Sri Lanka, Southern state people groups

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Major People Groups *

103

Major Unreached People Groups *

35

Total Population

2,755,000

Buddhist

94.6 %

Christian

0.7 %

Hindu

1.4 %

Muslim

3.3 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %

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People Group	Population in Province	Population in Country	% Country Popl in Province	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale
Vellalar	9,600	1,267,000	0.7577 0.8%	Tamil	Hindu	2
Viswakarma	200	7,800	2.5641 2.6%	Tamil	Hindu	1
Wahumpura	1,268,000	8,865,000	14.3034 14.3%	Sinhala	Buddhist	2
Major Groups (displayed): 103	2,753,000					35 ●
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 113	2,755,000					38 ●

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* Province level entries that are less than 1,000 individuals AND less than 1% of the groups total in the country are not displayed.

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Prayer Cards

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster or country. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-Frontier) - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity. ◼︎	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity. ✸︎+◼︎	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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