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Criteria

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

People Groups

1,123

% of World's
People Groups

6.4 %

Population

249,478,000

% of World Population

3.1 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous ▲
Mende Guinea 3,000 Mende Islam ● 10.00 % 1.10 %
Mende United States 6,900 Mende Islam ● 15.00 % 0.50 %
Javanese Netherlands 44,000 Javanese Islam ● 20.00 % 1.00 %
Malayali United Arab Emirates 311,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 15.00 % 2.00 %
Malayali Bahrain 53,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 40.00 % 1.50 %
Malayali Canada 19,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 6.00 % 2.00 %
Malayali Qatar 73,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 6.00 % 2.00 %
Malayali United States 87,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 8.00 % 0.40 %
Tamil (Hindu traditions) Oman 12,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 12.00 % 2.00 %
Tamil (Hindu traditions) Saudi Arabia 72,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 12.00 % 2.00 %
Tamil (Hindu traditions) South Africa 32,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 12.00 % 1.50 %
Tamil (Hindu traditions) Thailand 36,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 10.50 % 0.50 %
Tamil (Hindu traditions) United States 92,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 6.00 % 0.50 %
Tamil (Hindu traditions) Vietnam 9,800 Tamil Hinduism ● 10.00 % 0.40 %
Hmong Njua United States 115,000 Hmong Njua Ethnic Religions ● 7.00 % 1.00 %
Han Chinese, Min Dong Malaysia 281,000 Chinese, Min Dong Ethnic Religions ● 7.00 % 2.00 %
Han Chinese, Xiang Malaysia 70,000 Chinese, Xiang Ethnic Religions ● 6.00 % 1.00 %
Hmong Njua France 129,000 Hmong Njua Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 0.40 %
Hmong Njua Suriname 2,300 Hmong Njua Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 1.00 %
Bassar, Ntcham Cameroon 2,900 Ntcham Ethnic Religions ● 18.00 % 1.50 %
Hemshin Russia 2,100 Turkish Islam ● 10.00 % 2.00 %
Arab, general Ireland 23,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 33.00 % 0.50 %
Chinese, general Argentina 78,000 Chinese, Mandarin Buddhism ● 31.00 % 0.50 %
Mono, Alu United States 100 Mono Christianity ● 50.00 % 1.00 %
Chinese, general Costa Rica 39,000 Chinese, Mandarin Christianity ● 30.00 % 1.30 %
Totals:  1,123 People Groups   249,478,000            
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