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Criteria

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

People Groups

7,414

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,344,527,000

% of World Population

42.3 %

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Photo People Group Country ▲ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Tatar, Judeo-Crimean Ukraine 1,700 Ukrainian Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yazidi Ukraine 2,000 Kurdish, Northern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Turk, Meskhetian Ukraine 3,500 Ukrainian Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arab, Emirati United Arab Emirates 1,164,000 Arabic, Gulf Spoken Islam ● 0.40 % 0.30 % ● 23
Arab, Omani United Arab Emirates 309,000 Arabic, Omani Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 6
South Asian, Bengali-speaking United Arab Emirates 78,000 Bengali Islam ● 1.00 % 0.30 % 2
Thai United Arab Emirates 3,300 Thai Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.50 % 1
Rohingya United Arab Emirates 52,000 Rohingya Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Romani, Domari United Arab Emirates 71,000 Arabic, Gulf Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % ● 1
Bedouin, Gulf United Arab Emirates 196,000 Arabic, Gulf Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 4
Hazara United Arab Emirates 102,000 Hazaragi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Arab, Iraqi United Arab Emirates 52,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.80 % 0.20 % 1
Japanese United Arab Emirates 4,100 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % 1
Arab, Jordanian United Arab Emirates 26,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 0.30 % 1
Arab, Lebanese United Arab Emirates 28,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 5.00 % 0.50 % 1
Arab, Libyan United Arab Emirates 46,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.10 % 1
Nepali, general United Arab Emirates 101,000 Nepali Hinduism ● 0.40 % 0.20 % 2
Malay United Arab Emirates 30,000 Malay Islam ● 0.30 % 0.20 % 1
Pashtun, Northern United Arab Emirates 402,000 Pashto, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 8
Arab, Palestinian United Arab Emirates 103,000 Arabic, South Levantine Spoken Islam ● 4.00 % 0.50 % 2
Pashtun, Southern United Arab Emirates 149,000 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 3
Persian United Arab Emirates 322,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.40 % 6
Arab, Saudi - Hijazi United Arab Emirates 393,000 Arabic, Hijazi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 8
Shihuh United Arab Emirates 20,000 Arabic, Shihhi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Socotran United Arab Emirates 16,000 Soqotri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Totals:  7,414 People Groups   3,344,527,000             70,286
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