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People Groups

7,418

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,233,452,000

% of World Population

41.7 %
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Photo People Group Country ▼ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Somali Bantu United States 52,000 Maay Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Turk, Meskhetian United States 9,700 English Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yazidi United States 4,100 Kurdish, Northern Ethnic Religions ● 2.40 % 1.50 % 1
Afghani, general United States 99,000 Dari Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Khuen United States 2,800 Khuen Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.10 % 1
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk United States 1,100 Azerbaijani, South Islam ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Jat (Sikh traditions) United States 208,000 Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small ● 0.40 % 0.30 % 4
Tai Don, White Tai United States 13,000 Tai Don Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Mongol, Khalka United States 15,000 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.20 % 1
Mongolian, Peripheral United States 3,600 Mongolian, Peripheral Buddhism ● 3.00 % 2.00 % 1
Tai Lue United States 4,500 Lu Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.00 % 1
Turk United States 197,000 Turkish Islam ● 3.00 % 0.50 % 4
Shaikh United States 201,000 Bengali Islam ● 0.80 % 0.50 % 4
Oriya United States 1,100 Odia Hinduism ● 4.00 % 0.50 % 1
Jat (Muslim traditions) United States 381,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 8
Gujar (Hindu traditions) United States 256,000 Gujarati Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 5
Uyghur United States 1,000 Uyghur Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Uzbek, Southern United States 29,000 Uzbek, Southern Islam ● 0.40 % 0.30 % 1
Urdu United States 302,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 6
Arab, Tunisian United States 7,500 Arabic, Tunisian Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Tibetan, Central United States 10,000 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % 1
Thai, Isan United States 85,000 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.10 % 2
Wolof United States 20,000 Wolof Islam ● 2.00 % 0.50 % 1
Cham, Western United States 3,300 Cham, Western Islam ● 1.00 % 0.10 % 1
South Asian, Telugu-speaking United States 203,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 3.00 % 0.60 % 4
Tatar United States 11,000 Tatar Islam ● 1.00 % 0.00 % 1
Tajik United States 2,000 Tajik Islam ● 0.40 % 0.30 % 1
Arab, Yemeni United States 45,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Tai Dam United States 4,300 Tai Dam Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.10 % 1
Arab, Sudanese United States 1,300 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % 1
Soninke United States 20,000 Soninke Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % 1
Somali United States 155,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 3
Baggara, Shuwa Arab United States 2,400 Arabic, Chadian Spoken Islam ● 5.00 % 0.50 % 1
Sherpa United States 500 Sherpa Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arab, Saudi - Hijazi United States 5,900 Arabic, Hijazi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jew, Russian United States 109,000 Russian Ethnic Religions ● 0.50 % 0.10 % 2
Punjabi United States 254,000 Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small ● 1.00 % 0.10 % 5
Phu Thai United States 56,000 Phu Thai Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.10 % 1
Persian United States 315,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 2.00 % 0.30 % 6
Parsee United States 19,000 Parsi Other / Small ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Pashtun, Northern United States 51,000 Pashto, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Sinhalese United States 7,500 Sinhala Buddhism ● 4.00 % 1.20 % 1
Sindhi United States 6,000 Sindhi Hinduism ● 1.00 % 0.08 % 1
Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol United States 1,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.00 % 1
Uzbek, Northern United States 26,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam ● 1.00 % 0.30 % 1
Moroccan, Arabic-speaking United States 99,000 Arabic, Moroccan Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 2
Moor United States 2,600 Hassaniyya Islam ● 4.00 % 1.00 % 1
Maninka, Eastern United States 12,000 Maninkakan, Eastern Islam ● 0.50 % 0.05 % 1
Mandingo, Mandinka United States 5,000 Mandinka Islam ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Marathi United States 36,000 Marathi Hinduism ● 1.00 % 0.00 % 1
Totals: 7,418 Peoples   3,233,452,180         68,416
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