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Criteria

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

7,398

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,275,114,000

% of World Population

41.8 %

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Photo People Group Country ▲ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Huichol United States 6,200 Huichol Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 2.00 % 1
Berber, Imazighen United States 24,000 Tamazight, Central Atlas Islam ● 0.50 % 0.40 % 1
Jew, Israeli, Sabra United States 133,000 Hebrew Ethnic Religions ● 0.30 % 0.10 % 3
Japanese United States 844,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % 17
Jew, English-speaking United States 5,005,000 English Ethnic Religions ● 2.70 % 1.60 % ● 100
Jew, Bukharic-speaking United States 70,000 Bukharic Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jew, Eastern Yiddish-speaking United States 352,000 Yiddish, Eastern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 7
Jew, Judeo-Moroccan United States 2,000 Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jula, Dyula United States 15,000 Jula Islam ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Kazakh United States 54,000 Kazakh Islam ● 0.50 % 0.30 % 1
Khmer, Cambodian United States 256,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.00 % 1.60 % 5
Kurd, Kurmanji United States 53,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kyrgyz United States 17,000 Kyrgyz Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Lao United States 211,000 Lao Buddhism ● 4.00 % 0.50 % 4
Laven, Boloven United States 36,000 Laven Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arab, Libyan United States 16,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam ● 3.00 % 2.00 % 1
Malay United States 20,000 Malay Islam ● 1.00 % 0.10 % 1
Mandaean United States 1,900 Mandaic Other / Small ● 2.00 % 0.10 % 1
Mandingo, 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
Marathi United States 74,000 Marathi Hinduism ● 1.00 % 0.00 % 1
Moor United States 8,000 Hassaniyya Islam ● 4.00 % 1.00 % 1
Moroccan, Arabic-speaking United States 213,000 Arabic, Moroccan Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 4
Uzbek, Northern United States 66,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam ● 1.00 % 0.30 % 1
Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol United States 1,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.00 % 1
Totals:  7,398 People Groups   3,275,114,000             68,979
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