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Criteria

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

7,398

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,275,114,000

% 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 *
Mandailing Malaysia 31,000 Batak Mandailing Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bawean Malaysia 57,000 Madura Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bawean, Madurese Singapore 29,000 Madura Islam ● 2.00 % 0.30 % 1
Arab, Saudi - Najdi Canada 5,600 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ● 0.30 % 0.20 % 1
Arab, Saudi - Najdi Iraq 1,750,000 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 35
Arab, Saudi - Najdi Jordan 104,000 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % 2
Arab, Saudi - Najdi Kuwait 258,000 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 5
Arab, Saudi - Najdi Oman 44,000 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arab, Saudi - Najdi Netherlands 600 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arab, Saudi - Najdi Qatar 57,000 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ● 0.20 % 0.10 % 1
Arab, Saudi - Najdi Syria 1,379,000 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 28
Arab, Saudi - Najdi United Kingdom 24,000 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ● 0.40 % 0.20 % 1
Arab, Saudi - Najdi United States 5,900 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Belait, Lakiput Malaysia 500 Belait Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Berber, Rif Netherlands 161,000 Tarifit Islam ● 0.50 % 0.10 % 3
South Asian, Bengali-speaking United Arab Emirates 77,000 Bengali Islam ● 1.00 % 0.30 % 2
South Asian, Bengali-speaking Myanmar (Burma) 284,000 Bengali Islam ● 0.40 % 0.13 % 6
South Asian, Bengali-speaking Canada 74,000 Bengali Islam ● 1.20 % 0.30 % 1
South Asian, Bengali-speaking Finland 1,600 Bengali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
South Asian, Bengali-speaking France 32,000 Bengali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
South Asian, Bengali-speaking Italy 93,000 Bengali Islam ● 4.00 % 0.20 % 2
South Asian, Bengali-speaking Japan 69,000 Bengali Islam ● 1.00 % 0.20 % 1
South Asian, Bengali-speaking Kenya 1,600 Bengali Islam ● 2.00 % 0.10 % 1
South Asian, Bengali-speaking Mauritius 7,200 Bengali Islam ● 4.00 % 0.00 % 1
South Asian, Bengali-speaking Oman 213,000 Bengali Islam ● 2.00 % 1.20 % 4
Totals:  7,398 People Groups   3,275,114,000             68,979
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