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Criteria

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

7,398

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,275,114,000

% of World Population

41.8 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale ▼		 % Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Abaza Turkey 14,000 Abaza Islam ● 0.20 % 0.00 % 1
Abkhaz Syria 5,100 Abkhaz Islam ● 4.00 % 1.00 % 1
Acehnese Indonesia 4,007,000 Aceh Islam ● 0.12 % 0.00 % ● 80
Achang, Husa China 7,600 Achang Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 2.00 % ● 1
Acheron Sudan 22,000 Acheron Islam ● 5.00 % 2.00 % ● 1
Ad Dharmi India 1,040,000 Punjabi, Eastern Hinduism ● 0.34 % ● 21
Adi Andhra India 307,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.86 % ● 6
Adi Karnataka India 2,974,000 Kannada Hinduism ● 0.51 % ● 59
Adiyan India 16,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 0.77 % ● 1
Adyghe Syria 29,000 Adyghe Islam ● 0.40 % 0.10 % 1
Adyghe West Bank / Gaza 4,700 Adyghe Islam ● 0.30 % 0.00 % 1
Afar Eritrea 284,000 Afar Islam ● 0.20 % 0.00 % ● 6
Afar Ethiopia 2,008,000 Afar Islam ● 0.90 % 0.08 % ● 40
Agamudaiyan India 888,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 0.50 % ● 18
Agamudaiyan Nattaman India 662,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 0.19 % ● 13
Agariya (Hindu traditions) India 208,000 Agariya Hinduism ● 0.29 % ● 4
Agta, Kabaloan Philippines 900 Agta, Casiguran Dumagat Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 1.00 % ● 1
Aguri India 516,000 Bengali Hinduism ● 0.11 % ● 10
Ahan Nigeria 500 Ahan Ethnic Religions ● 0.20 % 0.10 % ● 1
Ahom India 1,341,000 Assamese Hinduism ● 4.06 % ● 27
Ai-Cham China 3,100 Ai-Cham Ethnic Religions ● 0.50 % 0.20 % ● 1
Aiyanavar India 5,400 Telugu Hinduism ● 3.87 % ● 1
Aji Indonesia 17,000 Haji Islam ● 0.27 % 0.27 % ● 1
Ajuran Kenya 190,000 Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji Islam ● 0.40 % 0.30 % ● 4
Ajuru Brazil 300 Portuguese Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Totals:  7,398 People Groups   3,275,114,000             68,979
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