % ●
Totals:  1,147 People Groups   281,727,000            
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