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Criteria

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

People Groups

1,146

% of World's
People Groups

6.6 %

Population

280,116,000

% of World Population

3.6 %

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Photo People Group Country Population ▲ Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous
Berava Sri Lanka 372,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 6.56 % ●
Tewe Mozambique 394,000 Tewe Ethnic Religions ● 40.00 % 2.00 % ●
Takwane Mozambique 397,000 Takwane Ethnic Religions ● 25.00 % 1.50 % ●
Mahafaly Madagascar 410,000 Malagasy, Tandroy-Mahafaly Ethnic Religions ● 25.00 % 1.09 % ●
Deaf Myanmar (Burma) 411,000 Myanmar Sign Language Buddhism ● 8.98 % ●
Albanian Greece 417,000 Albanian, Gheg Islam ● 33.00 % 0.40 %
Arab, Palestinian Saudi Arabia 435,000 Arabic, South Levantine Spoken Islam ● 5.60 % 0.10 %
Gamit India 457,000 Gamit Hinduism ● 10.34 % ●
Indian, English-speaking South Africa 464,000 English Hinduism ● 10.00 % 1.00 %
Albanian, general Italy 468,000 Italian Islam ● 30.00 % 0.50 %
Makhuwa-Marrevone Mozambique 472,000 Makhuwa-Marrevone Ethnic Religions ● 20.00 % 0.05 % ●
Makhuwa-Moniga Mozambique 474,000 Makhuwa-Moniga Ethnic Religions ● 20.00 % 2.00 % ●
Arleng India 500,000 Karbi Hinduism ● 19.74 % ●
Gurung Ghaleg Nepal 511,000 Gurung Buddhism ● 5.00 % ●
Chakma Bangladesh 513,000 Chakma Buddhism ● 12.96 % ●
Limba, West Sierra Leone 532,000 Limba, West-Central Islam ● 14.00 % 1.00 % ●
Shabar India 532,000 Odia Hinduism ● 9.14 % ●
Govigama Sri Lanka 561,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 6.90 % ●
Rufiji Tanzania 573,000 Rufiji Islam ● 9.00 % 1.50 % ●
Java Serang Indonesia 577,000 Javanese Islam ● 12.00 % 0.11 % ●
Rai Nepal 602,000 Nepali Other / Small ● 5.56 % ●
Arab, Egyptian Saudi Arabia 626,000 Arabic, Egyptian Spoken Islam ● 13.00 % 2.00 %
Arab, Palestinian Lebanon 628,000 Arabic, South Levantine Spoken Islam ● 38.00 % 0.10 %
Arab, Syrian Jordan 635,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 6.00 % 0.10 %
Arab, Egyptian Libya 654,000 Arabic, Egyptian Spoken Islam ● 8.00 % 0.50 %
Totals:  1,146 People Groups   280,116,000            
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