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Criteria

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

People Groups

7,190

% of World's
People Groups

41.6 %

Population

3,424,988,000

% 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 *
Brahui Afghanistan 359,000 Brahui Islam ● 0.10 % 0.10 % ● 7
Kurd, Sorani Afghanistan 4,500 Kurdish, Central Islam ☀︎ 0.01 % 0.01 % 1
Darwazi, Badakhshani Afghanistan 18,000 Dari Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Romani, Domari Afghanistan 2,100 Domari Islam ☀︎ 0.02 % 0.00 % 1
Narisati, Arandui Afghanistan 43,000 Gawar-Bati Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Nuristani, Grangali Afghanistan 12,000 Grangali Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Hazara Afghanistan 3,728,000 Hazaragi Islam ☀︎ 0.03 % 0.03 % ● 75
Nuristani, Kamviri Afghanistan 30,000 Komviri Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Karakalpak Afghanistan 3,600 Karakalpak Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kazakh Afghanistan 3,600 Kazakh Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Garwi, Kohistani Afghanistan 2,100 Gawri Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Kyrgyz Afghanistan 1,400 Kyrgyz Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Nuristani, Malakhel Afghanistan 3,600 Dari Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Bengali Muslim Moghal Afghanistan 2,500 Dari Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Munji Afghanistan 7,700 Munji Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Pashayi, Northeast Afghanistan 53,000 Pashai, Northeast Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Pashayi, Northwest Afghanistan 69,000 Pashai, Northwest Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Sindhi Afghanistan 27,000 Sindhi Islam ☀︎ 0.08 % 0.08 % 1
Pahlavani Afghanistan 4,100 Dari Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Pashtun, Northern Afghanistan 4,539,000 Pashto, Northern Islam ☀︎ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 91
Parachi Afghanistan 12,000 Parachi Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Parsee Afghanistan 2,600 Dari Other / Small ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Parya, Laghmani Afghanistan 400 Parya Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Pashtun, Southern Afghanistan 8,746,000 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀︎ 0.02 % 0.02 % ● 175
Persian Afghanistan 738,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.12 % 0.10 % 15
Totals:  7,190 People Groups   3,424,988,000             71,689
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