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Population

131,490,000

Number of People Clusters

7

People Groups (by Country)

249

Unreached People Groups

246 (99 %)

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People Cluster ▲ Population Peoples
by Country		 Unreached
by Country		 % Groups
Unreached		 Popl in
Unreached		 % Popl in
Unreached		 Progress
Scale		 Primary
Religion		 % Christian
Adherent		 %
Evangelical		 Est. Workers
Needed * 
Domari 4,148,000 16 16 100.0 % 4,148,000 100.0 %    ● Islam 0.56 % 0.33 % 83
Kurd 38,725,000 64 64 100.0 % 38,725,000 100.0 %    ● Islam 0.27 % 0.21 % 774
Luri-Bakhtiari 5,933,000 8 8 100.0 % 5,933,000 100.0 %    ● Islam 0.05 % 0.04 % 119
Nuristan 333,000 9 9 100.0 % 333,000 100.0 %    ● Islam 0.05 % 0.00 % 7
Persian 57,196,000 97 94 96.9 % 56,767,000 99.2 %    ● Islam 1.49 % 1.31 % 1,135
Tajik 23,641,000 43 43 100.0 % 23,641,000 100.0 %    ● Islam 0.04 % 0.03 % 473
Talysh 1,512,000 12 12 100.0 % 1,512,000 100.0 %    ● Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 30
Totals:  7 People Clusters 131,490,000 249 246 98.8 % 131,062,000 99.7 %    7 ●       2,735
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