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Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians <= 5%
Progress Level
Progress Gauge

People Groups

7,186

% of World's
People Groups

41.6 %

Population

3,424,947,000

% of World Population

42.4 %

Map Notes
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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Persian Kazakhstan 5,300 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Persian Slovakia 1,300 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 3.00 % 0.90 % 1
Persian Oman 65,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.30 % 1
Persian Malaysia 45,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 3.00 % 1.80 % 1
Persian Netherlands 41,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 3.00 % 0.20 % 1
Persian Norway 24,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 1.00 % 0.40 % 1
Persian New Zealand 3,700 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 2.00 % 1.40 % 1
Persian Pakistan 13,000 Dari Islam ☀︎ 0.08 % 0.08 % ● 1
Persian Qatar 265,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 5
Persian Russia 2,400 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Persian Saudi Arabia 258,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 5
Persian Spain 2,800 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 2.00 % 0.20 % 1
Persian Syria 57,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Persian Tajikistan 600 Persian, Iranian Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Persian Türkiye (Turkey) 130,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.30 % 0.10 % ● 3
Persian Turkmenistan 18,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Persian United Kingdom 72,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Persian United States 325,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 2.00 % 0.30 % 7
Persian Uzbekistan 36,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Persian Yemen 25,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Perumal Makkukkaran India 1,600 Telugu Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Perumannan India 100,000 Malayalam Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 2
Peshakar Bangladesh 1,400 Bengali Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Peshakar India 1,700 Bengali Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Phala China 13,000 Phala Ethnic Religions ● 0.50 % 0.30 % ● 1
Totals:  7,186 People Groups   3,424,947,000             71,685
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