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Criteria

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

People Groups

7,250

% of World's
People Groups

41.9 %

Population

3,396,085,000

% of World Population

42.4 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Parya, Laghmani Afghanistan 400 Parya Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Pashtun, Southern Afghanistan 4,622,000 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % ● 92
Afghan, Tajik Afghanistan 11,670,000 Dari Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 233
Persian Afghanistan 719,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.12 % 0.10 % 14
Punjabi Afghanistan 6,500 Punjabi, Eastern Islam ● 1.00 % 0.30 % ● 1
Nuristani, Prasuni Afghanistan 10,000 Prasuni Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Qazilbash Afghanistan 324,000 Dari Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 6
Sanglechi Afghanistan 3,000 Sanglechi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Sau Afghanistan 5,200 Savi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Shughni Afghanistan 49,000 Shughni Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Shumashti Afghanistan 1,700 Shumashti Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Pashayi, Southeast Afghanistan 593,000 Pashai, Southeast Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 12
Pashayi, Southwest Afghanistan 131,000 Pashai, Southwest Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % ● 3
Arab, Tajiki Afghanistan 19,000 Arabic, Tajiki Spoken Islam ● 0.20 % 0.20 % 1
Tangshuri Afghanistan 17,000 Dari Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Baloch, Western Afghanistan 507,000 Balochi, Western Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 10
Punjabi, Western Afghanistan 40,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ● 0.20 % 0.10 % ● 1
Wotapuri-Katarqalai Afghanistan 3,700 Pashto, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Tirahi Afghanistan 6,200 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Nuristani, Tregami Afghanistan 4,600 Tregami Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Turkmen Afghanistan 2,356,000 Turkmen Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 47
Ormuri Afghanistan 3,500 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Uzbek, Southern Afghanistan 4,761,000 Uzbek, Southern Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 95
Uyghur Afghanistan 3,700 Uyghur Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.05 % 1
Nuristani, Waigeli Afghanistan 34,000 Waigali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Totals:  7,250 People Groups   3,396,085,000             71,146
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