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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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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Malayali Maldives 800 Malayalam Hinduism ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Tamil Maldives 800 Tamil Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Deaf Maldives 2,500 Language unknown Islam ● 0.17 % ● 1
South Asian, general Maldives 4,800 Hindi Hinduism ● 2.00 % 0.50 % 1
Abai Sungai Malaysia 1,600 Abai Sungai Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Acehnese Malaysia 91,000 Malay Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Arab Malaysia 16,000 Arabic, Levantine Islam ● 0.20 % 0.00 % 1
Bajau Bukit, Papar Malaysia 2,100 Malay Islam ● 4.00 % 2.00 % ● 1
Sama, Mapun Malaysia 18,000 Mapun Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Balinese Malaysia 6,300 Bali (Indonesia) Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Banjarese, Banjar Malay Malaysia 29,000 Malay Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Mandailing Malaysia 33,000 Batak Mandailing Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bateq Malaysia 1,300 Batek Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 0.50 % ● 1
Bawean Malaysia 61,000 Madura Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Belait, Lakiput Malaysia 500 Belait Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
South Asian, Bengali-speaking Malaysia 88,000 Bengali Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Berawan, West Malaysia 1,200 Berawan, West Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Bisaya, Sabah Malaysia 78,000 Bisaya, Sabah Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 2
Buginese Malaysia 156,000 Malay Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 3
Burmese Malaysia 32,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.17 % 1
Thai Malaysia 32,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.40 % 1
Che Wong, Siwang Malaysia 600 Cheq Wong Ethnic Religions ● 0.50 % 0.49 % ● 1
Rohingya Malaysia 96,000 Rohingya Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Malay, Cocos Islands Malaysia 6,200 Malay Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Duano, Orang Kuala Malaysia 5,300 Duano Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Totals:  7,215 People Groups   3,431,570,000             71,755
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