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Criteria

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

7,414

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,227,165,000

% 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
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Yaeyama Japan 46,000 Yaeyama Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.38 % ● 1
Yagua Colombia 1,000 Yagua Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 2.00 % ● 1
Yakan Philippines 189,000 Yakan Islam ● 0.15 % 0.15 % ● 4
Yakha Nepal 23,000 Yakkha Other / Small ● 0.72 % ● 1
Yakthumba, Limbu Bhutan 1,700 Nepali Other / Small ● 3.75 % 1
Yakthumba, Limbu Nepal 369,000 Limbu Other / Small ● 2.69 % ● 7
Yakut Russia 488,000 Yakut Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 0.10 % ● 10
Yalunka Guinea 119,000 Yalunka Islam ● 0.30 % 0.17 % ● 2
Yalunka Mali 16,000 Yalunka Islam ● 0.20 % 0.10 % ● 1
Yalunka, Dialonke Senegal 14,000 Yalunka Islam ● 0.15 % 0.05 % ● 1
Yamannu Sri Lanka 77,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 3.68 % ● 2
Yaminahua Peru 900 Yaminahua Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.70 % ● 1
Yao, Muslim Zambia 5,000 Yao Islam ● 3.00 % 1.00 % 1
Yao, Muslim Malawi 1,999,000 Yao Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % ● 40
Yao, Muslim Mozambique 197,000 Yao Islam ● 1.40 % 1.00 % ● 4
Yao, Muslim Tanzania 614,000 Yao Islam ● 2.00 % 1.20 % ● 12
Yaroame Brazil 400 Yaroame Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 2.00 % ● 1
Yayu Nepal 2,200 Language unknown Hinduism ● 0.22 % ● 1
Yazidi Iraq 561,000 Kurdish, Northern Ethnic Religions ● 0.14 % 0.14 % ● 11
Yazidi United States 4,100 Kurdish, Northern Ethnic Religions ● 2.40 % 1.50 % 1
Yehlmo Nepal 10,000 Hyolmo Buddhism ● 0.99 % ● 1
Yenadi India 644,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.84 % ● 13
Yerava India 31,000 Ravula Hinduism ● 0.21 % ● 1
Yerukula India 537,000 Yerukula Hinduism ● 1.77 % ● 11
Yiche China 25,000 Hani Ethnic Religions ● 0.70 % 0.51 % ● 1
Totals:  7,414 People Groups   3,227,165,000             68,298
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