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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, Omani Yemen 174,000 Arabic, Omani Spoken Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.08 % 3
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken Yemen 18,000 Arabic, Gulf Spoken Islam ● 0.60 % 0.20 % 1
Muhamasheen, Akhdam Yemen 1,735,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 35
Arab, Egyptian Yemen 18,000 Arabic, Egyptian Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Arab, Hadrami Yemen 2,200,000 Arabic, Hadrami Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 44
Hobyot Yemen 400 Hobyot Islam ● 0.20 % 0.00 % ● 1
Arab, Iraqi Yemen 44,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 0.20 % 1
Mahra Yemen 103,000 Mehri Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.05 % ● 2
Malay Yemen 50,000 Malay Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % 1
Arab, Palestinian Yemen 36,000 Arabic, Levantine Islam ● 2.00 % 0.10 % 1
Persian Yemen 25,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Arab, Northern Yemeni Yemen 15,004,000 Arabic, Sanaani Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 300
Socotran Yemen 128,000 Soqotri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 3
Somali Yemen 516,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.03 % 10
Arab, Sudanese Yemen 438,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.40 % 9
Arab, Yemeni Yemen 7,764,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 155
Arab, Tihami Yemen 5,137,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 103
Deaf Yemen 344,000 Language unknown Islam ☀ 0.08 % ● 7
South Asian, general Yemen 365,000 Hindi Islam ● 1.00 % 0.05 % 7
Razihi Yemen 82,000 Razihi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 2
Gujarati Zambia 48,000 Gujarati Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Swahili Zambia 51,000 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yao Zambia 5,600 Yao Islam ● 3.00 % 1.00 % 1
Jewish, Marathi Zimbabwe 7,400 Marathi Hinduism ● 1.00 % 0.10 % 1
Doma, Vadoma Zimbabwe 21,000 Shona Ethnic Religions ● 0.30 % 0.30 % ● 1
Totals:  7,250 People Groups   3,396,085,000             71,146
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