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Criteria

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

1,124

% of World's
People Groups

6.4 %

Population

248,626,000

% of World Population

3.1 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous ▲
Mahafaly Madagascar 420,000 Malagasy, Tandroy-Mahafaly Ethnic Religions ● 25.00 % 1.09 % ●
Majera Cameroon 900 Majera Ethnic Religions ● 20.00 % 1.00 % ●
Ndau, Shona Mozambique 810,000 Ndau Ethnic Religions ● 25.00 % 1.00 % ●
Ndau Zimbabwe 1,058,000 Ndau Ethnic Religions ● 45.00 % 1.20 % ●
Ndemli, Bayong Cameroon 18,000 Ndemli Islam ● 30.00 % 0.70 % ●
Ndonde Hamba Tanzania 27,000 Ndonde Hamba Islam ● 10.00 % 1.00 % ●
Lakonde Brazil Unknown Portuguese Ethnic Religions ● 20.00 % ●
Ngbaka Mabo, Bwaka Congo, Democratic Republic of 33,000 Ngbaka Ma'bo Ethnic Religions ● 25.00 % 1.80 % ●
Ngizim, Ngizmawa Nigeria 174,000 Ngizim Islam ● 7.00 % 0.63 % ●
Ngoshe Sama, Ngossi Cameroon 1,900 Gvoko Ethnic Religions ● 25.00 % 0.20 % ●
Ngoshe Sama, Nggweshe Nigeria 44,000 Gvoko Ethnic Religions ● 30.00 % 0.70 % ●
Ngwaba Nigeria 20,000 Ngwaba Islam ● 8.00 % 0.20 % ●
Senoufo, Niangolo Burkina Faso 106,000 Senoufo, Senara Ethnic Religions ● 8.00 % 1.55 % ●
Makhuwa-Marrevone Mozambique 486,000 Makhuwa-Marrevone Ethnic Religions ● 20.00 % 0.05 % ●
Makhuwa-Shirima Mozambique 810,000 Makhuwa-Shirima Ethnic Religions ● 20.00 % 2.00 % ●
Maku'a East Timor Unknown Fataluku Ethnic Religions ● 23.00 % 2.00 % ●
Vasekela Bushman, Maligo Namibia 1,500 Northwestern Kung Ethnic Religions ● 35.00 % 2.00 % ●
Mambila, Nigeria Nigeria 200,000 Mambila, Nigeria Ethnic Religions ● 12.50 % 2.00 % ●
Mamboru Indonesia 12,000 Mamboru Ethnic Religions ● 40.00 % 1.00 % ●
Cao Lan, San Chay Vietnam 205,000 Cao Lan Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 1.30 % ●
Mandyak, Manjaco Gambia 42,000 Mandjak Ethnic Religions ● 7.00 % 0.30 % ●
Mandyak, Manjaco Senegal 167,000 Mandjak Ethnic Religions ● 7.00 % 0.07 % ●
Mangas Nigeria 200 Mangas Ethnic Religions ● 15.00 % 2.00 % ●
Mangole Indonesia 9,800 Mangole Islam ● 8.00 % 1.00 % ●
Manipa, Soow Huhelia Indonesia 2,700 Manipa Islam ● 9.00 % 2.00 % ●
Totals:  1,124 People Groups   248,626,000            
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