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Criteria

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

People Groups

1,119

% of World's
People Groups

6.5 %

Population

256,101,000

% of World Population

3.2 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous
Shama Nigeria 10,000 Shama-Sambuga Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 0.50 % ●
Shani Nigeria 2,000 Hausa Islam ● 8.00 % 0.40 % ●
Sherpa India 50,000 Nepali Buddhism ● 14.74 % ●
Tatar, Shorian Russia 10,000 Shor Ethnic Religions ● 30.00 % 0.50 % ●
Shuar, Jivaro Ecuador 73,000 Shuar Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 0.50 % ●
Siamou, Seme Burkina Faso 28,000 Siamou Ethnic Religions ● 6.00 % 1.00 % ●
Kenyah, Sibop Malaysia 5,000 Sebop Islam ● 10.00 % 2.00 % ●
Sisaala, Western Ghana 53,000 Sisaala, Western Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 1.00 % ●
Eskimo, Saint Lawrence Island United States 3,200 Yupik, Saint Lawrence Island Ethnic Religions ● 18.00 % 2.00 % ●
Temi Tanzania 64,000 Temi Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 1.50 % ●
Piyobe Benin 2,200 Miyobe Ethnic Religions ● 6.00 % 0.60 % ●
Piyobe Togo 20,000 Miyobe Ethnic Religions ● 6.00 % 0.60 % ●
Kissi, Southern Sierra Leone 150,000 Kisi, Southern Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 1.00 % ●
Riang Lai Myanmar (Burma) 13,000 Riang Lai Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 0.70 % ●
Suruwaha Brazil 200 Suruaha Ethnic Religions ● 30.00 % 1.00 % ●
Arab, Syrian Syria 14,914,000 Arabic, Levantine Islam ● 6.00 % 0.16 % ●
Tacana Bolivia 19,000 Tacana Ethnic Religions ● 9.00 % 2.00 % ●
Tajio, Kasimbar Indonesia 12,000 Tajio Islam ● 12.00 % 2.00 % ●
Takua Vietnam 6,700 Takua Ethnic Religions ● 25.00 % 0.40 % ●
Tala Nigeria 2,100 Tala Ethnic Religions ● 20.00 % 2.00 % ●
Tampias Lobu Malaysia 4,500 Lobu, Tampias Ethnic Religions ● 18.00 % 2.00 % ●
Tanala Madagascar 1,555,000 Malagasy, Merina Ethnic Religions ● 22.00 % 1.04 % ●
Tangchanghya Bangladesh 68,000 Tangchangya Buddhism ● 13.37 % ●
Tangchanghya India 2,300 Tangchangya Buddhism ● 16.67 % ●
Tapeba Brazil 7,200 Portuguese Ethnic Religions ● 50.00 % 2.00 % ●
Totals:  1,119 People Groups   256,101,000            
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