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

7,399

% of World's
People Groups

42.4 %

Population

3,278,489,000

% 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 *
Bambara Burkina Faso 6,900 Bamanankan Islam ● 4.00 % 1.80 % 1
Hausa Benin 1,114,000 Hausa Islam ● 0.10 % 0.05 % 22
Jogi (Hindu traditions) Bhutan 700 Bengali Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kachari Sonwal Bhutan 1,100 Assamese Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kaibartta Bhutan 1,200 Assamese Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kami Bhutan 800 Nepali Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kayastha (Hindu traditions) Bhutan 1,600 Bengali Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Khambu Bhutan 1,400 Assamese Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Khampa Tibetan Bhutan 1,700 Khamba Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Khas Bhutan 1,000 Bengali Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kumhar (Hindu traditions) Bhutan 800 Bengali Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yakkha Bhutan 200 Nepali Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yakthumba, Limbu Bhutan 1,800 Nepali Other / Small ● 3.75 % 1
Fulani, Maasina Burkina Faso 9,900 Fulfulde, Maasina Islam ● 0.20 % 0.15 % 1
Hausa Burkina Faso 3,100 Hausa Islam ● 0.10 % 0.10 % 1
Jotoni Burkina Faso 1,600 Jowulu Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 1.60 % 1
Thai Cambodia 3,400 Thai Buddhism ● 0.60 % 0.15 % 1
Vietnamese Cambodia 827,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.17 % 17
Arab, Turku Cameroon 14,000 Juba Arabic Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arab Burundi 3,400 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Gujarati Burundi 2,800 Gujarati Hinduism ● 0.60 % 0.20 % 1
Han Chinese, Cantonese Cambodia 23,000 Chinese, Yue Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.40 % 1
Han Chinese, Hainanese Cambodia 14,000 Chinese, Min Nan Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.40 % 1
Han Chinese, Hakka Cambodia 600 Chinese, Hakka Ethnic Religions ● 1.20 % 0.55 % 1
Han Chinese, Min Nan Cambodia 147,000 Chinese, Min Nan Ethnic Religions ● 1.20 % 0.55 % 3
Totals:  7,399 People Groups   3,278,489,000             69,041
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