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Criteria

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

7,407

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,225,174,000

% of World Population

41.6 %

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Photo People Group Country ▼ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Kurd, Kurmanji Bahrain 59,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 1
Persian Bahrain 220,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 4
Urdu Bahrain 76,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 2
Turk Bahrain 1,700 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jew, Arabic-speaking Bahrain Unknown Arabic, Gulf Spoken Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Avar Azerbaijan 54,000 Avar Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Azerbaijani Azerbaijan 8,738,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam ● 0.40 % 0.22 % ● 175
Jewish Tat, Mountain Jews Azerbaijan 15,000 Judeo-Tat Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Budug Azerbaijan 1,100 Budukh Islam ● 0.11 % 0.00 % ● 1
Kryz, Dzhek Azerbaijan 5,800 Kryts Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Chechen Azerbaijan 5,300 Chechen Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Dargin Azerbaijan 1,200 Dargwa Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kazakh Azerbaijan 2,300 Kazakh Islam ☀ 0.09 % 0.00 % 1
Khinalug, Ketsh Khalkh Azerbaijan 2,400 Khinalugh Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Kurd, Kurmanji Azerbaijan 6,600 Kurdish, Northern Islam ☀ 0.04 % 0.00 % ● 1
Lak Azerbaijan 1,600 Lak Islam ● 0.80 % 0.80 % 1
Lezgin Azerbaijan 195,000 Lezgi Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.10 % ● 4
Mussulman Tat Azerbaijan 25,000 Tat, Muslim Islam ● 1.30 % 1.20 % ● 1
Persian Azerbaijan 1,400 Persian, Iranian Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Rutul Azerbaijan 18,000 Rutul Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Shahseven Azerbaijan 2,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Talysh Azerbaijan 75,000 Talysh Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Tatar Azerbaijan 28,000 Tatar Islam ● 1.50 % 0.00 % 1
Tsakhur Azerbaijan 30,000 Tsakhur Islam ☀ 0.03 % 0.00 % ● 1
Uzbek, Southern Azerbaijan 2,000 Uzbek, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Totals:  7,407 People Groups   3,225,174,000             68,256
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