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Criteria

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

7,403

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,274,637,000

% of World Population

41.8 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous ▲ Est. Workers
Needed *
Balinese Malaysia 6,000 Bali Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Balkar Kyrgyzstan 1,400 Karachay-Balkar Islam ● 2.03 % 0.00 % 1
Balkar Kazakhstan 2,300 Karachay-Balkar Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Balkar United States 600 Karachay-Balkar Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Balkar Uzbekistan 800 Karachay-Balkar Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bambara Canada 3,500 Bamanankan Islam ● 4.00 % 1.60 % 1
Bambara France 131,000 Bamanankan Islam ● 3.00 % 0.10 % 3
Bambara Gambia 24,000 Bamanankan Islam ● 0.40 % 0.10 % 1
Bambara Guinea 4,800 Bamanankan Islam ● 2.00 % 0.26 % 1
Bambara Mauritania 24,000 Bamanankan Islam ● 2.50 % 1.86 % 1
Bambara Niger 52,000 Bamanankan Islam ● 4.00 % 1.80 % 1
Bambara Guinea-Bissau 2,100 Bamanankan Islam ● 0.90 % 0.50 % 1
Bambara Senegal 94,000 Bamanankan Islam ● 3.00 % 0.50 % 2
Bambara Burkina Faso 6,900 Bamanankan Islam ● 4.00 % 1.80 % 1
Banda, Nafana Côte d'Ivoire 4,600 Nafaanra Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.90 % 1
Banjarese, Banjar Malay Malaysia 27,000 Malay Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Banyun Gambia 5,000 Bainouk-Gunyaamolo Islam ● 4.00 % 0.20 % 1
Barma Nigeria 5,000 Bagirmi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bashkir Belarus 1,200 Bashkort Islam ● 4.00 % 0.50 % 1
Bashkir Kyrgyzstan 900 Bashkort Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bashkir Kazakhstan 24,000 Bashkort Islam ● 3.00 % 0.90 % 1
Bashkir Moldova 600 Bashkort Islam ● 5.00 % 0.20 % 1
Bashkir Tajikistan 8,600 Bashkort Islam ● 3.00 % 1.00 % 1
Bassari Guinea-Bissau 600 Oniyan Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.50 % 1
Mandailing Malaysia 31,000 Batak Mandailing Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Totals:  7,403 People Groups   3,274,637,000             68,974
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