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Criteria

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

People Groups

7,215

% of World's
People Groups

41.8 %

Population

3,431,570,000

% of World Population

42.5 %

Map Notes
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Progress Scale: ☀︎●●●●●   (
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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Arab, Emirati United Arab Emirates 1,108,000 Arabic, Gulf Islam ● 0.40 % 0.30 % ● 22
Arab, Omani United Arab Emirates 294,000 Arabic, Omani Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 6
South Asian, Bengali-speaking United Arab Emirates 74,000 Bengali Islam ● 1.00 % 0.30 % 1
Thai United Arab Emirates 3,200 Thai Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.50 % 1
Rohingya United Arab Emirates 49,000 Rohingya Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Romani, Domari United Arab Emirates 500 Arabic, Gulf Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % ● 1
Bedouin, Gulf United Arab Emirates 187,000 Arabic, Gulf Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 4
Hazara United Arab Emirates 97,000 Hazaragi Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Arab, Iraqi United Arab Emirates 49,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Islam ● 0.80 % 0.20 % 1
Japanese United Arab Emirates 3,900 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % 1
Arab, Jordanian United Arab Emirates 25,000 Arabic, Levantine Islam ● 2.00 % 0.30 % 1
Arab, Lebanese United Arab Emirates 27,000 Arabic, Levantine Islam ● 5.00 % 0.50 % 1
Arab, Libyan United Arab Emirates 44,000 Arabic, Libyan Islam ☀︎ 0.10 % 0.10 % 1
Nepali, general United Arab Emirates 96,000 Nepali Hinduism ● 0.40 % 0.20 % 2
Malay United Arab Emirates 29,000 Malay Islam ● 0.30 % 0.20 % 1
Pashtun, Northern United Arab Emirates 383,000 Pashto, Northern Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 8
Arab, Palestinian United Arab Emirates 98,000 Arabic, Levantine Islam ● 4.00 % 0.50 % 2
Pashtun, Southern United Arab Emirates 141,000 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 3
Persian United Arab Emirates 306,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.40 % 6
Arab, Saudi - Hijazi United Arab Emirates 374,000 Arabic, Hijazi Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 7
Shihuh United Arab Emirates 19,000 Arabic, Shihhi Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Socotran United Arab Emirates 15,000 Soqotri Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Somali, Issa United Arab Emirates 40,000 Somali Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Baloch, Southern United Arab Emirates 383,000 Balochi, Southern Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 8
Arab, Sudanese United Arab Emirates 72,000 Arabic, Sudanese Islam ● 1.00 % 0.10 % 1
Totals:  7,215 People Groups   3,431,570,000             71,755
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