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Criteria

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

7,186

% of World's
People Groups

41.6 %

Population

3,424,947,000

% of World Population

42.4 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Afghani, general United States 103,000 Dari Islam ☀︎ 0.08 % 0.08 % 2
Thai, Tak Bai Malaysia 4,400 Thai, Southern Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Afghani, general Australia 33,000 Dari Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Afghani, general Austria 44,000 Dari Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Comorian, Mwali Madagascar 2,100 Comorian, Mwali Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Comorian, Mwali Reunion 700 Comorian, Mwali Islam ● 0.11 % 0.01 % 1
Comorian, Ndzwani Madagascar 16,000 Comorian, Ndzwani Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Comorian, Ndzwani Reunion 4,000 Comorian, Ndzwani Islam ● 0.60 % 0.20 % 1
Afshari Afghanistan 16,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ☀︎ 0.04 % 0.04 % 1
Bania (Muslim traditions) Afghanistan 7,200 Urdu Islam ● 0.23 % 0.20 % 1
Kalash (Chitrali) Afghanistan 11,000 Khowar Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Phula China 7,200 Phula Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.02 % 1
Tseku Bhutan 6,700 Tseku Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Zhuang, Yang Vietnam Unknown Zhuang, Yang Ethnic Religions ● 0.20 % 0.14 % 0
Zhuang, Zuojiang Vietnam 433,000 Zhuang, Zuojiang Ethnic Religions ● 0.20 % 0.14 % 9
Jewish, Turkish Israel 49,000 Hebrew Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arab, North Iraqi Greece 6,900 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Islam ● 4.00 % 0.20 % 1
Arab, North Iraqi Jordan 460,000 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Islam ● 0.70 % 0.20 % 9
Arab, North Iraqi Syria 487,000 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Islam ● 0.70 % 0.20 % 10
Arab, North Iraqi Türkiye (Turkey) 593,000 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.10 % 12
Yazidi Armenia 33,000 Kurdish, Northern Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yazidi Australia 4,100 Kurdish, Northern Ethnic Religions ● 0.50 % 0.50 % 1
Yazidi Georgia 12,000 Kurdish, Northern Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yazidi Germany 51,000 Kurdish, Northern Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yazidi Russia 26,000 Kurdish, Northern Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Totals:  7,186 People Groups   3,424,947,000             71,685
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