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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
Teli (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 4,800 Tamil Hinduism ● 6.93 % ●
Khmer Belgium 500 Khmer Buddhism ● 7.00 % 1.00 %
Biali Benin 167,000 Biali Ethnic Religions ● 7.00 % 1.00 % ●
Idaca Benin 174,000 Ede Idaca Ethnic Religions ● 7.00 % 0.70 % ●
Wara Burkina Faso 9,800 Wara Ethnic Religions ● 7.00 % 0.60 % ●
Mada Cameroon 51,000 Mada Islam ● 7.00 % 0.70 % ●
Mafa Cameroon 320,000 Mafa Islam ● 7.00 % 2.00 % ●
Daba, Daba Kola Cameroon 36,000 Daba Islam ● 7.00 % 1.50 % ●
Muyang, Myau Cameroon 43,000 Muyang Islam ● 7.00 % 0.40 % ●
Wawa Cameroon 7,000 Wawa Islam ● 7.00 % 1.00 % ●
Arab, Syrian Cyprus 3,400 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 7.00 % 0.10 %
South Asian, general Eswatini 8,400 Hindi Hinduism ● 7.00 % 0.50 %
Baga Sitemu, Tchitem Guinea 42,000 Baga Sitemu Islam ● 7.00 % 1.07 % ●
Bandi Guinea 13,000 Bandi Ethnic Religions ● 7.00 % 1.10 % ●
Jola-Bayote Gambia 1,200 Bayot Ethnic Religions ● 7.00 % 1.00 %
Mandyak, Manjaco Gambia 41,000 Mandjak Ethnic Religions ● 7.00 % 0.30 % ●
Lobi Ghana 9,700 Lobi Ethnic Religions ● 7.00 % 2.00 %
Arab, Syrian Guadeloupe 600 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 7.00 % 0.13 %
Dayak Tidung Indonesia 52,000 Tidung, Southern Islam ● 7.00 % 0.01 % ●
Kaidipang Indonesia 11,000 Kaidipang Islam ● 7.00 % 0.41 % ●
Ujir Indonesia 1,200 Ujir Islam ● 7.00 % 2.00 % ●
Vietnamese Italy 1,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 7.00 % 2.00 %
Deaf Kosovo 14,000 Albanian Sign Language Islam ● 7.00 % ●
Han Chinese, Min Dong Malaysia 272,000 Chinese, Min Dong Ethnic Religions ● 7.00 % 2.00 %
Murut, Pandewan Malaysia 1,800 Murut, Paluan Ethnic Religions ● 7.00 % 0.60 % ●
Totals:  1,147 People Groups   281,727,000            
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