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Criteria

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

People Groups

7,417

% of World's
People Groups

42.6 %

Population

3,367,691,000

% of World Population

42.5 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous ▲ Est. Workers
Needed *
Lak Tajikistan 2,200 Lak Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 1
Lak Turkmenistan 4,800 Lak Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Lak Ukraine 800 Lak Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Lak Uzbekistan 3,900 Lak Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kyrgyz Afghanistan 1,300 Kyrgyz Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kyrgyz Canada 1,100 Kyrgyz Islam ● 0.20 % 0.15 % 1
Kyrgyz Italy 900 Kyrgyz Islam ● 0.20 % 0.09 % 1
Kyrgyz Korea, South 5,100 Kyrgyz Islam ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Kyrgyz Russia 105,000 Kyrgyz Islam ● 5.00 % 0.70 % 2
Kyrgyz Tajikistan 73,000 Kyrgyz Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kyrgyz Turkey 1,700 Kyrgyz Islam ● 5.00 % 0.70 % 1
Kyrgyz Turkmenistan 1,500 Kyrgyz Islam ● 5.00 % 0.70 % 1
Kyrgyz Ukraine 900 Kyrgyz Islam ● 5.00 % 0.70 % 1
Kyrgyz United States 17,000 Kyrgyz Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kyrgyz Uzbekistan 529,000 Kyrgyz Islam ● 0.30 % 0.10 % 11
Lahu Vietnam 12,000 Lahu Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.04 % 1
Bajau, West Coast Brunei 11,000 Bajau, West Coast Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % 1
Lao Australia 12,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.50 % 1.90 % 1
Lao Myanmar (Burma) 25,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.90 % 1
Lao Cambodia 23,000 Lao Buddhism ● 1.40 % 0.30 % 1
Lao France 19,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.10 % 1
Lao New Zealand 1,500 Lao Buddhism ● 4.00 % 1.90 % 1
Lao Thailand 62,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.00 % 2.00 % 1
Lao United States 214,000 Lao Buddhism ● 4.00 % 0.50 % 4
Lao Vietnam 18,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.40 % 0.03 % 1
Totals:  7,417 People Groups   3,367,691,000             70,750
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