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Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians <= 5%
Progress Level
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People Groups

7,414

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,226,934,000

% of World Population

41.6 %

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Photo ▲ People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Yupik, Naukan Russia 500 Russian Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Za, Charumba China 800 Zakhring Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Zaghawa Chad 159,000 Zaghawa Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 3
Zaghawa Libya 9,200 Zaghawa Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Zaghawa Sudan 118,000 Zaghawa Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 2
Zaiwa China 121,000 Zaiwa Ethnic Religions ● 0.25 % 0.22 % ● 2
Zamral (Hindu traditions) India 6,900 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Zaomin China 47,000 Dzao Min Ethnic Religions ● 0.70 % 0.56 % ● 1
Zaramo Tanzania 1,249,000 Zaramo Islam ● 3.00 % 2.00 % ● 25
Zargar (Muslim traditions) India 4,700 Kashmiri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Zargar (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 9,400 Shina Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Zarma Benin 13,000 Zarma Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % 1
Zarma Ghana 9,300 Zarma Islam ● 0.50 % 0.10 % 1
Zarma Mali 2,300 Zarma Islam ● 0.20 % 0.10 % 1
Zarma Niger 4,393,000 Zarma Islam ● 0.20 % 0.10 % ● 88
Zarma Nigeria 152,000 Zarma Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 3
Zaza-Alevi Germany 31,000 Zazaki, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Zaza-Alevi Turkey 200,000 Zazaki, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 4
Zaza-Dimli Turkey 1,740,000 Zazaki, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 35
Zhaba China 8,600 Zhaba Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Zhuang, Central Hongshuihe China 1,197,000 Zhuang, Central Hongshuihe Ethnic Religions ● 1.20 % 0.90 % ● 24
Zhuang, Dai China 110,000 Zhuang, Dai Ethnic Religions ● 0.20 % 0.14 % ● 2
Zhuang, Eastern Hongshuihe China 1,331,000 Zhuang, Eastern Hongshuihe Ethnic Religions ● 1.20 % 0.90 % ● 27
Zhuang, Guibei China 1,663,000 Zhuang, Guibei Ethnic Religions ● 1.20 % 0.90 % ● 33
Zhuang, Guibian China 1,109,000 Zhuang, Guibian Ethnic Religions ● 1.20 % 0.90 % ● 22
Totals:  7,414 People Groups   3,226,934,000             68,295
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