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Criteria

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

7,280

% of World's
People Groups

42.0 %

Population

3,397,482,000

% 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 *
Mandaean United States 1,900 Neo-Mandaic Other / Small ● 2.00 % 0.10 % 1
Mandinka United States 10,000 Mandinka Islam ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Maninka, Eastern United States 15,000 Maninkakan, Eastern Islam ● 0.50 % 0.05 % 1
Jewish, Marathi-speaking United States 76,000 Marathi Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Moor United States 8,200 Hassaniyya Islam ● 4.00 % 1.00 % 1
Arab, Moroccan United States 218,000 Arabic, Moroccan Islam ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 4
Uzbek, Northern United States 67,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam ● 1.00 % 0.30 % 1
Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol United States 1,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.00 % 1
Sindhi United States 51,000 Sindhi Hinduism ● 1.00 % 0.08 % 1
Sinhalese United States 11,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 4.00 % 1.20 % 1
Pashtun, Northern United States 154,000 Pashto, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 3
Parsee United States 19,000 English Other / Small ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Persian United States 324,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 2.00 % 0.30 % 6
Phu Thai United States 57,000 Phu Thai Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.10 % 1
Punjabi United States 331,000 Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small ● 1.00 % 0.10 % 7
Jewish, Russian United States 668,000 Russian Ethnic Religions ● 2.50 % 2.00 % 13
Arab, Saudi - Hijazi United States 79,000 Arabic, Hijazi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Sherpa United States 5,100 Sherpa Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Baggara, Shuwa Arab United States 2,400 Arabic, Chadian Islam ● 5.00 % 0.50 % 1
Somali United States 188,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 4
Soninke United States 26,000 Soninke Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % 1
Arab, Sudanese United States 1,300 Arabic, Sudanese Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % 1
Jewish, Syrian / Lebanese United States 77,000 Arabic, Levantine Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 2
Tajik United States 9,600 Tajik Islam ● 0.40 % 0.30 % 1
Tai Dam United States 4,400 Tai Dam Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.10 % 1
Totals:  7,280 People Groups   3,397,482,000             71,187
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