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Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians <= 5%
Progress Level
Progress Gauge

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 *
Swahili United Kingdom 15,000 Swahili Islam ● 2.00 % 0.70 % 1
Swahili, Coastal Kenya 14,000 Swahili Islam ● 0.50 % 0.40 % ● 1
Swahili, Pemba Tanzania 60,000 Swahili Islam ● 0.30 % 0.20 % ● 1
Ta Oi, Upper Laos 51,000 Ta'oih, Upper Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.80 % ● 1
Ta'oih Vietnam 54,000 Ta'oih, Upper Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 0.13 % ● 1
Tabasaran Russia 151,000 Tabasaran Islam ● 0.10 % 0.10 % ● 3
Tadyawan Philippines 3,800 Tadyawan Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 2.00 % ● 1
Tagbanwa, Central Philippines 4,400 Cuyonon Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 1.50 % ● 1
Tagoy Sudan 26,000 Tagoi Islam ● 1.00 % 0.20 % ● 1
Tagu China 4,600 Talu Ethnic Religions ● 0.45 % 0.45 % ● 1
Tai Daeng Vietnam 171,000 Tai Daeng Ethnic Religions ● 1.50 % 0.35 % ● 3
Tai Dam China 45,000 Tai Dam Ethnic Religions ● 0.20 % 0.14 % ● 1
Tai Dam Laos 29,000 Tai Dam Ethnic Religions ● 0.20 % 0.18 % ● 1
Tai Dam Thailand 800 Tai Dam Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 0.90 % 1
Tai Dam United States 4,400 Tai Dam Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.10 % 1
Tai Dam Vietnam 853,000 Tai Dam Ethnic Religions ● 0.17 % 0.14 % ● 17
Tai Doi Myanmar (Burma) 5,100 Tai Loi Buddhism ● 5.00 % 1.00 % ● 1
Tai Don, White Tai Vietnam 342,000 Tai Don Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.25 % ● 7
Tai Khang China 42,000 Kang Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.30 % ● 1
Tai Khun Laos 800 Khun Buddhism ● 4.00 % 2.00 % ● 1
Tai Khun Thailand 7,200 Khun Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.14 % 1
Tai Laan Laos 700 Language unknown Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.74 % ● 1
Tai Lue Myanmar (Burma) 62,000 Lu Buddhism ● 0.22 % 0.08 % ● 1
Tai Lue China 804,000 Lu Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.33 % ● 16
Tai Lue Thailand 94,000 Lu Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 2
Totals:  7,186 People Groups   3,424,947,000             71,685
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