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Criteria

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

7,250

% of World's
People Groups

41.9 %

Population

3,396,085,000

% 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
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Somali Türkiye (Turkey) 28,000 Somali Islam ● 0.40 % 0.30 % 1
Somali Bantu Canada 6,200 Maay Islam ● 0.80 % 0.30 % 1
Somali Bantu United States 53,000 Maay Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 1
Somali, Garre Ethiopia 62,000 Somali Islam ● 0.26 % 0.26 % 1
Somali, Issa Djibouti 552,000 Somali Islam ● 0.20 % 0.12 % ● 11
Sonaga China 2,200 Sonaga Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.00 % ● 1
Sonar (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 6,400 Tamil Hinduism ● 1.00 % ● 1
Sonar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 76,000 Maithili Hinduism ● 0.12 % ● 2
Songhai, Humburi Mali 33,000 Songhay, Humburi Senni Islam ● 0.30 % 0.00 % ● 1
Songhai, Humburi Burkina Faso 14,000 Songhay, Humburi Senni Islam ● 1.00 % 0.02 % ● 1
Songhai, Koyra Mali 444,000 Songhay, Koyra Chiini Islam ● 0.20 % 0.00 % ● 9
Songhai-Koyraboro Benin 10,000 Songhay, Koyraboro Senni Islam ● 0.81 % 0.20 % 1
Songhai-Koyraboro Ghana 11,000 Songhay, Koyraboro Senni Islam ● 2.00 % 0.50 % 1
Songhai-Koyraboro Mali 1,208,000 Songhay, Koyraboro Senni Islam ● 0.20 % 0.00 % ● 24
Songhai-Koyraboro Niger 1,011,000 Songhay, Koyraboro Senni Islam ● 0.20 % 0.10 % ● 20
Soninke Gambia 158,000 Soninke Islam ● 0.40 % 0.15 % ● 3
Soninke Mauritania 248,000 Soninke Islam ● 0.15 % 0.12 % ● 5
Soninke Guinea-Bissau 6,300 Soninke Islam ● 0.50 % 0.30 % 1
Soninke Senegal 392,000 Soninke Islam ● 2.00 % 0.05 % ● 8
Soninke United States 26,000 Soninke Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % 1
Sonr India 57,000 Odia Hinduism ● 0.42 % ● 1
Sonsogon Malaysia 5,200 Kimaragang Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.50 % ● 1
South Asian, Bengali-speaking United Arab Emirates 73,000 Bengali Islam ● 1.00 % 0.30 % 1
South Asian, Bengali-speaking Myanmar (Burma) 282,000 Bengali Islam ● 0.40 % 0.13 % 6
South Asian, Bengali-speaking Canada 75,000 Bengali Islam ● 1.20 % 0.30 % 2
Totals:  7,250 People Groups   3,396,085,000             71,146
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