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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 %

Map Notes
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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Arab, Palestinian Syria 24,000 Arabic, Levantine Islam ● 3.00 % 0.50 % 1
Persian Syria 54,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Alawite Syria 1,674,000 Arabic, Levantine Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % ● 33
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk Syria 37,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arab, North Iraqi Syria 465,000 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.70 % 0.20 % 9
Yazidi Syria 13,000 Arabic, Levantine Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Turkmen, Middle-Eastern Syria 1,814,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 36
Thai Taiwan 65,000 Thai Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.30 % 1
Han Chinese, Hakka Taiwan 4,319,000 Chinese, Hakka Ethnic Religions ● 2.10 % 0.42 % ● 86
Hui Taiwan 57,000 Chinese, Mandarin Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Japanese Taiwan 14,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % 1
Malay Taiwan 21,000 Malay Islam ● 0.50 % 0.30 % 1
Saaroa Taiwan 300 Bunun Other / Small ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Mongol, Khalka Taiwan 1,100 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jewish, Chinese Taiwan 100 Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Bashkir Tajikistan 8,900 Bashkort Islam ● 3.00 % 1.00 % 1
Romani, Domari Tajikistan 3,300 Russian Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Hazara Tajikistan 1,800 Hazaragi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kazakh Tajikistan 800 Kazakh Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kyrgyz Tajikistan 74,000 Kyrgyz Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Lak Tajikistan 2,300 Lak Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 1
Uzbek, Northern Tajikistan 1,194,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam ● 0.14 % 0.13 % 24
Pashtun Tajikistan 5,100 Pashto, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Parsee Tajikistan 2,800 Parsi-Dari Other / Small ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Parya Tajikistan 4,800 Parya Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Totals:  7,250 People Groups   3,396,085,000             71,146
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