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Criteria

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

7,407

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,225,174,000

% of World Population

41.6 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous ▼ Est. Workers
Needed *
Thai, Tak Bai Malaysia 4,100 Thai, Southern Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Afghani, general Australia 26,000 Dari Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Afghani, general Austria 37,000 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Afghani, general Denmark 12,000 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Afghani, general New Zealand 3,600 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Comorian, Mwali Madagascar 1,800 Comorian, Mwali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Comorian, Mwali Reunion 600 Comorian, Mwali Islam ● 0.11 % 0.01 % 1
Comorian, Ndzwani Madagascar 15,000 Comorian, Ndzwani Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Comorian, Ndzwani Reunion 3,600 Comorian, Ndzwani Islam ● 0.60 % 0.20 % 1
Afshari Afghanistan 15,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ☀ 0.04 % 0.04 % 1
Bania (Muslim traditions) Afghanistan 6,400 Urdu Islam ● 0.23 % 0.20 % 1
Kalash (Chitrali) Afghanistan 10,000 Khowar Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Afghan Pawinda Pakistan 1,800 Pashto, Central Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Phula China 7,300 Phula Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.02 % 1
Tseku Bhutan 6,500 Tseku Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Zhuang, Yang Vietnam Unknown Zhuang, Yang Ethnic Religions ● 0.20 % 0.14 % 0
Zhuang, Zuojiang Vietnam 424,000 Zhuang, Zuojiang Ethnic Religions ● 0.20 % 0.14 % 8
Khmer, Northern Cambodia 5,200 Khmer, Northern Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Jew, Turkish Israel 46,000 Hebrew Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Arab, North Iraqi Greece 7,000 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 4.00 % 0.20 % 1
Arab, North Iraqi Jordan 412,000 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.70 % 0.20 % 8
Arab, North Iraqi Syria 350,000 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.70 % 0.20 % 7
Arab, North Iraqi Turkey 568,000 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.10 % 11
Yazidi Armenia 35,000 Kurdish, Northern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yazidi Georgia 12,000 Kurdish, Northern Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Totals:  7,407 People Groups   3,225,174,000             68,256
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