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Criteria

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

7,402

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,274,459,000

% of World Population

41.8 %

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, Arabic Gulf Spoken Yemen 16,000 Arabic, Gulf Spoken Islam ● 0.60 % 0.20 % 1
Arab, Omani Yemen 154,000 Arabic, Omani Spoken Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.08 % 3
Muhamasheen, Akhdam Yemen 1,536,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 31
Arab, Egyptian Yemen 16,000 Arabic, Egyptian Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Arab, Hadrami Yemen 1,947,000 Arabic, Hadrami Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 39
Hobyot Yemen 100 Hobyot Islam ● 0.20 % 0.00 % ● 1
Arab, Iraqi Yemen 39,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 0.20 % 1
Mahra Yemen 91,000 Mehri Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.05 % ● 2
Malay Yemen 44,000 Malay Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % 1
Arab, Palestinian Yemen 32,000 Arabic, South Levantine Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 0.10 % 1
Persian Yemen 22,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Arab, Northern Yemeni Yemen 13,279,000 Arabic, Sanaani Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 266
Socotran Yemen 113,000 Soqotri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 2
Somali Yemen 457,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.03 % 9
Arab, Sudanese Yemen 387,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.40 % 8
Arab, Yemeni Yemen 6,872,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 137
Arab, Tihami Yemen 4,547,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 91
Jew, Yemeni Yemen 300 Arabic, Judeo-Yemeni Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Deaf Yemen 305,000 Language unknown Islam ☀ 0.08 % ● 6
South Asian, general Yemen 323,000 Hindi Islam ● 1.00 % 0.05 % 6
Razihi Yemen 72,000 Razihi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Gujarati Zambia 44,000 Gujarati Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jew, English-speaking Zambia 3,500 English Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Swahili Zambia 47,000 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yao, Muslim Zambia 5,100 Yao Islam ● 3.00 % 1.00 % 1
Totals:  7,402 People Groups   3,274,459,000             68,966
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